Friday, February 23, 2007

Saluda County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Saluda County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 3 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry makes up 66.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Saluda County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (3 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (2 new jobs)
3. Employment services (714 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (643 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (632 new jobs)

In Saluda County, South Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 19 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 15 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Saluda County

Given the industries in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 21 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 18.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Saluda County, South Carolina.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (21 jobs lost)
2. Specialized freight trucking (21 jobs lost)
3. Child day care services (20 jobs lost)

Saluda County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 18.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Saluda County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in South Carolina, where it saw a gain of 3.5 percent. The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry in Saluda County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 0.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (18.2 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (4.4 percent gain)

Saluda County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 60.2 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 12.9 percent. The losses in the Limited-service eating places industry in Saluda County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 13.9 in percent of jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (60.2 percent decline)
2. Child day care services (50.8 percent decline)
3. Specialized freight trucking (32.8 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (30.8 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (30.4 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 0.5 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in South Carolina, which saw a gain of 3.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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