Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Educational services has the largest employers in Greene County, with the industry averaging 49 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 27 and greater than the State of Ohio average establishment size of 34 for the Educational services industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Greene County. The sector dealt with a loss of 805 total jobs during the period, accounting for 17.3 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 47.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Greene County, Professional and technical services, Educational services and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Professional and technical services industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.13. The percent of employment in the Professional and technical services sector is 2.13 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Greene specializes in Professional and technical services.

In Greene County, Retail Trade, Professional and technical services, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 20 percent of the total county employment. This totals 8,721 people employed. The Professional and technical services and Accommodation and food services industries make up 13.6 and 13.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Administrative and waste services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Greene County, changing a total of 34.7 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio saw a change in employment in the sector of 1 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.







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

 

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