Friday, February 23, 2007

Rogers County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Rogers County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 75.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oklahoma, where the industry reported a gain of 13.9 percent. The losses in the Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry in Rogers County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.4 in percent of jobs in the Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (75.9 percent decline)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (66 percent decline)
3. Florists (57.9 percent decline)
4. Electrical equipment manufacturing (46.9 percent decline)
5. Printing and related support activities (41.1 percent decline)

Rogers County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 520.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Rogers County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oklahoma, where the industry took a loss of 6.2 percent. The Unclassified industry in Rogers County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (520.0 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (300.9 percent gain)
3. Support activities for mining (261.7 percent gain)
4. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (255.6 percent gain)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (121.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 13 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Oklahoma, which experienced a gain of 0.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Of the 67 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 16 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 50 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Rogers County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 232 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 10.1 percent of the total growth in Rogers County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (232 new jobs)
2. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (227 new jobs)
3. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (201 new jobs)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (147 new jobs)
5. Support activities for mining (112 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Rogers County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 209 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry make up 37.7 percent of the total employment decline in Rogers County, Oklahoma.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (209 jobs lost)
2. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (73 jobs lost)
3. Florists (47 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (36 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (35 jobs lost)

In Rogers County, Oklahoma, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,107 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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