Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Warren County, Pennsylvania -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Warren County, with an industry growth of 61.7 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Pennsylvania went through a industry job change of 8.1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In Warren County, Mining, Manufacturing and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.98. The level of employment in the Mining industry is 1.98 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Warren may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

In Warren County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 23.7 percent of total employment in the county, making up 2,982 jobs. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries total 22.2 and 19.4 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Warren County. The industry lost a total of 964 employees during the period, or 24.4 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 44 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Warren County, with the industry averaging 40 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the Pennsylvania average of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.







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

 

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