Monday, January 22, 2007

Portage County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Portage County

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 181 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 13.0 percent of the total employment growth in Portage County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (181 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (111 new jobs)
3. Outpatient care centers (74 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (62 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (56 new jobs)

In Portage County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 20 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Portage County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Plastics product manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 264 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Plastics product manufacturing industry make up 12.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Portage County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (264 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (193 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (189 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (135 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (118 jobs lost)

Given the 126 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 57 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 67 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Portage County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 70.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the industry reported a gain of 3.3 percent. The losses in the Other schools and instruction industry in Portage County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.7 in percent of workers in the Other schools and instruction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (70.1 percent decline)
2. Home health care services (48.7 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (43.9 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (42.8 percent decline)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (39.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in Ohio, which went through a gain of 0.4 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Portage County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other personal services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 127.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Portage County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 1.2 percent. The Other personal services industry in Portage County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other personal services (127.3 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (76.7 percent gain)
3. Outpatient care centers (65.6 percent gain)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (63.0 percent gain)
5. Other support services (55.6 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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