Friday, February 23, 2007

Franklin County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 18 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which went through a gain of 0.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Franklin County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialty food stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 71.7 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 7.2 percent. The losses in the Specialty food stores industry in Franklin County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 12.1 in percent of workers in the Specialty food stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialty food stores (71.7 percent decline)
2. Nursing care facilities (68 percent decline)
3. Other financial investment activities (58.5 percent decline)
4. Private households (57.5 percent decline)
5. Book, periodical, and music stores (51.3 percent decline)

Franklin County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Employment services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 590.9 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Franklin County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry took a loss of 4.1 percent. The Employment services industry in Franklin County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (590.9 percent gain)
2. Other residential care facilities (440.8 percent gain)
3. Community care facilities for the elderly (372.1 percent gain)
4. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (257.1 percent gain)
5. Business support services (231.0 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Franklin County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 1,044 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 12.9 percent of the growth in Franklin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,044 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (1,012 new jobs)
3. Community care facilities for the elderly (781 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (338 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (331 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Franklin County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nursing care facilities industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 793 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 34.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (793 jobs lost)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (320 jobs lost)
3. Department stores (216 jobs lost)
4. Specialty food stores (168 jobs lost)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (126 jobs lost)

Out of the 110 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 33 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 77 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 7,344 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.





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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