In Cambria County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 933 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cambria CountyOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Employment services industry has grown the most with 724 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Employment services industry makes up 11.9 percent of the growth in Cambria County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Employment services (724 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (532 new jobs)
3. Business support services (446 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (432 new jobs)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (395 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cambria CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Department stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 676 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Department stores industry make up 15.5 percent of the total job loss in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
Top 5 Industries 1. Department stores (676 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (342 jobs lost)
3. Lessors of real estate (340 jobs lost)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (246 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (199 jobs lost)
Out of the 115 4-digit NAICS industries, 53 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 59 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
Cambria County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 80 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined slower than the industry sector has gone through in the Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 88.9 percent. The losses in the
Unclassified industry in Cambria County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1.7 percent in terms of employment in the
Unclassified industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (80 percent decline)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (78 percent decline)
3. Shoe stores (76.6 percent decline)
4. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (73.9 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (70.5 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 1.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.
Cambria County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 851.9 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Cambria County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 6.6 percent. The
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry in Cambria County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.7 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (851.9 percent gain)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (530.2 percent gain)
3. Other schools and instruction (439.3 percent gain)
4. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (260.8 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (228.1 percent gain)
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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.
