Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area industry wages have increased by 15.6% percent since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area by a total of 15.6%. This is less than the growth in industry 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.

Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Pennsylvania, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA when analyzed can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the US. The average pay is 4.5 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $39,178. The industry 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.

Harrisburg-Carlisle Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Department stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,457 jobs. The declines in the Department stores industry make up 23.9 percent of the total employment decline in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (1,457 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (1,355 jobs lost)
3. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (411 jobs lost)
4. Health and personal care stores (375 jobs lost)
5. Vocational rehabilitation services (236 jobs lost)

Out of the 57 4-digit NAICS industries, 25 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 32 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 8,279 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,873 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry makes up 11.9 percent of the growth in Harrisburg-Carlisle.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1,873 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (1,700 new jobs)
3. Community care facilities for the elderly (1,572 new jobs)
4. Employment services (1,324 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (1,100 new jobs)

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 215.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Pennsylvania, where this industry saw a gain of 55 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 31.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (215.3 percent gain)
2. Independent artists, writers, and performers (115.3 percent gain)
3. Special food services (110.7 percent gain)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (100.7 percent gain)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (94.8 percent gain)

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 95.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the it saw a loss of 88.9 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (95.1 percent decline)
2. Technical and trade schools (52.6 percent decline)
3. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (48.9 percent decline)
4. Private households (44.6 percent decline)
5. Freight transportation arrangement (37.9 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 3.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Harrisburg-Carlisle One-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 4,951 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Offices of physicians industry has grown the most with 963 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Offices of physicians industry makes up 15.7 percent of the total growth in Harrisburg-Carlisle.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (963 new jobs)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (606 new jobs)
3. Special food services (339 new jobs)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (337 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (336 new jobs)

Of the 89 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 34 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 55 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 523 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry make up 18.6 percent of the total employment decline in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (523 jobs lost)
2. Office administrative services (452 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (296 jobs lost)
4. Private households (182 jobs lost)
5. Telecommunications resellers (155 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 1.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Waste collection industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 138.5 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Harrisburg-Carlisle has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 63.5 percent. The Waste collection industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 7.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste collection (138.5 percent gain)
2. Scientific research and development services (51.0 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (36.2 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (34.4 percent gain)
5. Unclassified (33.3 percent gain)

The Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 71.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 17 percent. The losses in the Office administrative services industry in Harrisburg-Carlisle outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.7 in percent of jobs in the Office administrative services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (71.2 percent decline)
2. Telecommunications resellers (63.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (52.8 percent decline)
4. Vending machine operators (50.8 percent decline)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (46.7 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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Hispanic in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $29,133, this income level is 42.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Harrisburg-Carlisle had a median income of $35,703, this level was 29.1 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $52,333 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $56,702. This income level is 12.6 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 30.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $34,908.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area may be understood as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.1 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 29.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Harrisburg-Carlisle, accounting 13.6 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro has increased by 0.9 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.1 percent to 9 percent.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area had a medium-high median income for households of $50,336 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 6.8 percent higher than the household income median in State of &statename of $46,924 and this is 2.4 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The median household income in the area has increased a small amount from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has increased to $51,057, which amounts to a 1.4 percent growth. The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 17 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for income levels in the State of &statename. Harrisburg-Carlisle ranks 17 of 28 metro area in terms of the growth in median household income in the United States.

As the median income level saw a growth since 2000 in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest growth in median income was the Asian category. This category saw an increase of 76.7 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Harrisburg-Carlisle, experiencing a 29.4 percent decline in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

Higher Education in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area

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In the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 29.2 percent of the White Alone, 12 percent of Black or African American, 41.8 percent of the Asian alone and 25.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area can be considered to have a highly-educated population, with 28 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The Harrisburg-Carlisle MSA was reported to have a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 25.6 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 27.2 percent.

Since the year 2000, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 5.4 percent to a total of 28 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 25.6 and greater than the national percent of 27.2.

According to the 2005 American Community Survey in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 30.4 percent (Men) versus 26 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 38.4 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 5.4 percent. By the year 2005, 30.4 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 5.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 26 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

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When measuring the total land area, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area covers a total land area of 1629 square miles. This area has a medium-high density of 320 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Mobile (326 per sq. mile ), Burlington (327 per sq. mile ), Ogden-Clearfield (327 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre (315 per sq. mile ), Olympia (315 per sq. mile ), Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton (314 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a medium-high amount of people have migrated into the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area, with 4,278 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into Harrisburg-Carlisle totals 4.2 percent of the total migration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount 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.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area to be 39.8 years old. The median in Harrisburg-Carlisle is greater than the median age in Pennsylvania of 39.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.1 years old. With 18.1 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Harrisburg-Carlisle can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.3 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 13.6 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

The Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area had a population that was estimated at 521,812 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 509,415. This growth represents an increase of 2.4 percent. Harrisburg-Carlisle ranks 6 of 14 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Pennsylvania and the metro area ranks 155 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

The Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 83.8 percent White, 9.5 percent African American, 2.1 percent Asian, and 3.3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 14.9 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Harrisburg-Carlisle has increased the percent of minority population when 13.7 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for Harrisburg-Carlisle

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The residential home values in Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $30,500, or 28.4 percent, from their 2000 median values of $107,500.

Harrisburg-Carlisle had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $138,000, published by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the overall Pennsylvania 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $131,900 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Harrisburg-Carlisle, the real estate market was made up of 226,893 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a total of 7,858 residential structures since 2001, a change of 3.6 percent.

Throughout the State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg-Carlisle is positioned 7 of the 14 metro areas in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The MSA stands 252 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Harrisburg-Carlisle has a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 2.4 percent of the areas residential property was valued over $500k.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of real estate that is affordable in Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 42.1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

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An industry with high wages in Harrisburg is the utilities sector with an annual pay of $69,498. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the industry annual average pay has grown by 16.8 percent or $9,997. The State of Pennsylvania shows the same economic condition in the utilities industry, falling at the top of sectors according to average 2004 industry pay.

In Harrisburg, Transportation and Warehousing, Finance and insurance and Management of companies and enterprises have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Transportation and Warehousing sector has a United State LQ of 2.13. The level of employment in the Transportation and Warehousing industry is 2.13 times greater than the national average, signifying that Harrisburg may specialize, or be an exporter of Transportation and Warehousing.

Administrative and waste services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Harrisburg, changing a total of 20.1 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 4.5 percent. The State of Pennsylvania had changed in sector employment of 1.5 percent, during the period.

Management of companies and enterprises has a largest number of employees per establishment in Harrisburg MSA. In the region, the industry averages 62 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 40 and greater than the Pennsylvania typical size of 56 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in the Harrisburg Metro Area. The sector dealt with a loss of 3,787 jobs during the period, or 13.1 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 73 percent of the total jobs loss in the Metro Area.

In Harrisburg, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 14.5 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 36,189 employees. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors account for 13.2 and 10.1 percent of all employment.

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