Washington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 288.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Washington County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of New York, where the industry took a gain of 208.5 percent. The
Unclassified industry in Washington County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (288.5 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (176.7 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (97.5 percent gain)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (67.1 percent gain)
5. Logging (60.0 percent gain)
The total number of jobs has decreased by 4.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of New York, which saw a loss of -1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
Washington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Management and technical consulting services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 69 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 experienced in the State of New York, where the industry felt a loss of 0.1 percent. The losses in the
Management and technical consulting services industry in Washington County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 22.1 in percent of workers in the
Management and technical consulting services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Management and technical consulting services (69 percent decline)
2. Private households (67.1 percent decline)
3. Converted paper product manufacturing (58 percent decline)
4. Other professional and technical services (37.7 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (31.2 percent decline)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Washington CountyOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Services to buildings and dwellings industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 121 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 14.7 percent of the growth in Washington County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Services to buildings and dwellings (121 new jobs)
2. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (87 new jobs)
3. Unclassified (59 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (58 new jobs)
5. Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (54 new jobs)
Given the 53 4-digit NAICS industries, 25 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 27 industries reported employment loss in the period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Washington CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Converted paper product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 152 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Converted paper product manufacturing industry make up 27.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Washington County, New York.
Top 5 Industries 1. Converted paper product manufacturing (152 jobs lost)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (63 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (57 jobs lost)
4. Private households (52 jobs lost)
5. Other professional and technical services (46 jobs lost)
In Washington County, New York, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 458 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.
