In Fayette County, jobs in the management and technical consulting services pay the highest wages

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Employment in the management and technical consulting services industry reported the top wages in Fayette County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Fayette County was paid an annual wage of $81,048 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Pennsylvania of $70,169 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $67,321.

High-wage employment in Fayette County, Pennsylvania may be found in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($62,270), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($56,516), lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers ($55,848) and offices of physicians ($55,479) 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.

Fayette County Wages have increased by 19.0% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Fayette County, Pennsylvania by a total of 19.0%. This is greater than the growth in industry 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Fayette County, Pennsylvania can be described as relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 34.7 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $39,178. The average 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.

Fayette County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 512 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Fayette County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 554 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 17.3 percent of the total employment growth in Fayette County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (554 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (310 new jobs)
3. Employment services (188 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (170 new jobs)
5. Child day care services (165 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Fayette County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Department stores industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 382 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Department stores industry make up 16.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (382 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (255 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (191 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (162 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (95 jobs lost)

From the 94 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 46 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 48 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Fayette County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services 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 experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 22.9 percent. The losses in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in Fayette County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 22.6 percent in terms of employment in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (81.7 percent decline)
2. Other support services (72.5 percent decline)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (60.7 percent decline)
4. Management and technical consulting services (58 percent decline)
5. Chemical merchant wholesalers (55.9 percent decline)

Fayette County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Employment services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 318.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Fayette County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry took a loss of 4.1 percent. The Employment services industry in Fayette County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (318.6 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (184.6 percent gain)
3. Special food services (147.0 percent gain)
4. Utility system construction (128.1 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (125.3 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Pennsylvania, which went through a gain of 0.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Fayette County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Fayette County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 120.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Fayette County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 17.1 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Fayette County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 7.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (120.4 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (119.8 percent gain)
3. Child day care services (107.6 percent gain)
4. Coal mining (67.5 percent gain)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (66.7 percent gain)

Fayette County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other personal services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 72.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Other personal services industry in Fayette County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1 in percent of jobs in the Other personal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other personal services (72.4 percent decline)
2. Clothing stores (47.5 percent decline)
3. Office administrative services (40.8 percent decline)
4. Investigation and security services (40.4 percent decline)
5. Water, sewage and other systems (38.6 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 1.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Fayette County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other general merchandise stores industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 246 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 19.0 percent of the total employment decline in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (246 jobs lost)
2. Clothing stores (186 jobs lost)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (68 jobs lost)
4. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (60 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (56 jobs lost)

In Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 410 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

From the 103 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 51 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 51 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Fayette County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Individual and family services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 316 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 22.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Fayette County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (316 new jobs)
2. Child day care services (156 new jobs)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (127 new jobs)
4. Utility system construction (106 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (81 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Hispanic in Fayette County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $32,384, which is 0.8 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Fayette County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $32,479 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $77,513. This median income level is 141.3 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 31.1 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $22,139. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Fayette County reported an income level of $35,685, this median was 11.1 percent greater than the areas median level for all households.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Fayette County, Pennsylvania can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 18.0 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 45 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Fayette County, reporting 27.9 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $31,338, which represents a 2.4 percent decline. Fayette County, Pennsylvania, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 28 of 33 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Pennsylvania. Fayette County ranks 587 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median household income in the United States.

The poverty rate in Fayette County, Pennsylvania has declined by 1.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 18 percent to 16.6 percent.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Fayette County had a relatively low median income for all households of $32,118 (2005 Dollars). This median is 46.1 percent lower than the median in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the income level is 53 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median household income was the Asian category. This group felt a decline of 860176.3 percent since 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Fayette County, seeing a 124.8 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

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

Higher Education in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Fayette County, Pennsylvania is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 11.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Fayette is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Fayette County, Pennsylvania as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11.4 percent of the White Alone, 10 percent of Black or African American, 32.8 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From the year 2000, Fayette has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 0.2 percent to a total of 11.6 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 48.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Fayette have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 11.6 percent (Men) versus 11.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 47.2 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, 10.8 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 1.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 12.2 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Fayette County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 146,142 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 148,522. The decline shows a decrease of -1.6 percent. Fayette ranks 60 of 67 counties by growth in total population in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 3,081 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Fayette spans a total of 790 square miles. This area has a medium-low average area density of 185 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Champaign, IL (185 per sq. mile ), Eaton, MI (186 per sq. mile ), Jackson, MS (187 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Johnston, NC (185 per sq. mile ), LaPorte, IN (185 per sq. mile ), Calhoun, AL (184 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Fayette County, Pennsylvania to be 41.6 years of age. The median age in Fayette is greater than the median age for the State of Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.2 years old. With a total of 21.2 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Fayette can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.4 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 17.5 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.

Fayette County, Pennsylvania has a population that is made up of 94.5 percent White, 4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 0.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 4.8 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Fayette has increased in diversity when 4.1 percent of the people were minorities.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Fayette from outside the country. The immigration into Fayette accounts for 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This level of international migration can be considered low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

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

Housing Report for Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Fayette County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $76,600, published by the American Community Survey. This value is less than the Pennsylvania 2005 home median value of $131,900 and less than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Fayette County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 67,248 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 432 residential units since 2001, or 0.6 percent.

The residential housing values in Fayette County, Pennsylvania have moderate increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $12,700, or 19.9 percent, since their values in that year of $63,900.

There seems to be a large amount of housing that is affordable in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 77.9 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Fayette County may be be described as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 1.2 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

The State of Pennsylvania, Fayette County stands 63 of 67 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,811 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Fayette County. In the County, the industry averages 28 jobs per place of business. This is less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the Pennsylvania average establishment size of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Fayette County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 20.2 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 6,880 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services industries total 19.6 and 13 percent of all employment.

Educational services has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Fayette County, with a job growth of 48 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 13.8 percent. The State of Pennsylvania felt a shift in employment in the industry of 8.1 percent, during the period.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Fayette County. The sector faced a loss of 710 jobs, or 15.1 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 50.2 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Fayette County, Utilities, Mining and Health care and social assistance industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Utilities industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.8. This means the percent of total employment in the Utilities industry is 2.8 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Fayette County may specialize, or be an exporter of Utilities.







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