In Fulton County, jobs in the nonresidential building construction pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the nonresidential building construction industry wages were the highest in Fulton County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Fulton County earned an annual wage of $42,397 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the average industry wage in the State of Pennsylvania of $52,571 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $52,169.

Other top-pay jobs in Fulton County, Pennsylvania may be found in specialized freight trucking ($39,220), general freight trucking ($34,867), health and personal care stores ($31,914) and offices of other health practitioners ($31,648) 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.

Fulton County Wages have increased by 23.9% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Fulton County, Pennsylvania by a total of 23.9%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for 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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Fulton County, Pennsylvania when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 19 percent lower than the with an state average of $39,178. The average pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Fulton County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Fulton County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 491 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Fulton County

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 43 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry makes up 36.4 percent of the total growth in Fulton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (43 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (25 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (22 new jobs)
4. Building finishing contractors (13 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (6 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Fulton County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 83 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 61.2 percent of the total job loss in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (83 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (46 jobs lost)
3. Private households (4 jobs lost)
4. Specialty food stores (168 jobs lost)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (126 jobs lost)

Out of the 13 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 8 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total employment has increased by 10.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 0.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Fulton County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62.6 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 gone through in the Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 11 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Fulton County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 13.2 percent in terms of employment in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (62.6 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (41.7 percent decline)
3. Private households (32.5 percent decline)
4. Legal services (6.3 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (1.1 percent decline)

Fulton County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 282.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Fulton County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 4.5 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Fulton County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 20.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (282.6 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (59.7 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (46.8 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (39.1 percent gain)
5. Death care services (36.4 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.

Fulton County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Fulton County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 60 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 45.7 percent of the growth in Fulton County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (60 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (22 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (19 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (11 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (6 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Fulton County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 90 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 65.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (90 jobs lost)
2. Building finishing contractors (12 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (11 jobs lost)
4. Depository credit intermediation (7 jobs lost)
5. Private households (7 jobs lost)

From the 23 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 10 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 12 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Fulton County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 188 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total employment has increased by 3.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Pennsylvania, experiencing a gain of 1.1 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Fulton County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 71.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Fulton County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 22.8 percent. The Individual and family services industry in Fulton County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (71.6 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (60.5 percent gain)
3. Death care services (30.4 percent gain)
4. Nonresidential building construction (26.1 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (22.2 percent gain)

Fulton County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 64.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the it saw a loss of 0.9 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Fulton County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 percent in terms of employees in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (64.5 percent decline)
2. Private households (43.8 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (24.6 percent decline)
4. Other general merchandise stores (18.8 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (14.5 percent decline)





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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 Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 32.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,422. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Fulton County had a median household income level of $40,950, this median was 0.3 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Fulton County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $41,020 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Fulton County, Pennsylvania reported a median household income of $28,885, which is 29.2 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $99,799. This household income level is 144.5 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Fulton County, Pennsylvania can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 10.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 42.2 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Fulton County, accounting 18.5 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Fulton County reported a medium-high household income of $40,812 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 15 percent lower than the median income in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and this is 20.4 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Fulton County, Pennsylvania

In Fulton County, Pennsylvania according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 9.4 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 30 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Fulton County, Pennsylvania may to understood as having a less-educated population, with 9.4 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Fulton was reported to have 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 average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 48.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Fulton on average have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 8.8 percent (Men) versus 9.8 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.





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

Demographic Profile for Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Fulton County, Pennsylvania has a population that is made of 98.4 percent White, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 0.5 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very modest level of diversity, with 1.2 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Fulton has stayed the same in diversity when 1.2 percent of the population were minorities.

Fulton County, Pennsylvania had a total estimated population of 14,673 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 14,265. This growth signifies an increase of 2.9 percent. Fulton ranks 28 of 67 counties in terms of population growth in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 1,458 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

By measuring total land area, Fulton covers a total land area of 438 total square miles. The area has a low average area density of 34 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Macon, GA (34 per sq. mile ), Willacy, TX (34 per sq. mile ), Labette, KS (34 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Levy, FL (34 per sq. mile ), Matagorda, TX (34 per sq. mile ), Santa Cruz, AZ (34 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a very low number of individual migrated to the Fulton from outside the country. The immigration into Fulton accounts for 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount of international migration is very low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Fulton County, Pennsylvania to be 40.1 years old. The median age in Fulton 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 38.5 years of age. With 22.5 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Fulton can be described as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61.8 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.6 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

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

Housing Report for Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Fulton County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $83,900, published by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the overall State of Pennsylvania 2000 home value of $97,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Fulton County, the census reported 7,171 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 319 residential units since 2001, or 4.7 percent.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. In 2000, 86.2 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

When compared to other counties in Pennsylvania, Fulton County places 13 of 67 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 919 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Fulton County. The industry averages 149 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of Pennsylvania typical size of 41 for the Manufacturing industry.

Administrative and waste services in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Fulton County, with a job growth of 466.7 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Pennsylvania experienced a change in employment in the sector of 1.5 percent, during the time since 2001.

In Fulton County, Manufacturing, Construction and Other services, except public administration industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Manufacturing sector has a United State LQ of 3.83. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 3.83 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Fulton County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

In Fulton County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 49.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,380 employees. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors provide 10.2 and 7.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.









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