Friday, February 23, 2007

Logan County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Logan County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Specialized freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 169 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 27.2 percent of the growth in Logan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (169 new jobs)
2. Employment services (47 new jobs)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (42 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (37 new jobs)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (35 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Logan County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 232 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 41.7 percent of the total job loss in Logan County, Ohio.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (232 jobs lost)
2. Warehousing and storage (76 jobs lost)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (46 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (36 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (24 jobs lost)

From the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 26 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Logan County, Ohio, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 315 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Logan County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 693.2 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Logan County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Ohio, where this industry saw a gain of 5.1 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Logan County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (693.2 percent gain)
2. Other personal services (172.7 percent gain)
3. General freight trucking (113.3 percent gain)
4. Consumer goods rental (113.0 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (82.4 percent gain)

Logan County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 63.8 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 reported a loss of 54.4 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Logan County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.7 percent in terms of employment in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (63.8 percent decline)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (52.8 percent decline)
3. Clothing stores (42.1 percent decline)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (39.8 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (36.4 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in the State of Ohio, which saw a loss of -2.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 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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