Butler County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 70.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 27.8 percent. The losses in the
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry in Butler County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 16.2 percent in terms of employees in the
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (70.5 percent decline)
2. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (47.7 percent decline)
3. Used merchandise stores (42.6 percent decline)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (39.7 percent decline)
5. Florists (38 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 12.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.
Butler County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Employment services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 267.4 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Butler County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where it saw a loss of 4.1 percent. The
Employment services industry in Butler County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 4.1 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Employment services (267.4 percent gain)
2. Activities related to real estate (234.4 percent gain)
3. Special food services (212.7 percent gain)
4. Direct selling establishments (191.7 percent gain)
5. Other general merchandise stores (181.9 percent gain)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Butler CountyFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 613 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Grocery stores industry make up 16.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Top 5 Industries 1. Grocery stores (613 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (404 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (367 jobs lost)
4. Clay product and refractory manufacturing (247 jobs lost)
5. School and employee bus transportation (206 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Butler CountyOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 1,107 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Full-service restaurants industry makes up 11.3 percent of the total employment growth in Butler County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (1,107 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (828 new jobs)
3. Employment services (727 new jobs)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (488 new jobs)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (438 new jobs)
Of the 123 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 47 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 76 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In Butler County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 7,431 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.
