In Jackson 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 Jackson County for 2006. The average industry job in Jackson County earned an annual wage of $45,674 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Ohio of $38,652 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $44,428.

High-wage employment in Jackson County, Ohio can be found in machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($40,965), building equipment contractors ($40,955), nonresidential building construction ($34,914) and depository credit intermediation ($34,791) 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.

Jackson County Wages have increased by 10.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Jackson County, Ohio by a total of 10.7%. This is less than the growth in industry 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Jackson County, Ohio can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 30.9 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $36,666. The average 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.

Jackson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Jackson County, Ohio, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 554 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Jackson County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 173 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 37.1 percent of the total employment growth in Jackson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (173 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (93 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (30 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (29 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (25 new jobs)

Of the 30 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 13 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 17 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Jackson County

Given the industries in the area, the Automotive repair and maintenance industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 27 jobs. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 17.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Jackson County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (27 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (26 jobs lost)
3. Logging (22 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (20 jobs lost)
5. Unclassified (18 jobs lost)

Employment for all industries has increased by 5.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than percent in the State of Ohio, experiencing a loss of -2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Jackson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 77.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Jackson County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where it saw a gain of 0.5 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Jackson County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 11 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (77.7 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (72.1 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (60.7 percent gain)
4. Depository credit intermediation (53.6 percent gain)
5. Building equipment contractors (26.6 percent gain)

Jackson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 94.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the industry felt a loss of 54.4 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Jackson County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.7 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (94.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (63.4 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (40.9 percent decline)
4. Offices of dentists (29.8 percent decline)
5. Death care services (28.6 percent decline)





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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.

Jackson County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Jackson County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 79 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 36.4 percent of the total employment decline in Jackson County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (79 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (23 jobs lost)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (13 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (12 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (11 jobs lost)

In Jackson County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 294 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 39 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 13 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Jackson County

The Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 48 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 34.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Jackson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (48 new jobs)
2. Offices of other health practitioners (28 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (12 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (10 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (9 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 2.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Ohio, experiencing a gain of 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Jackson County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 85.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Jackson County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Ohio, where it saw a gain of 3.6 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Jackson County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (85.6 percent gain)
2. Other wood product manufacturing (32.4 percent gain)
3. Shoe stores (25.0 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (23.3 percent gain)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (20.6 percent gain)

Jackson County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 76.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Ohio, where the industry reported a loss of 5.1 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Jackson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 12.1 percent in terms of employment in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (76.9 percent decline)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (33.1 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (25.7 percent decline)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (18.8 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (18.7 percent decline)





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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 Jackson County, Ohio

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Jackson County had a medium-low median income for households of $35,873 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 33.6 percent lower than the median income in State of Ohio of $47,919 and the income level is 37 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Jackson County, Ohio can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 16.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 39 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Jackson County, with 24.2 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $47,730. This median is 33.1 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Jackson County, Ohio White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $35,894 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 12.6 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $40,401. Hispanic households in Jackson County, Ohio recorded a median income of $41,925, this median household income is 16.9 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Jackson County reported a median household income of $20,475, this was 42.9 percent less than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Jackson County, Ohio

Jackson County, Ohio has a less-educated 2000 population, with 11 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Jackson 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 average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Jackson County, Ohio, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 44.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Jackson have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 10.8 percent (Men) versus 11 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 41.8 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

In Jackson County, Ohio according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 11 percent of the White Alone, 9 percent of Black or African American, 32.6 percent of the Asian alone and 27.4 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.

Demographic Profile for Jackson County, Ohio

Jackson County, Ohio has a population that is made of 96.9 percent White, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.2 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 2.1 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Ohio percent of 15.5. Since 2000, Jackson has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.6 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Jackson County, Ohio had a total estimated population of 33,526 in 2005. The total population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 32,642. This growth signifies an increase of 2.7 percent. Jackson ranks 33 of 88 counties when analyzing total population change in Ohio and the county ranks 1,150 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

When calculating the total land area, Jackson extends a total area of 420 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 80 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Sullivan, NH (80 per sq. mile ), Columbia, FL (80 per sq. mile ), Carroll, KY (80 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Monroe, IL (80 per sq. mile ), Gibson, TN (80 per sq. mile ), Logan, WV (80 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Jackson County, Ohio to be 37.0 years of age. The median in Jackson is less than the median age in Ohio of 37.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in this median, when at that time it was 36.4 years old. With 23.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Jackson can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.7 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Since 2000, a medium-low amount of people migrated to Jackson from another country. The international migration into Jackson accounts for 0.2 percent of the total migration into the State of Ohio. This percent of international migration is medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Jackson County, averaging 110 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the Ohio establishments size average of 45 for the Manufacturing industry.

Administrative and waste services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Jackson County, increasing in size by 123.6 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.5 percent. The State of Ohio saw a change in employment in the sector of 1 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Jackson County, Mining, Manufacturing and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector has a United State LQ of 3.96. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining sector is 3.96 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Jackson specializes in Mining.

In Jackson County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 41.6 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 4,299 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 15.2 and 10.8 percent of total employment, respectively.









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