In Hocking County, jobs in the outpatient care centers pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the outpatient care centers industry reported the top wages in Hocking County for 2006. The average industry job in Hocking County received a wage of $50,004 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Ohio of $38,652 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $44,428.

Other high-paying jobs in Hocking County, Ohio exsists in nondepository credit intermediation ($42,858), offices of physicians ($41,396), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($40,479) and oil and gas extraction ($37,656) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Hocking County Wages have increased by 8.1% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Hocking County, Ohio by a total of 8.1%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for 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.

Hocking 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 Hocking County, Ohio when analyzed can be described as very low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 35.7 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,666. The overall industry wage 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.

Hocking County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Hocking County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Utility system construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 43 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Utility system construction industry make up 25.0 percent of the total job loss in Hocking County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (43 jobs lost)
2. Residential building construction (27 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (25 jobs lost)
4. Other miscellaneous store retailers (12 jobs lost)
5. Consumer goods rental (11 jobs lost)

Out of the 31 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 17 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Hocking County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 201 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Hocking County

The Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 202 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 37.1 percent of the growth in Hocking County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (202 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (79 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (70 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (50 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (26 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in Ohio, which went through a loss of -2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Hocking County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Ohio, where the it saw a loss of 6.8 percent. The losses in the Utility system construction industry in Hocking County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.8 in percent of workers in the Utility system construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (62.4 percent decline)
2. Health and personal care stores (43.2 percent decline)
3. Residential building construction (36 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (34.7 percent decline)
5. Death care services (24.7 percent decline)

Hocking County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 192.5 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Hocking County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 1.5 percent. The Nonresidential building construction industry in Hocking County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.6 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (192.5 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (111.6 percent gain)
3. Grocery stores (110.7 percent gain)
4. Lessors of real estate (104.3 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (92.4 percent gain)





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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.

1-Year Industry Employment Change in Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County 1-year Percentage Decline in Employment

The RV parks and recreational camps industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 68.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Ohio, where the it saw a gain of 6.8 percent. The losses in the RV parks and recreational camps industry in Hocking County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.8 in percent of jobs in the RV parks and recreational camps industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (68.8 percent decline)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (35.2 percent decline)
3. Consumer goods rental (30.2 percent decline)
4. Utility system construction (24.1 percent decline)
5. Professional and similar organizations (23 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 2.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in the State of Ohio, which went through a gain of 0.4 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Hocking County 1-year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Oil and gas extraction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 127.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Hocking County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where the industry took a gain of 2.6 percent. The Oil and gas extraction industry in Hocking County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oil and gas extraction (127.8 percent gain)
2. Architectural and engineering services (57.8 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (54.1 percent gain)
4. Logging (50.0 percent gain)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (37.9 percent gain)

Out of the 41 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 28 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 11 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total 1-Year Employment Growth in Hocking County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 140 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 65.3 percent of the growth in Hocking County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (140 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (31 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (12 new jobs)
4. Architectural and engineering services (9 new jobs)
5. Logging (8 new jobs)

Total 1-Year Employment Decline in Hocking County

The Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 43 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 16.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Hocking County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (43 jobs lost)
2. RV parks and recreational camps (29 jobs lost)
3. Traveler accommodation (27 jobs lost)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (21 jobs lost)
5. Other general merchandise stores (18 jobs lost)

In Hocking County, Ohio, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 175 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

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

Income and Poverty in Hocking County, Ohio

Compared to counties across the United States, Hocking County accounted a medium-high median income for households of $40,085 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 19.5 percent lower than the median in Ohio of $47,919 and the median household income is 22.6 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $56,063. This household income level is 39.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Hocking County, Ohio White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $40,049 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.1 percent less than the median household income in 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Hocking County reported a median household income of $36,145, this was 9.8 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 7.6 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $43,144. Hispanic in Hocking County, Ohio , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $26,116, which is 34.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Hocking County, Ohio can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 21.1 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Hocking County, accounting 19.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Hocking County, Ohio

Hocking County, Ohio has a less-educated working age population, with 9.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Hocking was reported to have a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Ohio's proportion of 21 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Hocking County, Ohio, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 46 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Hocking have on average achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 9.2 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 46.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Hocking County, Ohio according the 2000 Decennial Census, 9.8 percent of the White Alone, 3.8 percent of Black or African American, 55 percent of the Asian alone and 29.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Housing Report for Hocking County, Ohio

In Hocking County, the real estate market was made up of 12,425 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 249 homes since 2001, or 2 percent.

The State of Ohio, Hocking County stands 57 of 88 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,912 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Hocking County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $83,300, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Ohio 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $103,700 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Hocking County, Ohio. In 2000, 81.8 percent of housing was valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Hocking County. In the County, the industry averages 40 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the State of Ohio average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Hocking County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 22.1 percent of total employment in the county, making up 1,126 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 19.7 and 14.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Hocking County, Mining, Manufacturing and Accommodation and food services are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining industry has an LQ of 5.67. The level of employment in the Mining industry is 5.67 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Hocking County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.

The Manufacturing has seen the largest decrease in industry presence in Hocking County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 28.6 percent of employment in 2001 to 22.1 percent of employment in 2005.

Real estate and rental and leasing has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Hocking County, with an employment growth of 70.8 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.3 percent. The State of Ohio underwent a employment change in the industry of -4.1 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Hocking County. The industry lost a total of 326 jobs during the period, or 22.5 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 82.5 percent of all employment losses in the county.





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