Monday, January 22, 2007

Mercer County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Mercer County

The Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 68 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 24.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Mercer County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (68 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (20 new jobs)
3. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (18 new jobs)
4. Personal care services (16 new jobs)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (16 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Mercer County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 56 jobs. The declines in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry make up 22.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Mercer County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (56 jobs lost)
2. Civic and social organizations (38 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (37 jobs lost)
4. Printing and related support activities (29 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (18 jobs lost)

Given the 56 4-digit NAICS industries, 22 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 32 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Mercer County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 224 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 1.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Ohio, which experienced a gain of 0.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Mercer County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 60.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the industry reported a loss of 3.5 percent. The losses in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Mercer County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.7 percent in terms of employment in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (60.1 percent decline)
2. Private households (54.5 percent decline)
3. Civic and social organizations (20 percent decline)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (18.9 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (14.3 percent decline)

Mercer County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to real estate industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 67.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Mercer County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Ohio, where this industry saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The Activities related to real estate industry in Mercer County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (67.9 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (44.4 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (36.4 percent gain)
4. Personal care services (29.8 percent gain)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (17.3 percent gain)





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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