Friday, February 23, 2007

Sullivan County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Sullivan County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Residential building construction industry has grown the most with 7 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Residential building construction industry makes up 53.8 percent of the total growth in Sullivan County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Residential building construction (7 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (4 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (1 new jobs)

In Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 66 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Sullivan County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 11 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 40.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.

Top 4 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (11 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (11 jobs lost)
3. Private households (6 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (81 jobs lost)

Of the 7 4-digit NAICS industries, 3 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 4 industries reported a drop in employment.

Sullivan County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 12.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Sullivan County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry took a gain of 12.4 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Sullivan County lagged behind the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Residential building construction (12.9 percent gain)
2. Grocery stores (8.3 percent gain)
3. Legal services (6.7 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (5.7 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 4.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Pennsylvania, which saw a gain of 0.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Sullivan County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 51.5 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 50.4 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Sullivan County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 19.8 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Private households (51.5 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (23.1 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (16 percent decline)





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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