Friday, February 23, 2007

Clarion County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clarion County

The General freight trucking industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 205 jobs in that time period. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 27.4 percent of the total job loss in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (205 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (106 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (76 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (75 jobs lost)
5. Utility system construction (41 jobs lost)

Of the 56 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 24 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 32 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clarion County

The Individual and family services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 293 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Individual and family services industry makes up 22.6 percent of the growth in Clarion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (293 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (260 new jobs)
3. Other wood product manufacturing (142 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (81 new jobs)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (53 new jobs)

In Clarion County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 151 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Clarion County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 409.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Clarion County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 72 percent. The Individual and family services industry in Clarion County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 35 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (409.3 percent gain)
2. Support activities for mining (208.3 percent gain)
3. Offices of physicians (165.6 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (149.4 percent gain)
5. Waste collection (91.2 percent gain)

Clarion County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 62.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry reported a gain of 37.7 percent. The losses in the Utility system construction industry in Clarion County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.8 percent in terms of employees in the Utility system construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (62.1 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (57.6 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (42.4 percent decline)
4. Child day care services (36.4 percent decline)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (34.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 0.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

 

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