Erie, PA

Erie Metro Area industry wages have increased by 12.0% percent since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in the Erie Metro Area by a total of 12.0%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Pennsylvania and less 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.

Erie Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Pennsylvania, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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Wages in all industries in Erie, PA can be described as medium-low when compared to other Metro Areas throughout the US in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 20.7 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.

Erie Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Out of the 157 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 81 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 76 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Erie Metro Area

The Plastics product manufacturing industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,340 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Plastics product manufacturing industry make up 11.9 percent of the total job loss in Erie, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (1,340 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (795 jobs lost)
3. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (676 jobs lost)
4. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (620 jobs lost)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (511 jobs lost)

In the Erie, PA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,218 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Erie Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other general merchandise stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,253 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up 12.1 percent of the total growth in Erie.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (1,253 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (1,130 new jobs)
3. Employment services (865 new jobs)
4. Outpatient care centers (632 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (566 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 1.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which experienced 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.

The Erie Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Warehousing and storage industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 381.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Erie has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a gain of 74.4 percent. The Warehousing and storage industry in Erie outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 22.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (381.1 percent gain)
2. ISPs and web search portals (334.9 percent gain)
3. Specialized design services (316.4 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (251.8 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (179.0 percent gain)

The Erie Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 78 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 50.4 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Erie outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 19.8 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (78 percent decline)
2. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (73.3 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (67.5 percent decline)
4. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (55.1 percent decline)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (54.2 percent decline)

Erie One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Erie Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 68.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 46.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Erie outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.9 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (68.5 percent decline)
2. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (48.5 percent decline)
3. Data processing and related services (44.6 percent decline)
4. Scientific research and development services (44.1 percent decline)
5. Book, periodical, and music stores (42.7 percent decline)

The Erie Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 155.9 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Erie has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 1.4 percent. The Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers industry in Erie outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers (155.9 percent gain)
2. Warehousing and storage (90.3 percent gain)
3. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (84.2 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (81.5 percent gain)
5. Utility system construction (80.8 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 0.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

In the Erie, PA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 362 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Erie Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Advertising and related services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 327 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Advertising and related services industry make up 9.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Erie, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Advertising and related services (327 jobs lost)
2. Private households (254 jobs lost)
3. Special food services (165 jobs lost)
4. Plastics product manufacturing (160 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (147 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Erie Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has added the most employment with 663 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 20.8 percent of the total growth in Erie.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (663 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (173 new jobs)
3. Outpatient care centers (162 new jobs)
4. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (146 new jobs)
5. Warehousing and storage (137 new jobs)

Of the 166 4-digit NAICS industries, 87 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 79 industries reported employment loss in the period.

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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 Erie, PA

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The rate of poverty in the Erie, PA Metro has increased by 2.2 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 12 percent to 14.2 percent.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 39.5 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $25,944. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $43,510. This income level is 1.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic in Erie, PA recorded a median income of $25,740, this median household income is 39.9 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Erie reported a median household income of $24,537, which was 42.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Erie, PA White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $44,203 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.1 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Compared to other MSAs throughout the nation, the Erie metro area was reported to have a medium-low median household income of $42,854 (2005 Dollars). This median is 9.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median is 14.7 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Erie, PA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 51.1 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Erie, seeing a 145.7 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Erie metro area may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 45.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Erie, accounting 20.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $40,312, posting a 5.9 percent decline. The Erie, PA MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 6 of 11 metro area in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Pennsylvania. Erie ranks 161 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median household income in the United States.

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

Higher Education in the Erie, PA Metro Area

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Erie, PA Metro Area has a moderately-educated 2005 population, with 24.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Erie MSA is reported having a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 25.6 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 27.2 percent.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the Erie, PA Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 41.6 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Erie metro area on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26.2 percent (Men) versus 22.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 45.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In the Erie, PA Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 25 percent of the White Alone, 8.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

From the year 2000, the Erie metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 3.4 percent to a total of 24.2 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 national percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 4.2 percent. By the year 2005, 26.2 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 2.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 22.4 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for Erie, PA

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In terms of total land area, the Erie metro area encompasses a total area of 802 total square miles. The area has a medium-high average population density of 350 persons per square mile. Other metro areas with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Knoxville (353 per sq. mile ), Rochester (354 per sq. mile ), Springfield (356 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman (348 per sq. mile ), Lebanon (347 per sq. mile ), Muskegon-Norton Shores (345 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated into the Erie metro area, with 2,317 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Erie totals 2.3 percent of the total international migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other metro areas across the US.

The Erie metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 89.2 percent White, 6.3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Asian, and 2.5 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a modest level of diversity, with 9.6 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Erie has increased the percent of minority makeup when 9.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

The Erie metro area had a population that was estimated at 280,446 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 280,716. The decline denotes a decrease of -0.1 percent. Erie ranks 9 of 14 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Pennsylvania and the metro area ranks 315 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the Erie metro area to be 38.5 years of age. The median in Erie is less than the median age in the State of Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 36.2 years old. With a total of 33.7 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Erie can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 63.3 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.6 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

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

Housing Report for Erie

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In Erie, the census reported 116,922 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding in all 1,967 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.7 percent.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Erie, Pennsylvania have experienced moderate increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $11,400, or 13.4 percent, from 2000 when they had reported median values of $85,300.

In the State of Pennsylvania, Erie stands 9 of the 14 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 331 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Erie recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $96,700, accounted by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania 2005 home value of $131,900 and less than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

There seems to be a large amount of housing that is affordable in Erie, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 65.6 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Erie may be described as having a small, but present percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Erie, Pennsylvania -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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In Erie, Manufacturing, Educational services and Health care and social assistance are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.72. The level of employment in the Manufacturing sector is 1.72 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Erie specializes in Manufacturing.

Mining from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Erie, with an industry growth of 41 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.7 percent. The State of Pennsylvania went through a industry job change of 2 percent, during the time since 2001.

The Erie Metropolitan Area is ranked at 148 of 363 throughout the US in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has slipped behind during the time of 2001 and 2005. The Metropolitan Area, in the year 2001, was ranked 145 of 363 Counties.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in the Erie Metropolitan Area since 2001, going from making up 27.1 percent of employment in 2001 to 22 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Erie MSA, with the industry averaging 47 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Pennsylvania average establishment size of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in the Erie MSA. The sector faced a loss of 6,055 employees during the period, or 19.6 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 81.7 percent of all employment losses in the Metro Area.

In Erie, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 22 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 24,853 jobs. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade sectors account for 17.3 and 14.3 percent of industry employment.

A well-paying sector in Erie is the utilities industry with an average annual wage of $61,449. Throughout the MSA since the year 2001, the industry annual average wages have grown by 9 percent or $5,093. The State of Pennsylvania has the same employment climate in the utilities sector, standing at the top of sectors according to average 2004 industry pay.

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