Dayton, OH

Dayton Metro Area industry wages have increased by 11.8% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the Dayton Metro Area by a total of 11.8%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Ohio and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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

Dayton Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Ohio, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Dayton, OH when analyzed can be described as medium-high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the nation. The average pay is 1.9 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $36,666. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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

Dayton Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Dayton Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,205 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry make up 23.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Dayton, OH.

Top 5 Industries
1. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (1,205 jobs lost)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (622 jobs lost)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (591 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (379 jobs lost)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (310 jobs lost)

In the Dayton, OH metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 20,126 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Dayton Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 2,183 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 27.4 percent of the total growth in Dayton.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (2,183 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (981 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (644 new jobs)
4. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (539 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (481 new jobs)

Given the 43 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 19 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 24 industries reported a drop in employment.

The Dayton Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Charter bus industry industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 273.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Dayton has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 13.3 percent. The Charter bus industry industry in Dayton outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 18.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Charter bus industry (273.0 percent gain)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (238.5 percent gain)
3. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (44.3 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (23.7 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (21.7 percent gain)

The Dayton Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 70.7 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the it saw a loss of 3.1 percent. The losses in the Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. industry in Dayton outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 13.2 percent in terms of employees in the Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (70.7 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (68.3 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (40 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (28.6 percent decline)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (21.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 5.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Ohio, which experienced a loss of 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Dayton One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Dayton Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Charter bus industry industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 123.5 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Dayton has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Ohio, where this industry saw a loss of 2.5 percent. The Charter bus industry industry in Dayton outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 4.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Charter bus industry (123.5 percent gain)
2. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (32.0 percent gain)
3. Other textile product mills (26.6 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (25.9 percent gain)
5. Used merchandise stores (22.3 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Ohio, which went through a gain of 0.4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Dayton Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other heavy construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 69.4 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Ohio, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 13.9 percent. The losses in the Other heavy construction industry in Dayton outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 4.4 percent in terms of employment in the Other heavy construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other heavy construction (69.4 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (55 percent decline)
3. Waste collection (32.1 percent decline)
4. Social advocacy organizations (22.1 percent decline)
5. Communications equipment manufacturing (18.9 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Dayton Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 331 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 10.5 percent of the total employment growth in Dayton.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (331 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (327 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (299 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (286 new jobs)
5. Colleges and universities (242 new jobs)

In the Dayton, OH metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 831 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Of the 91 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 49 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 41 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Dayton Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 369 jobs. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 7.7 percent of the total employment decline in Dayton, OH.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (369 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (330 jobs lost)
3. Investigation and security services (324 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (317 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (304 jobs lost)

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

Higher Education in the Dayton, OH Metro Area

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Dayton, OH Metro Area may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 24 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Dayton MSA counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

From the year 2000, the Dayton metro area has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 3.8 percent to a total of 24 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

In the Dayton, OH Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 24.8 percent of the White Alone, 16.6 percent of Black or African American, 54.8 percent of the Asian alone and 20 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Dayton, OH Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Dayton metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26 percent (Men) versus 22.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.0 percent. By the year 2005, 26 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 22.4 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Dayton, OH

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Since 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated into the Dayton metro area, with 3,862 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Dayton makes up 5.1 percent of all immigration into Ohio. This percent of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Dayton metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 80.6 percent White, 14.7 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian, and 1.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 17.7 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is greater than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Dayton has increased the level of diversity when 17.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

When measuring the total land area, the Dayton metro area spans a total area of 1708 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 494 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Vallejo-Fairfield (496 per sq. mile ), Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice (513 per sq. mile ), Lancaster (517 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord (491 per sq. mile ), Atlantic City (483 per sq. mile ), Ann Arbor (482 per sq. mile ).

The Dayton metro area had a population of 843,577 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 848,019. The decline signifies a decrease of -0.5 percent. Dayton ranks 10 of 12 MSAs in terms of population growth in Ohio and the metro area ranks 352 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Dayton

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When comparing areas across the State of Ohio, Dayton places 5 of the 12 metro areas by percentage growth in residential real estate. The metro area is positioned 286 of 361, in terms of residential real estate percentage change compared to other United States metro areas.

In Dayton, there were a total of 376,902 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a sum of 9,765 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.7 percent.

Dayton can be understood as having a small, but present proportion of high-valued homes. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued over a half a million dollars.

Dayton had a median home value in the year 2005 of $124,400, published by the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall Ohio 2005 median home value of $129,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Dayton, Ohio. In 2005, 50.4 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Dayton, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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A high-wage industry in Dayton is the information sector paying an annual wage of $52,299. From the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 12.1 percent or $5,653. The State of Ohio holds a similar employment climate in the information industry, falling near the top of industries in term of the average annual pay of 2004.

Finance and insurance is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Dayton, changing a total of 9.8 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 4.8 percent. The State of Ohio felt a shift in employment in the industry of 2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Management of companies and enterprises has a largest number of employees per establishment in Dayton MSA. In the region, the industry averages 70 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 40 and less than the Ohio establishments size average of 71 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

In Dayton, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 17.5 percent of total employment in the Metro Area, making up 58,390 individuals. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 13.3 and 9.9 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Dayton, Manufacturing, Management of companies and enterprises and Information industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.36. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 1.36 times greater than the national average, signifying that Dayton specializes in Manufacturing.

The Dayton Metropolitain Area is ranked number 55 of 363 throughout the US by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has slipped behind during the time of 2001 and 2005. The Metropolitan Area, in the year 2001, was ranked 53 of 363 Counties.

The Health care and social assistance industry has decreased the most in industries presence in the Dayton Metropolitan Area since 2001, going from making up 13.9 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

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