Montgomery County, New York

In Montgomery County, jobs in the highway, street, and bridge construction pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the highway, street, and bridge construction industry reported the top wages in Montgomery County for 2006. The average industry job in Montgomery County earned an annual wage of $70,885 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in New York of $63,565 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $49,314.

Other top-pay jobs in Montgomery County, New York are present in computer systems design and related services ($70,540), management and technical consulting services ($67,883), offices of physicians ($61,384) and offices of dentists ($46,520) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Montgomery County Wages have increased by 16.6% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Montgomery County, New York by a total of 16.6%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of New York and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Montgomery County Industry Wages Lag Behind New York, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Montgomery County, New York when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 42.6 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $50,107. The industry pay was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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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.

Montgomery County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Of the 64 4-digit NAICS industries, 32 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 31 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Montgomery County, New York, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,179 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 309 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 24.4 percent of the total employment growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (309 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (187 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (87 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (77 new jobs)
5. Automobile dealers (73 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

Given the industries in the area, the Other amusement and recreation industries industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 140 jobs. The declines in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry make up 13.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Montgomery County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (140 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (139 jobs lost)
3. Individual and family services (122 jobs lost)
4. Vocational rehabilitation services (102 jobs lost)
5. Plastics product manufacturing (88 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 7.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than percent in the State of New York, which went through a loss of -1.0 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 383.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Montgomery County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for New York, where it saw a gain of 208.5 percent. The Unclassified industry in Montgomery County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (383.9 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (130.8 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (114.7 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (114.0 percent gain)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (109.1 percent gain)

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other amusement and recreation industries industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 69.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New York, where the industry reported a gain of 12 percent. The losses in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry in Montgomery County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 10.1 in percent of workers in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (69.2 percent decline)
2. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (65 percent decline)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (63.2 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (61.9 percent decline)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (52.5 percent decline)

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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.

Montgomery County One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 50 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of New York, where the industry felt a loss of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Montgomery County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 percent in terms of employment in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (50 percent decline)
2. Management and technical consulting services (43.5 percent decline)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (30.9 percent decline)
4. Building finishing contractors (26.8 percent decline)
5. Other amusement and recreation industries (26.4 percent decline)

Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 234.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Montgomery County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in New York, where this industry saw a gain of 61 percent. The Unclassified industry in Montgomery County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (234.6 percent gain)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (187.5 percent gain)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (77.7 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (39.6 percent gain)
5. Religious organizations (39.2 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in New York, experiencing a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

In Montgomery County, New York, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 228 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 65 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 30 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 35 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 75 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 24.2 percent of the total job loss in Montgomery County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (75 jobs lost)
2. Nursing care facilities (57 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (29 jobs lost)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (22 jobs lost)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (14 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

The Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 121 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 17.6 percent of the total growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (121 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (109 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (94 new jobs)
4. Unclassified (63 new jobs)
5. Grocery stores (45 new jobs)

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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.

Income and Poverty in Montgomery County, New York

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Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 16.4 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $31,444. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $84,582. This median is 125 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic households in Montgomery County, New York , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $27,331, which is 27.3 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Montgomery County reported a median household income of $29,250, this was 22.2 percent less than the median for all households. In Montgomery County, New York White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,803 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.6 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Montgomery County accounted a medium-low median income for households of $37,590 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 35.1 percent lower than the median in New York of $50,770 and the median household income is 30.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Montgomery County, New York can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 31.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Montgomery County, with 22.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Montgomery County, New York

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In Montgomery County, New York as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 4.2 percent of Black or African American, 54.2 percent of the Asian alone and 4.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Montgomery County, New York may to understood as having a moderately-educated working age population, with 13.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Montgomery counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of New York's proportion of 27.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Montgomery County, New York, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Montgomery have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 13.8 percent (Men) versus 13.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Montgomery County, New York

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Montgomery County, New York had an estimated population of 48,968 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 49,680. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.4 percent. Montgomery ranks 51 of 62 counties in terms of population growth in New York and the county ranks 2,873 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Montgomery County, New York has a population that is comprised of 89 percent White, 1.3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Asian, and 8.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 10.2 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of New York percent of 37.7. Since 2000, Montgomery has increased the percent of minority population when 8.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Montgomery County, New York to be 40.7 years old. The median age in Montgomery is greater than the median in New York of 37.5. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 39.7 years of age. With a total of 22.7 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Montgomery can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 59.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 17.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

When measuring the total land area, Montgomery covers a total land area of 405 total square miles. The area has a medium-low population density of 121 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Clinton, MI (121 per sq. mile ), Tipton, TN (122 per sq. mile ), Craighead, AR (122 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Maui, HI (121 per sq. mile ), Randall, TX (120 per sq. mile ), Carteret, NC (120 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Montgomery internationally. The migration from outside the US into Montgomery makes up 0 percent of all immigration into New York. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Montgomery County, New York

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In Montgomery County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 22,565 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 36 homes since 2001, or 0.2 percent.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Montgomery County, New York. In 2000, 91 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Montgomery County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $67,600, according to the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of New York 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $148,700 and less than home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

The State of New York, Montgomery County stands 59 of 62 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 3,018 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Montgomery County, New York ...

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Employment Report for Montgomery County, New York -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Montgomery County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance and Transportation and Warehousing are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.04. The level of employment in the Manufacturing industry is 2.04 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Montgomery County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Retail Trade saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Montgomery County. The sector faced a loss of 201 jobs, or 7.5 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 30.7 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Montgomery County, with the industry averaging 50 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of New York average of 30 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Montgomery County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 26.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 4,249 people employed. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors account for 23.8 and 15.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Transportation and Warehousing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Montgomery County, with an employment growth of 108.4 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of -1 percent. The State of New York saw a change in employment in the sector of -4.1 percent, in the last 5 years.

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