Friday, February 23, 2007

Dickson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Dickson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Plastics product manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 72.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry felt a loss of 3.8 percent. The losses in the Plastics product manufacturing industry in Dickson County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 9 percent in terms of employment in the Plastics product manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (72.4 percent decline)
2. Other miscellaneous store retailers (71.1 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (43.2 percent decline)
4. Private households (40 percent decline)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (39.1 percent decline)

Dickson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential mental health facilities industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 355.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Dickson County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 25.3 percent. The Residential mental health facilities industry in Dickson County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 11.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (355.9 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (260.0 percent gain)
3. Management and technical consulting services (148.0 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (133.3 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (87.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.6 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in Tennessee, which went through a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dickson County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has grown the most with 412 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 28.8 percent of the total employment growth in Dickson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (412 new jobs)
2. Residential mental health facilities (301 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (102 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (64 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (50 new jobs)

From the 45 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 12 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 33 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Dickson County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 328 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dickson County

The Plastics product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 246 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Plastics product manufacturing industry make up 70.6 percent of the total job loss in Dickson County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (246 jobs lost)
2. Other miscellaneous store retailers (21 jobs lost)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (17 jobs lost)
4. Traveler accommodation (15 jobs lost)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (15 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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