Friday, February 23, 2007

Union County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Union County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 714.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Union County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Pennsylvania, where the industry felt a gain of 3.8 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Union County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 22.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (714.3 percent gain)
2. Individual and family services (259.8 percent gain)
3. Clothing stores (224.0 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (137.7 percent gain)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (130.6 percent gain)

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

Union County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nursing care facilities industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 59.6 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 loss of 12.9 percent. The losses in the Nursing care facilities industry in Union County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2.6 percent in terms of employees in the Nursing care facilities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (59.6 percent decline)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (54.4 percent decline)
3. Private households (47.3 percent decline)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (45.5 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (35.3 percent decline)

Out of the 40 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 18 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 22 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Union County

The Nursing care facilities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 355 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Nursing care facilities industry make up 52.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Union County, Pennsylvania.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (355 jobs lost)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (84 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (50 jobs lost)
4. Residential building construction (31 jobs lost)
5. Printing and related support activities (23 jobs lost)

In Union County, Pennsylvania, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 78 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Union County

The Individual and family services industry has added the most employment with 295 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Individual and family services industry makes up 34.3 percent of the total employment growth in Union County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (295 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (118 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (61 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (54 new jobs)
5. Management and technical consulting services (50 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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