In Carbon County, jobs in the offices of physicians pay the highest wages

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Employment in the offices of physicians industry reported the top wages in Carbon County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Carbon County earned an annual wage of $57,553 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry pay the State of Pennsylvania of $67,501 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $64,740.

Other high-paying jobs in Carbon County, Pennsylvania exsists in chemical merchant wholesalers ($54,389), nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying ($45,118), general freight trucking ($43,973) and employment services ($41,672) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Carbon County Wages have increased by 19.0% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Carbon County, Pennsylvania by a total of 19.0%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Pennsylvania and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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The overall industry wages in Carbon County, Pennsylvania can be described as relatively low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 34.2 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $39,178. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Carbon County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Carbon County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building material and supplies dealers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 146 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 19.3 percent of the total employment growth in Carbon County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (146 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (101 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (87 new jobs)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (85 new jobs)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (56 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Carbon County

The Traveler accommodation industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 215 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 42.2 percent of the total job loss in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (215 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (51 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (32 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (30 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (26 jobs lost)

From the 50 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 28 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 456 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Carbon County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 64.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the it saw a loss of 50.4 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Carbon County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 19.8 percent in terms of employment in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (64.4 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (50 percent decline)
3. Personal care services (37.8 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (37.7 percent decline)
5. Management and technical consulting services (37.1 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Carbon County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 336.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Carbon County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 16.7 percent. The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Carbon County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 28.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (336.8 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (263.0 percent gain)
3. RV parks and recreational camps (55.4 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (44.9 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (43.8 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.

Carbon County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Carbon County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 246.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Carbon County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a loss of 1.4 percent. The Lessors of real estate industry in Carbon County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (246.7 percent gain)
2. Other professional and technical services (240.0 percent gain)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (46.2 percent gain)
4. Child day care services (41.8 percent gain)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (38.0 percent gain)

Carbon County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the it saw a loss of 46.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Carbon County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.9 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (78.9 percent decline)
2. Consumer goods rental (42.1 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (32.7 percent decline)
4. Personal care services (29.5 percent decline)
5. Activities related to real estate (29 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Carbon County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Private households industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 45 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Private households industry make up 13.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (45 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (43 jobs lost)
3. Consumer goods rental (24 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (23 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (22 jobs lost)

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 147 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

From the 58 4-digit NAICS industries, 30 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 Carbon County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has grown the most with 29 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 9.8 percent of the growth in Carbon County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (29 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (27 new jobs)
3. Child day care services (26 new jobs)
4. Lessors of real estate (25 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (23 new jobs)





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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 Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Carbon County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $41,082 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 14.2 percent lower than the median in Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median is 19.6 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $41,072 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly less than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $117,000. This household income level is 184.8 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 2.8 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $39,926. Hispanic Householders in Carbon County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $54,113, this median is 31.7 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Carbon County had a median household income level of $50,456, which was 22.8 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Carbon County, Pennsylvania can be recognized as having a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 9.5 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 25.2 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Carbon County, having 18.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Carbon County, Pennsylvania

In 2000, the Census reported that in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 47.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Carbon have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 10.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 48 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania is made up of a less-educated working age population, with 11 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Carbon counted 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.

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania according the 2000 Decennial Census, 10.8 percent of the White Alone, 31.4 percent of Black or African American, 21.2 percent of the Asian alone and 8.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Carbon County, Pennsylvania

From 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Carbon internationally. The migration from outside the US into Carbon totals 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania has a population that is comprised of 95.9 percent White, 1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 2.1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 3.5 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Carbon has increased the percent of minority makeup when 2.4 percent of the people were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Carbon County, Pennsylvania to be 41.0 years old. The median in Carbon is greater than the median age in the State of Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 40.7 years old. With a total of 20.5 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Carbon can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.4 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 17.1 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Carbon County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 61,959 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 58,844. This growth represents an increase of 5.3 percent. Carbon ranks 19 of 67 counties by growth in total population in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 663 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

When calculating the total land area, Carbon covers a total land area of 381 square miles. This area has a medium-low density of 163 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Ottawa, OH (163 per sq. mile ), Marion, OH (163 per sq. mile ), Rockingham, NC (164 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Houston, AL (162 per sq. mile ), Ulster, NY (162 per sq. mile ), Ontario, NY (162 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Carbon County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $82,100, reported by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall State of Pennsylvania 2000 home value of $97,000 and less than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

The State of Pennsylvania, Carbon County places 16 of 67 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,044 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Carbon County, there were a total of 31,933 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 1,253 homes since 2001, or 4.1 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. In 2000, 80.6 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Carbon County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 17.5 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,394 individuals. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors account for 17.4 and 15.5 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Carbon County. The sector dealt with a loss of 696 jobs during the period, or 24.8 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 49.9 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Real estate and rental and leasing is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Carbon County, rising by 91.5 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 4.3 percent. The State of Pennsylvania had changed in sector employment of -1.1 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Carbon County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Information and Accommodation and food services are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector has a United State LQ of 3.96. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 3.96 times greater than the national average, signifying that Carbon may be an exporter of products or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Carbon County. The industry averages 43 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the Pennsylvania establishments size average of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

Carbon County ranks 47 of 68 Counties throughout the State of Pennsylvania in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 46 of 68 Counties.





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