Friday, February 23, 2007

Montour County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Montour County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 115.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Montour County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Pennsylvania, where it saw a loss of 50.4 percent. The Private households industry in Montour County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 19.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (115.8 percent gain)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (107.2 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (79.8 percent gain)
4. Health and personal care stores (69.3 percent gain)
5. Legal services (46.2 percent gain)

Montour County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 36.7 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 gain of 10.7 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Montour County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 11 percent in terms of employees in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (36.7 percent decline)
2. Building equipment contractors (21 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (17.3 percent decline)
4. Civic and social organizations (5.1 percent decline)
5. Child day care services (1.2 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 11.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Montour County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Depository credit intermediation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 29 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 64.4 percent of the total employment decline in Montour County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (29 jobs lost)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (6 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (6 jobs lost)
4. Civic and social organizations (3 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (1,628 jobs lost)

Given the 16 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 11 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Montour County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,226 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Montour County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Health and personal care stores industry has grown the most with 44 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Health and personal care stores industry makes up 23.3 percent of the growth in Montour County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (44 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (30 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (30 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (25 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (17 new jobs)





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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