Employment for all industries has increased by 5.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in New York, which went through a loss of 1 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
The Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Logging industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 76 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the New York, where the industry reported a loss of 8.3 percent. The losses in the
Logging industry in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 10.8 percent in terms of employment in the
Logging industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Logging (76 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (51.6 percent decline)
3. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (50.9 percent decline)
4. Medical and diagnostic laboratories (50.6 percent decline)
5. General rental centers (48 percent decline)
The Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 313.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of New York, where this industry saw a gain of 208.5 percent. The
Unclassified industry in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (313.8 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (278.6 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (119.9 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (118.5 percent gain)
5. Other general merchandise stores (89.9 percent gain)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Metro AreaFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Other general merchandise stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,562 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 8.7 percent of the growth in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other general merchandise stores (1,562 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (1,419 new jobs)
3. Unclassified (1,273 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (1,264 new jobs)
5. Home health care services (690 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown Metro AreaOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Department stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 896 jobs. The declines in the
Department stores industry make up 13.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY.
Top 5 Industries 1. Department stores (896 jobs lost)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (567 jobs lost)
3. Outpatient care centers (509 jobs lost)
4. Wired telecommunications carriers (438 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (383 jobs lost)
Out of the 125 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 52 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 73 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 10,787 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.
