In Armstrong County, jobs in the computer systems design and related services pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the computer systems design and related services industry paid the average highest wages in Armstrong County for 2006. The average industry job in Armstrong County received an annual wage of $153,548 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Pennsylvania of $78,301 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $80,588.

Other high-paying jobs in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania may be found in coal mining ($57,625), semiconductor and electronic component mfg. ($51,620), metalworking machinery manufacturing ($46,485) and machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($46,018) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Armstrong County Wages have increased by 22.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by a total of 22.0%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Pennsylvania and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Armstrong County Industry Wages Lag Behind Pennsylvania, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 24.4 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $39,178. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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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.

Armstrong County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Armstrong County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 209.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Armstrong County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 40.1 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Armstrong County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 29.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (209.9 percent gain)
2. Oil and gas extraction (208.1 percent gain)
3. Coal mining (90.9 percent gain)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (79.4 percent gain)
5. Business support services (67.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 4.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Armstrong County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 90.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 67.8 percent. The losses in the Management of companies and enterprises industry in Armstrong County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.5 percent in terms of employment in the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (90.6 percent decline)
2. Management and technical consulting services (78.2 percent decline)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (76.4 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (73.4 percent decline)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (59.1 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Armstrong County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Coal mining industry has grown the most with 317 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Coal mining industry makes up 24.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Armstrong County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coal mining (317 new jobs)
2. Oil and gas extraction (137 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (97 new jobs)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (81 new jobs)
5. Individual and family services (68 new jobs)

From the 60 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 28 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 32 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 799 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Armstrong County

The Other specialty trade contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 260 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 20.3 percent of the total employment decline in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (260 jobs lost)
2. Management and technical consulting services (122 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (121 jobs lost)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (116 jobs lost)
5. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (108 jobs lost)





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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.

Armstrong County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Armstrong County

Given the industries in the area, the Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 97 jobs. The declines in the Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry make up 22.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (97 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (65 jobs lost)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (45 jobs lost)
4. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (37 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (21 jobs lost)

In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 365 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Of the 63 4-digit NAICS industries, 32 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 28 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Armstrong County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Coal mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 87 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Coal mining industry makes up 17.8 percent of the total employment growth in Armstrong County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coal mining (87 new jobs)
2. Oil and gas extraction (49 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (44 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (32 new jobs)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (26 new jobs)

Total employment has decreased by 2.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 1.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Armstrong County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Child day care services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 40.3 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Armstrong County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 8.1 percent. The Child day care services industry in Armstrong County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.9 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Child day care services (40.3 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (36.0 percent gain)
3. Clothing stores (35.3 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (32.9 percent gain)
5. Oil and gas extraction (31.7 percent gain)

Armstrong County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 71.2 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry reported a gain of 5.5 percent. The losses in the Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. industry in Armstrong County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.4 in percent of workers in the Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (71.2 percent decline)
2. Private households (55 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (46.9 percent decline)
4. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (41.3 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (32.1 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.

Income and Poverty in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Armstrong County reported an income level of $19,013, this was 48.5 percent less than the areas median level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $25,960. This median income level is 29.7 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,007 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 23.9 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $28,080. Hispanic households in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $46,800, which is 26.8 percent greater than the median reported for all households in the area.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Armstrong County reported a medium-low median household income of $36,922 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 27.1 percent lower than the household income median in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median household income is 33.1 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 2568157.4 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Armstrong County, seeing a 95.4 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $35,451, which represents a 4 percent decline. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 22 of 33 counties in percent of decline for household income in Pennsylvania. Armstrong County ranks 509 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income in the US.

The poverty rate in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania has increased by 2.3 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 11.7 percent to 14 percent.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 11.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.4 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Armstrong County, reporting 22 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

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

Higher Education in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. By the year 2005, 12 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 13.4 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 51.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Armstrong on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10.8 percent (Men) versus 10.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 50.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since the year 2000, Armstrong has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 2.4 percent to a total of 12.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 10.4 percent of the White Alone, 4 percent of Black or African American, 16.2 percent of the Asian alone and 24.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania can be considered to have a less-educated working age population, with 10.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Armstrong is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania to be 42.8 years of age. The median age in Armstrong is greater than the median age for the State of Pennsylvania of 39.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.5 years old. With 20.8 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Armstrong can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.4 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 17.8 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania had a population of 70,586 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 72,318. The decline signifies a decrease of -2.4 percent. Armstrong ranks 54 of 67 counties when calculating total change in population for Pennsylvania and the county ranks 3,049 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Armstrong spans a total of 654 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low average area density of 108 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Cullman, AL (108 per sq. mile ), Talladega, AL (109 per sq. mile ), Ross, OH (109 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Barry, MI (108 per sq. mile ), Greenup, KY (107 per sq. mile ), Franklin, MO (107 per sq. mile ).

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania has a population that is comprised of 98 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 0.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Armstrong has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.4 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

From 2000, a very low amount of people have migrated to Armstrong internationally. The migration from outside the US into Armstrong accounts for 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This level of international migration can be considered very low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

The residential real estate values in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania have seen large increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $20,500, or 31.8 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $64,500.

Armstrong County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $85,000, accounted by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania 2005 median home value of $131,900 and less than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

In Armstrong County, there were a total of 32,938 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a sum of 407 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.3 percent.

Armstrong County has a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 1 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 75.4 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

In the State of Pennsylvania, Armstrong County ranks 54 of 67 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,480 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Armstrong County, Pennsylvania -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Armstrong County, rising by 79.2 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.7 percent. The State of Pennsylvania had an industry job change of 10.9 percent, in the last 5 years.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Armstrong County. The sector dealt with a loss of 342 total jobs during the period, accounting for 12.5 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 24.4 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Armstrong County, Mining, Utilities and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 14. The percent of employment in the Mining sector is 14 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Armstrong County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has the largest businesses in Armstrong County. In the County, the industry averages 39 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 12 and greater than the Pennsylvania average establishment size of 13 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

In Armstrong County, Health care and social assistance, Manufacturing, and the Retail Trade sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 19.4 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,034 people employed. The Manufacturing and Retail Trade sectors provide 19.2 and 15.3 percent of industry employment.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).