Friday, February 23, 2007

Hood River County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 20.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Oregon, which went through a gain of 5.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Hood River County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized design services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 65.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Oregon, where the industry reported a gain of 13.2 percent. The losses in the Specialized design services industry in Hood River County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 4.5 in percent of workers in the Specialized design services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized design services (65.7 percent decline)
2. Management and technical consulting services (59.3 percent decline)
3. Private households (59.1 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (33.8 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (27.4 percent decline)

Hood River County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 1332.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Hood River County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Oregon, where it saw a gain of 28.9 percent. The Individual and family services industry in Hood River County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 35 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (1332.8 percent gain)
2. Architectural and engineering services (194.9 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (118.0 percent gain)
4. Specialty food stores (91.5 percent gain)
5. Child day care services (80.0 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Hood River County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 332 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry makes up 21.6 percent of the total employment growth in Hood River County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (332 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (284 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (161 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (109 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (94 new jobs)

Out of the 48 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 41 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Hood River County, Oregon, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,689 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Hood River County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 62 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Grocery stores industry make up 40.3 percent of the total job loss in Hood River County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (62 jobs lost)
2. Management and technical consulting services (49 jobs lost)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (10 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (9 jobs lost)
5. Private households (9 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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