Friday, February 23, 2007

Wallowa County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Wallowa County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 28.7 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Oregon, where the it saw a gain of 14.5 percent. The losses in the Limited-service eating places industry in Wallowa County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 13.9 in percent of jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (28.7 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (15.5 percent decline)
3. Support activities for forestry (15.4 percent decline)
4. Religious organizations (7.2 percent decline)
5. Offices of physicians (6.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 20.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Oregon, which saw a gain of 5.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Wallowa County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 154.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Wallowa County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Oregon, where the industry felt a gain of 22.4 percent. The Private households industry in Wallowa County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 19.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (154.5 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (107.1 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (105.6 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (76.3 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (75.7 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Wallowa County

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 25 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Offices of other health practitioners industry makes up 19.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Wallowa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (25 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (24 new jobs)
3. Private households (17 new jobs)
4. Foundries (11 new jobs)
5. Offices of dentists (9 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Wallowa County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 20 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 69.0 percent of the total employment decline in Wallowa County, Oregon.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (20 jobs lost)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (4 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (2 jobs lost)
4. Religious organizations (2 jobs lost)
5. Support activities for forestry (1 jobs lost)

In Wallowa County, Oregon, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 290 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 20 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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