Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lawrence CountyOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Business support services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 256 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the
Business support services industry makes up 14.7 percent of the total growth in Lawrence County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Business support services (256 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (191 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (153 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (123 new jobs)
5. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (88 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lawrence CountyFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Grocery stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 474 jobs. The declines in the
Grocery stores industry make up 21.5 percent of the total employment decline in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Top 5 Industries 1. Grocery stores (474 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (259 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (219 jobs lost)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (179 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (153 jobs lost)
In Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 1,009 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
From the 91 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 46 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
Lawrence County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Computer systems design and related services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 288.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Lawrence County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 12.5 percent. The
Computer systems design and related services industry in Lawrence County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 3.1 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Computer systems design and related services (288.0 percent gain)
2. Business support services (155.3 percent gain)
3. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (135.4 percent gain)
4. Warehousing and storage (108.4 percent gain)
5. Activities related to real estate (54.5 percent gain)
Total industry employment has decreased by 3.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
Lawrence County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Book, periodical, and music stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 81.7 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 28.6 percent. The losses in the
Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Lawrence County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 20.9 percent in terms of employment in the
Book, periodical, and music stores industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Book, periodical, and music stores (81.7 percent decline)
2. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (79.5 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (78.2 percent decline)
4. Private households (69.1 percent decline)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (60 percent decline)
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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.
