Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Geauga County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Management of companies and enterprises has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Geauga County, growing by 103.3 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of Ohio faced a industry job change of 22.5 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Geauga County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 31.7 percent of the total county employment. This totals 9,813 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 11.6 and 10.9 percent of industry employment.

In Geauga County, Manufacturing, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Construction have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.47. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 2.47 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Geauga County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Geauga County. The industry averages 44 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of Ohio establishments size average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Arts, entertainment, and recreation between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Geauga County. The industry was hit with a loss of 497 total jobs during the period, accounting for 42 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 69.8 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.







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

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