Harrisburg-Carlisle One-Year Industry Employment Change

In the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 4,951 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Offices of physicians industry has grown the most with 963 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Offices of physicians industry makes up 15.7 percent of the total growth in Harrisburg-Carlisle.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (963 new jobs)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (606 new jobs)
3. Special food services (339 new jobs)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (337 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (336 new jobs)

Of the 89 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 34 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 55 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 523 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry make up 18.6 percent of the total employment decline in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (523 jobs lost)
2. Office administrative services (452 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (296 jobs lost)
4. Private households (182 jobs lost)
5. Telecommunications resellers (155 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 1.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Waste collection industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 138.5 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Harrisburg-Carlisle has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 63.5 percent. The Waste collection industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 7.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste collection (138.5 percent gain)
2. Scientific research and development services (51.0 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (36.2 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (34.4 percent gain)
5. Unclassified (33.3 percent gain)

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 71.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 17 percent. The losses in the Office administrative services industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.7 in percent of jobs in the Office administrative services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (71.2 percent decline)
2. Telecommunications resellers (63.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (52.8 percent decline)
4. Vending machine operators (50.8 percent decline)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (46.7 percent decline)





About: This report is part 1 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.

Income and Poverty in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Hispanic in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $29,133, this income level is 42.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Harrisburg-Carlisle had a median income of $35,703, this level was 29.1 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $52,333 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $56,702. This income level is 12.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 30.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $34,908.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area may be understood as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.1 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 29.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Harrisburg-Carlisle, accounting 13.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro has increased by 0.9 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.1 percent to 9 percent.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area had a medium-high median income for households of $50,336 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 6.8 percent higher than the household income median in State of &statename of $46,924 and this is 2.4 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income in the area has increased a small amount from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $51,057, which amounts to a 1.4 percent growth. The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 17 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for income levels in the State of &statename. Harrisburg-Carlisle ranks 17 of 28 metro area in terms of the growth in median household income in the United States.

As the median income level saw a growth since 2000 in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest growth in median income was the Asian category. This category saw an increase of 76.7 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Harrisburg-Carlisle, experiencing a 29.4 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.