In Ulster County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry paid the average highest wages in Ulster County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Ulster County received an annual wage of $111,153 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage rate in New York of $201,248 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

Other high-paying jobs in Ulster County, New York may be found in electronic shopping and mail-order houses ($82,124), performing arts companies ($69,202), utility system construction ($57,507) and machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($52,919) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Ulster County Wages have increased by 28.0% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Ulster County, New York by a total of 28.0%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of New York and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Ulster County, New York when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 39.2 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $50,107. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Ulster County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Ulster County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 440 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 11.0 percent of the total growth in Ulster County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (440 new jobs)
2. Unclassified (359 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (205 new jobs)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (185 new jobs)
5. Other animal production (150 new jobs)

In Ulster County, New York, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 39 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Ulster County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Department stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 480 jobs. The declines in the Department stores industry make up 15.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Ulster County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (480 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (282 jobs lost)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (228 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (140 jobs lost)
5. Insurance carriers (122 jobs lost)

Given the 133 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 63 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 69 industries reported a drop in employment.

Ulster County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 459.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Ulster County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in New York, where the industry felt a gain of 208.5 percent. The Unclassified industry in Ulster County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (459.8 percent gain)
2. Other animal production (355.1 percent gain)
3. Used merchandise stores (266.7 percent gain)
4. Activities related to real estate (206.0 percent gain)
5. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (183.7 percent gain)

Ulster County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 69.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New York, where the industry reported a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers industry in Ulster County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.9 in percent of jobs in the Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (69.6 percent decline)
2. Other food manufacturing (67.6 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (53.3 percent decline)
4. Advertising and related services (47.1 percent decline)
5. Department stores (45.7 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in New York, which saw a loss of -1.0 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Ulster County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Ulster County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Unclassified industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 231 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Unclassified industry makes up 15.5 percent of the growth in Ulster County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (231 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (153 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (70 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (67 new jobs)
5. Individual and family services (61 new jobs)

From the 140 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 65 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 75 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Ulster County

Given the industries in the area, the School and employee bus transportation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 140 jobs. The declines in the School and employee bus transportation industry make up 8.5 percent of the total employment decline in Ulster County, New York.

Top 5 Industries
1. School and employee bus transportation (140 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (133 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (110 jobs lost)
4. Emergency and other relief services (110 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (90 jobs lost)

In Ulster County, New York, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 24 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Ulster County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 112.7 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Ulster County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in New York, where the industry felt a gain of 61 percent. The Unclassified industry in Ulster County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (112.7 percent gain)
2. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (83.0 percent gain)
3. Used merchandise stores (37.5 percent gain)
4. Beverage manufacturing (35.7 percent gain)
5. Shoe stores (31.2 percent gain)

Ulster County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 64.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New York, where the industry felt a gain of 4.7 percent. The losses in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry in Ulster County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.4 in percent of workers in the Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (64.7 percent decline)
2. Emergency and other relief services (56.2 percent decline)
3. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (46.4 percent decline)
4. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (40.4 percent decline)
5. General rental centers (31.9 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in New York, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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 Ulster County, New York

As the median income level saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Ulster County, New York, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This category saw an increase of 115.8 percent in the last five years. The Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level growth in Ulster County, experiencing a 40.1 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The rate of poverty in Ulster County, New York has increased by 0.3 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 11.4 percent to 11.7 percent.

Hispanic in Ulster County, New York reported a median household income of $42,033, this median household income is 15.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Ulster County, New York White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $51,055 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.6 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $31,079. This household income level is 37.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 25.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $37,167. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Ulster County had a median household income level of $36,270, this median was 27.1 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

The areas median household income has increased from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has increased to $50,837, which amounts to a 2.1 percent growth. Ulster County, New York, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 7 of 9 counties in percent of growth for median household income in the State of New York. Ulster County ranks 71 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing the growth in median household income in the United States.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Ulster County had a relatively high household income of $49,785 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2 percent lower than the median in State of New York of $50,770 and the median household income is 1.3 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Ulster County, New York can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 11.4 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 27.9 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Ulster County, having 18.3 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Ulster County, New York

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 24.2 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 27.2 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Ulster County, New York, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 28.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Ulster have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 24 percent (Men) versus 26 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 31.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since 2000, Ulster has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 0.8 percent to a total of 25.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the State of New York percent of 31.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

In Ulster County, New York as reported in the 2000 Census, 25.8 percent of the White Alone, 11.4 percent of Black or African American, 52.2 percent of the Asian alone and 12.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Ulster County, New York is made up of a highly-educated population of the working age, with 25 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Ulster has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of New York's proportion of 27.4 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Housing Report for Ulster County, New York

In Ulster County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 80,509 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a sum of 2,336 residential units since 2001, or 3 percent.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Ulster County, New York have increased sharply since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $109,100, or 96.5 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $113,100.

Ulster County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $222,200, according to the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the New York 2005 median home value of $258,900 and greater than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In the State of New York, Ulster County stands 13 of 62 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,387 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Ulster County can be understood as having a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 4.5 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

There seems to be a limited amount affordable residential real estate in Ulster County, New York. In 2005, 19.6 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Mining in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Ulster County, growing in new jobs by 30.9 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.7 percent. The State of New York saw a change in employment in the sector of 14 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Management of companies and enterprises has the largest employers in Ulster County, averaging 23 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average at the national level of 40 and less than the New York average of 42 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

In Ulster County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 19.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 9,247 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services industries make up 17.3 and 13 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Ulster County. The sector dealt with a loss of 1,817 jobs, or 29.1 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 76.4 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In Ulster County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.83. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 1.83 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Ulster specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.







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