In Lehigh County, jobs in the other heavy construction pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the other heavy construction industry reported the top wages in Lehigh County for 2006. The average industry job in Lehigh County was paid an annual wage of $189,842 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry pay the State of Pennsylvania of $60,354 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $52,041.

High-wage employment in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania may be found in telecommunications resellers ($110,807), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($105,914), management of companies and enterprises ($102,766) and advertising and related services ($91,337) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic 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.

Lehigh County Wages have increased by 11.9% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania by a total of 11.9%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Pennsylvania and less than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

Lehigh County Industry Wages Exceed Pennsylvania, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 1.6 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $39,178. The average pay was less than the national industry average 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.

Lehigh County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Lehigh County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Scientific research and development services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 803.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Lehigh County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 46.4 percent. The Scientific research and development services industry in Lehigh County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 11.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scientific research and development services (803.6 percent gain)
2. Specialized design services (403.3 percent gain)
3. Religious organizations (354.2 percent gain)
4. Utility system construction (291.8 percent gain)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (224.9 percent gain)

Lehigh County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business, computer and management training industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 66.8 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 felt in the State of Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a loss of 35.4 percent. The losses in the Business, computer and management training industry in Lehigh County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 14.2 in percent of workers in the Business, computer and management training industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business, computer and management training (66.8 percent decline)
2. Metal and mineral merchant wholesalers (58.5 percent decline)
3. Other personal services (57.5 percent decline)
4. Private households (56.6 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (51 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Pennsylvania, which experienced a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lehigh County

The Insurance carriers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 2,312 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Insurance carriers industry make up 25.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (2,312 jobs lost)
2. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (584 jobs lost)
3. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (503 jobs lost)
4. Consumer goods rental (383 jobs lost)
5. Building finishing contractors (363 jobs lost)

Out of the 158 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 67 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 91 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,911 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lehigh County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 6,479 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 29.4 percent of the growth in Lehigh County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (6,479 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (1,287 new jobs)
3. Scientific research and development services (745 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (675 new jobs)
5. Employment services (639 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.

Lehigh County One-Year Industry Employment Change

From the 164 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 80 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 83 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2,060 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lehigh County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Insurance carriers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,443 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Insurance carriers industry make up 29.9 percent of the total employment decline in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (1,443 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (252 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (237 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (197 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (192 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lehigh County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has grown the most with 2,857 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 28.8 percent of the total growth in Lehigh County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (2,857 new jobs)
2. Warehousing and storage (1,129 new jobs)
3. Employment services (979 new jobs)
4. Scientific research and development services (747 new jobs)
5. Child day care services (270 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than growth in the State of Pennsylvania, which went through a gain of 1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Lehigh County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Scientific research and development services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 830.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lehigh County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Pennsylvania, where it saw a gain of 9.8 percent. The Scientific research and development services industry in Lehigh County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scientific research and development services (830.4 percent gain)
2. Freight transportation arrangement (182.9 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (150.0 percent gain)
4. Waste collection (113.3 percent gain)
5. Other support services (67.0 percent gain)

Lehigh County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 44 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined slower than the industry has seen in the Pennsylvania, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 46.1 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Lehigh County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.9 percent in terms of employment in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (44 percent decline)
2. General rental centers (35.4 percent decline)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (30 percent decline)
4. Insurance carriers (29.9 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (29.4 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 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

The areas median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $48,957, which represents a 3.7 percent decline. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 25 of 33 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Pennsylvania. Lehigh County ranks 529 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median household income in the United States.

The poverty rate in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has increased by 1.6 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 9.3 percent to 10.9 percent.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can be understood to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 32 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Lehigh County, reporting 16.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in median household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 17.4 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Lehigh County, experiencing a 2.4 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $52,824 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Lehigh County had a median household income level of $35,831, this level was 29.5 percent less than the median for all households. Hispanic headed households in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania recorded a median income of $30,612, this income level is 39.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $71,020. This household income level is 39.7 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 24.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $38,411.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Lehigh County was reported to have a relatively high median income for households of $50,835 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 7.7 percent higher than the median income in State of Pennsylvania of $46,924 and the median is 3.3 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

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

Higher Education in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 3.2 percent. In the year 2005, 29.2 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 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 23.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lehigh was reported to have a higher percent of population with this high education level than the State of Pennsylvania's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

From the year 2000, Lehigh has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 27 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 less than the national percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the largest educational attainment category for men is the High School Diploma category, with 34.2 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Lehigh have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 26.4 percent (Men) versus 20.6 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 35.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania as reported in the 2000 Census, 23.8 percent of the White Alone, 10.4 percent of Black or African American, 53.4 percent of the Asian alone and 7 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Demographic Profile for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Since 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Lehigh internationally. The migration from outside the US into Lehigh accounts for 4.3 percent of immigration into the State of Pennsylvania. This amount of international migration is high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a population that is comprised of 78.4 percent White, 4 percent African American, 2.6 percent Asian, and 13.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 20.4 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of Pennsylvania percent of 16.4. Since 2000, Lehigh has increased in diversity when 15.6 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania to be 39.3 years old. The median age in Lehigh is less than the median age in Pennsylvania of 39.7. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 38.3 years of age. With a total of 23.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Lehigh can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 61.4 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 15.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania had a population that was estimated at 330,433 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 312,673. This growth signifies an increase of 5.7 percent. Lehigh ranks 9 of 67 counties in terms of population growth in Pennsylvania and the county ranks 203 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Lehigh extends a total area of 347 square miles. The county has a high average population density of 953 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Oklahoma, OK (965 per sq. mile ), Bristol, MA (983 per sq. mile ), Lake, IN (993 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Kenton, KY (949 per sq. mile ), Buena Vista city, VA (942 per sq. mile ), Fayette, KY (942 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $161,800, accounted by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the State of Pennsylvania 2005 median home value of $131,900 and less than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $48,200, or 42.4 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $113,600.

Lehigh County is made up of a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 3.4 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

The State of Pennsylvania, Lehigh County stands 18 of 67 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 1,136 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There is a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In 2005, 32.4 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Lehigh County, the real estate market was made up of 135,188 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 4,905 homes since 2001, or 3.8 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry with the largest establishments in Lehigh County, averaging 160 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 40 and greater than the Pennsylvania average of 56 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

The Manufacturing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Lehigh County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 19.4 percent of employment in 2001 to 14 percent in the year 2005.

Management of companies and enterprises has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Lehigh County, rising by 131.5 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of Pennsylvania experienced a sector employment shift of 51.7 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Lehigh County, Health care and social assistance, Manufacturing, and the Retail Trade 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 19.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 30,785 jobs. The Manufacturing and Retail Trade industries make up 14 and 12.6 percent of all employment.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Lehigh County. The sector dealt with a loss of 8,369 jobs, or 27.5 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 71.7 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Lehigh County, Management of companies and enterprises, Health care and social assistance and Arts, entertainment, and recreation are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Management of companies and enterprises industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.64. The percent of employment in the Management of companies and enterprises industry is 2.64 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Lehigh specializes in Management of companies and enterprises.





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