Friday, February 09, 2007

Calhoun County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Calhoun County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 354.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Calhoun County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of South Carolina, where this industry saw a gain of 9.5 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Calhoun County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 17.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (354.0 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (109.2 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (82.9 percent gain)
4. Offices of physicians (82.9 percent gain)
5. Unclassified (73.3 percent gain)

Calhoun County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 85 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 has seen in the South Carolina, where the it saw a gain of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Calhoun County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 19.8 percent in terms of employees in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (85 percent decline)
2. Offices of dentists (57.1 percent decline)
3. Child day care services (54.3 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (52.8 percent decline)
5. General freight trucking (51 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 6.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of South Carolina, which saw a gain of 3.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Calhoun County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Private households industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 68 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Private households industry make up 34.9 percent of the total employment decline in Calhoun County, South Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (68 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (57 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (26 jobs lost)
4. Child day care services (21 jobs lost)
5. Offices of dentists (12 jobs lost)

In Calhoun County, South Carolina, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 195 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 17 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 7 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 10 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Calhoun County

The Building finishing contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 103 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 49.1 percent of the total growth in Calhoun County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (103 new jobs)
2. Gasoline stations (36 new jobs)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (24 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (11 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (11 new jobs)

 

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