Friday, February 23, 2007

Chemung County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Chemung County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 485.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Chemung County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for New York, where the industry felt a gain of 208.5 percent. The Unclassified industry in Chemung County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (485.3 percent gain)
2. Business support services (197.3 percent gain)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (88.0 percent gain)
4. Advertising and related services (82.5 percent gain)
5. Used merchandise stores (80.5 percent gain)

Chemung County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 74.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the New York, where the industry felt a gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Chemung County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.2 percent in terms of employment in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (74.9 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (70.8 percent decline)
3. Printing and related support activities (70 percent decline)
4. Computer systems design and related services (65.9 percent decline)
5. Household goods repair and maintenance (64.2 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of New York, which went through a loss of -1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Chemung County

The Business support services industry has added the most employment with 456 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Business support services industry makes up 23.6 percent of the total employment growth in Chemung County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (456 new jobs)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (215 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (158 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (104 new jobs)
5. Nursing care facilities (97 new jobs)

Given the 97 4-digit NAICS industries, 50 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 46 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Chemung County, New York, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 2,736 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Chemung County

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 481 jobs. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 14.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Chemung County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (481 jobs lost)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (338 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (208 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (202 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (164 jobs lost)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

 

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