Friday, February 23, 2007

Fentress County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Fentress County

The Specialized freight trucking industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 23 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Specialized freight trucking industry make up 48.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Fentress County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (23 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (21 jobs lost)
3. Professional and similar organizations (2 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (2 jobs lost)
5. Unclassified (5 jobs lost)

In Fentress County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 579 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Fentress County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cut and sew apparel manufacturing industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 55 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Cut and sew apparel manufacturing industry makes up 35.7 percent of the growth in Fentress County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (55 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (32 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (21 new jobs)
4. Grocery stores (13 new jobs)

Of the 14 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 10 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Fentress County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 59.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Tennessee, where the industry felt a gain of 0.9 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Fentress County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.8 percent in terms of employees in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (59.3 percent decline)
2. Professional and similar organizations (31.8 percent decline)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (31.5 percent decline)
4. Architectural and engineering services (13.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 20.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Fentress County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 53.8 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Fentress County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where this industry saw a gain of 2.5 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Fentress County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (53.8 percent gain)
2. Offices of dentists (42.1 percent gain)
3. Death care services (36.4 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (35.1 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (34.2 percent gain)





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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