Monday, October 30, 2006

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

In Guernsey County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 22.1 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 2,764 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors account for 19.6 and 16.5 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Guernsey County, with the industry averaging 49 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio typical size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Guernsey County. The sector dealt with a loss of 324 total jobs during the period, accounting for 29.5 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 38 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Guernsey County, Mining, Manufacturing and Health care and social assistance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.1. The level of employment in the Mining industry is 2.1 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Guernsey County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Transportation and Warehousing is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Guernsey County, growing by 131 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of -1 percent. The State of Ohio experienced a change in employment in the sector of 4.2 percent, from 2001 to 2005.







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

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