Washington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 570 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 16.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (570 new jobs)
2. Business support services (357 new jobs)
3. Insurance carriers (292 new jobs)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (193 new jobs)
5. Professional and similar organizations (156 new jobs)

In Washington County, Pennsylvania, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,851 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 146 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 75 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 142 jobs. The declines in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 7.5 percent of the total employment decline in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (142 jobs lost)
2. Waste treatment and disposal (139 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (126 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (121 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (103 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 2.7 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 1.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Washington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance carriers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 237.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Washington County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 0.1 percent. The Insurance carriers industry in Washington County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (237.1 percent gain)
2. Business support services (230.8 percent gain)
3. Grantmaking and giving services (153.0 percent gain)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (119.4 percent gain)
5. Professional and similar organizations (64.1 percent gain)

Washington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other support services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 72.7 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 reported a loss of 3.8 percent. The losses in the Other support services industry in Washington County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.2 percent in terms of employment in the Other support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (72.7 percent decline)
2. Private households (72.6 percent decline)
3. Waste treatment and disposal (69.2 percent decline)
4. Support activities for road transportation (32.7 percent decline)
5. Other personal services (31.2 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 Washington County, Pennsylvania

As the median income level saw a growth in the last five year in Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic growth in the household income level was the White Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an increase of 4.7 percent since 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level growth in Washington County, encountering a 60.2 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Washington County reported an income level of $28,275, this median was 35.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic in Washington County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $42,237, this median household income is 4 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 30.9 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,402. In Washington County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,582 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $60,450. This median is 37.4 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Washington County, Pennsylvania may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 24.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Washington County, accounting 15.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Washington County reported a medium-high median income for households of $44,000 (2005 Dollars). This median is 6.6 percent lower than the median in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and this is 11.7 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The rate of poverty in Washington County, Pennsylvania has stayed the same by 0.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 9.8 percent to 9.8 percent.

The median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $44,947, which represents a 2.2 percent growth. Washington County, Pennsylvania, in terms of percentage of growth, ranks 2 of 5 counties in percent of growth for household income in Pennsylvania. Washington County ranks 70 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of growth in median household income in the United States.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.