Friday, February 23, 2007

Clackamas County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Clackamas County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Industrial machinery manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 62 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oregon, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 12.2 percent. The losses in the Industrial machinery manufacturing industry in Clackamas County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 19.7 in percent of jobs in the Industrial machinery manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Industrial machinery manufacturing (62 percent decline)
2. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (61.9 percent decline)
3. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (51.7 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (49.6 percent decline)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (47.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 9.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Clackamas County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Support activities for road transportation industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 533.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Clackamas County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 33.2 percent. The Support activities for road transportation industry in Clackamas County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 18.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for road transportation (533.8 percent gain)
2. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (288.9 percent gain)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (222.1 percent gain)
4. Special food services (192.0 percent gain)
5. Other food manufacturing (186.8 percent gain)

From the 176 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 66 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 110 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Clackamas County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 11,672 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clackamas County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,307 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 7.2 percent of the growth in Clackamas County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (1,307 new jobs)
2. Community care facilities for the elderly (985 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (880 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (846 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (760 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clackamas County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 584 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 7.7 percent of the employment lost during the period in Clackamas County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (584 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (533 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (483 jobs lost)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (475 jobs lost)
5. Industrial machinery manufacturing (404 jobs lost)





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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