Friday, February 23, 2007

Pickens County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Pickens County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 81.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of South Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 25 percent. The losses in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Pickens County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 18.9 in percent of jobs in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (81.1 percent decline)
2. Elementary and secondary schools (74.4 percent decline)
3. Civic and social organizations (71.6 percent decline)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (58 percent decline)
5. Industrial machinery manufacturing (57.3 percent decline)

Pickens County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Land subdivision industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 346.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pickens County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Carolina, where this industry saw a gain of 0.8 percent. The Land subdivision industry in Pickens County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 10.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Land subdivision (346.3 percent gain)
2. Other personal services (313.0 percent gain)
3. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (219.4 percent gain)
4. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (114.3 percent gain)
5. Private households (92.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of South Carolina, experiencing a gain of 3.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pickens County

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 517 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 18.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Pickens County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (517 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (338 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (267 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (245 new jobs)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (196 new jobs)

Given the 82 4-digit NAICS industries, 44 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 38 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Pickens County, South Carolina, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 712 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pickens County

Given the industries in the area, the Fabric mills industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,453 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Fabric mills industry make up 44.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Pickens County, South Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fabric mills (1,453 jobs lost)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (359 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (252 jobs lost)
4. Elementary and secondary schools (156 jobs lost)
5. Building finishing contractors (92 jobs lost)





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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