Ohio One-Year Industry Employment Change

The state of Ohio: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 47.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses in the Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry in Ohio outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 7.2 in percent of workers in the Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing (47.9 percent decline)
2. Audio and video equipment manufacturing (36.8 percent decline)
3. Securities and commodity exchanges (30.8 percent decline)
4. Other furniture related product manufacturing (30.4 percent decline)
5. Satellite telecommunications (28.8 percent decline)

The State of Ohio: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Agents and managers for public figures industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 210.0 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2).. The Agents and managers for public figures industry in Ohio outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 13.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Agents and managers for public figures (210.0 percent gain)
2. Educational support services (34.1 percent gain)
3. Other hospitals (33.0 percent gain)
4. Urban transit systems (21.0 percent gain)
5. Warehousing and storage (17.9 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

In the State of Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 18,383 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 292 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 157 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 135 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the State of Ohio

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 3,923 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 6.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (3,923 jobs lost)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (2,933 jobs lost)
3. Depository credit intermediation (2,758 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (2,356 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (1,819 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the State of Ohio

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 5,626 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 7.4 percent of the total growth in Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (5,626 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (5,138 new jobs)
3. Couriers (3,696 new jobs)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (3,175 new jobs)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (2,856 new jobs)

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of Ohio in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 8,432 total jobs gained in Butler County to a low of 12,245 jobs lost in Hamilton County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the Ohio
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Butler County (8,432 jobs gained)
2. Clermont County (4,429 jobs gained)
3. Delaware County (3,696 jobs gained)
4. Clinton County (3,225 jobs gained)
5. Cuyahoga County (3,038 jobs gained)
6. Warren County (2,853 jobs gained)
7. Greene County (2,664 jobs gained)
8. Summit County (1,970 jobs gained)
9. Fairfield County (1,928 jobs gained)
10. Franklin County (1,406 jobs gained)

The counties in the State of Ohio in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 16.0 percent job gained in Clinton County to a low of a 15.4 percent job lost in Morgan County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the Ohio
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Clinton County (16.0 percent gain)
2. Carroll County (10.7 percent gain)
3. Clermont County (9.7 percent gain)
4. Lawrence County (7.4 percent gain)
5. Butler County (7.2 percent gain)
6. Delaware County (6.8 percent gain)
7. Fairfield County (6.6 percent gain)
8. Greene County (6.1 percent gain)
9. Van Wert County (4.9 percent gain)
10. Meigs County (4.9 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.