Employment Report for Marshall County, Tennessee -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Marshall County, Manufacturing, Administrative and waste services and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.95. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 3.95 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Marshall may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.
In Marshall County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Administrative and waste services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 50.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,195 employees. The Retail Trade and Administrative and waste services industries make up 13.6 and 8.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Marshall County. The industry lost a total of 2,280 jobs during the period, or 35.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 98.6 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
The Manufacturing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Marshall County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 62.5 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 50.6 percent in the year 2005.
Transportation and Warehousing is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Marshall County, moving a total of 29.4 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -1 percent. The State of Tennessee experienced a change in employment in the sector of -0.3 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.
Manufacturing has the largest employers in Marshall County. The industry averages 79 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Tennessee typical size of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.
Marshall is the County that is ranked 43 of 96 total Counties throughout Tennessee according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 35 of 96 Counties.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Marshall County, Manufacturing, Administrative and waste services and Retail Trade are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.95. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 3.95 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Marshall may be an exporter of products or services of Manufacturing.
In Marshall County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Administrative and waste services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 50.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,195 employees. The Retail Trade and Administrative and waste services industries make up 13.6 and 8.5 percent of total employment, respectively.
Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Marshall County. The industry lost a total of 2,280 jobs during the period, or 35.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 98.6 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.
The Manufacturing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Marshall County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 62.5 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 50.6 percent in the year 2005.
Transportation and Warehousing is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Marshall County, moving a total of 29.4 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of -1 percent. The State of Tennessee experienced a change in employment in the sector of -0.3 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.
Manufacturing has the largest employers in Marshall County. The industry averages 79 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the US industry average of 39 and greater than the Tennessee typical size of 56 for the Manufacturing industry.
Marshall is the County that is ranked 43 of 96 total Counties throughout Tennessee according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 35 of 96 Counties.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).

