Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Rogers County, Oklahoma -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Mining from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Rogers County, changing a total of 183.6 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 4.7 percent. The State of Oklahoma had an industry job change of 25.7 percent, in the last 5 years.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Rogers County. The sector dealt with a loss of 247 jobs during the period, or 4.4 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 65.9 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Rogers County. The industry averages 39 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the State of Oklahoma typical size of 31 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Rogers County, Manufacturing, Utilities and Mining have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 2.39. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 2.39 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Rogers County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

In Rogers County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 30.6 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 5,332 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 12.2 and 10.1 percent of all employment.







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

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