In Erie County, jobs in the other fabricated metal product manufacturing pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry had the highest average wages in Erie County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Erie County received an annual wage of $89,269 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Ohio of $54,963 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $46,833.

Other high-paying jobs in Erie County, Ohio may be found in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($84,337), offices of physicians ($65,132), industrial machinery manufacturing ($57,844) and offices of dentists ($55,004) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Erie County Wages have increased by 10.7% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Erie County, Ohio by a total of 10.7%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Ohio and less than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Erie County Industry Wages Lag Behind Ohio, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Erie County, Ohio can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 12.6 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,666. The industry pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Erie County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Erie County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 607 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 25.6 percent of the total employment growth in Erie County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (607 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (220 new jobs)
3. Employment services (216 new jobs)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (150 new jobs)
5. Management and technical consulting services (122 new jobs)

Out of the 97 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 55 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 41 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Erie County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 1,182 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Erie County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 368 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry make up 14.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Erie County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (368 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (247 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (213 jobs lost)
4. Civic and social organizations (190 jobs lost)
5. Personal care services (143 jobs lost)

Erie County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 94 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.6 percent. The losses in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry in Erie County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 7.7 in percent of workers in the Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (94 percent decline)
2. Other financial investment activities (72.4 percent decline)
3. Business support services (67.6 percent decline)
4. Insurance carriers (61.3 percent decline)
5. Unclassified (58.2 percent decline)

Erie County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 365.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Erie County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where it saw a gain of 0.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Erie County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 22.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (365.0 percent gain)
2. Used merchandise stores (241.7 percent gain)
3. Home health care services (201.9 percent gain)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (181.0 percent gain)
5. Employment services (90.9 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Ohio, which saw a loss of -2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Erie County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Erie County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Used merchandise stores industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 72.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Ohio, where the industry reported a gain of 5.6 percent. The losses in the Used merchandise stores industry in Erie County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.4 in percent of jobs in the Used merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Used merchandise stores (72.7 percent decline)
2. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (63.2 percent decline)
3. Personal care services (55.4 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (40.2 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (38.2 percent decline)

Erie County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 91.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Erie County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Ohio, where this industry saw a loss of 0.8 percent. The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry in Erie County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (91.9 percent gain)
2. Other motor vehicle dealers (80.8 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (58.6 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (54.5 percent gain)
5. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (51.7 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in Ohio, experiencing a gain of 0.4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Of the 101 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 61 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 38 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Erie County, Ohio, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 481 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Erie County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 190 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 19.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Erie County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (190 new jobs)
2. Department stores (113 new jobs)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (93 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (84 new jobs)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (73 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Erie County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Personal care services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 181 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Personal care services industry make up 14.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Erie County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Personal care services (181 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (152 jobs lost)
3. Employment services (96 jobs lost)
4. Health and personal care stores (76 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (70 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.

Income and Poverty in Erie County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Erie County had a relatively high median income for households of $50,013 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 4.2 percent higher than the median income in State of Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 1.8 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Erie County, Ohio can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.3 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 28.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Erie County, accounting 12.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Erie County, Ohio , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $30,488, this median is 39 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Erie County, Ohio White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $52,101 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 4.2 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $45,947. This household income level is 8.1 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 42.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $28,549. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Erie County had a median household income level of $47,845, this was 4.3 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

As the median household income witnessed a decline since 2000 in Erie County, Ohio, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 94.8 percent in the last five years. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Erie County, encountering a 119.7 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

The rate of poverty in Erie County, Ohio has increased by 5.7 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 8.3 percent to 14 percent.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $40,627, which represents a 18.8 percent decline. Erie County, Ohio, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 1 of 38 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Ohio. Erie County ranks 13 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Erie County, Ohio

In Erie County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 17.4 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 41.2 percent of the Asian alone and 8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 0.6 percent. In the year 2005, 18.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 2.4 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 17.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Erie County, Ohio, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 39.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Erie on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 18 percent (Men) versus 15.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 42.6 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Erie County, Ohio is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 16.6 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Erie was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

Since 2000, Erie has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 18.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Ohio percent of 23.4 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Erie County, Ohio

Since the year 2000, a low number of individuals have migrated to Erie internationally. The migration from outside the US into Erie makes up 0.2 percent of all immigration into Ohio. This level of international migration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Erie County, Ohio has a population that is made up of 87.2 percent White, 8.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 2.4 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 11.2 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Erie has increased in diversity when 11.1 percent of the people were minorities.

Erie County, Ohio had a total estimated population of 78,665 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 79,604. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.2 percent. Erie ranks 74 of 88 counties when calculating total change in population for Ohio and the county ranks 2,941 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, Erie encompasses a total area of 255 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high population density of 309 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Spalding, GA (310 per sq. mile ), Boyd, KY (310 per sq. mile ), Ascension, LA (310 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Warren, NJ (308 per sq. mile ), Tippecanoe, IN (308 per sq. mile ), Monroe, IN (308 per sq. mile ).

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Erie County, Ohio to be 41.7 years old. The median age in Erie is greater than the median in Ohio of 37.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 39.5 years of age. With 22.8 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Erie can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.8 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 16.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

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

Housing Report for Erie County, Ohio

Erie County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $131,300, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the Ohio 2005 home median value of $129,600 and less than home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Erie County, the census reported 37,082 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 837 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.3 percent.

The residential housing values in Erie County, Ohio have moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $21,500, or 19.6 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $109,800.

Erie County may be be described as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 1.5 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

Throughout the State of Ohio, Erie County is positioned 52 of 88 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,736 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of real estate that is affordable in Erie County, Ohio. In 2005, 45.4 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Erie County, Ohio -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Administrative and waste services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Erie County, with an industry growth of 27 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio underwent a employment change in the industry of 1 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Erie County, Manufacturing, Accommodation and food services, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 21.6 percent of total employment in the county, making up 7,206 jobs. The Accommodation and food services and Retail Trade industries make up 15.7 and 14.8 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Erie County. The industry averages 55 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Ohio average establishment size of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Erie County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry has a US LQ in the county of 5.04. The percent of employment in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 5.04 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Erie may be an exporter of products or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Erie County. The sector faced a loss of 1,838 employees during the period, or 20.3 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 66.7 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

The Manufacturing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Erie County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 26.7 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 21.6 percent of employment in 2005.





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