Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Umatilla CountyOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Fruit and tree nut farming industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 148 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the
Fruit and tree nut farming industry makes up 19.1 percent of the total growth in Umatilla County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Fruit and tree nut farming (148 new jobs)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (104 new jobs)
3. Residential mental health facilities (73 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (60 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (58 new jobs)
Given the 77 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 30 industries reported employment loss in the period.
In Umatilla County, Oregon, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 163 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Umatilla CountyFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 783 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry make up 32.3 percent of the total job loss in Umatilla County, Oregon.
Top 5 Industries 1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (783 jobs lost)
2. Vegetable and melon farming (346 jobs lost)
3. Other heavy construction (167 jobs lost)
4. Other crop farming (134 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (92 jobs lost)
Umatilla County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Other heavy construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 90.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 2.2 percent. The losses in the
Other heavy construction industry in Umatilla County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 9.4 percent in terms of employment in the
Other heavy construction industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other heavy construction (90.3 percent decline)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (71.6 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (58.4 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (55.3 percent decline)
5. Vegetable and melon farming (48.2 percent decline)
Umatilla County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 166.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Umatilla County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where it saw a gain of 7.4 percent. The
Unclassified industry in Umatilla County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (166.7 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (118.2 percent gain)
3. Building finishing contractors (84.0 percent gain)
4. Activities related to real estate (61.1 percent gain)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (53.9 percent gain)
Total industry employment has decreased by 0.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.
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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.
