Friday, February 09, 2007

Grainger County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Grainger County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 9 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Grainger County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Residential building construction industry has grown the most with 44 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 49.4 percent of the total employment growth in Grainger County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Residential building construction (44 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (38 new jobs)

Given the 6 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Grainger County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 11 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 56.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Grainger County, Tennessee.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (11 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (36 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (31 jobs lost)

Grainger County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 377.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Grainger County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Tennessee, where the industry took a gain of 38.5 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Grainger County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 30.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Residential building construction (377.1 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (78.8 percent gain)
3. Legal services (66.7 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (15.2 percent gain)

Grainger County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 27.1 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Tennessee, where the it saw a gain of 12.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Grainger County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 13.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (27.1 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (12.3 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.3 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than percent in Tennessee, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

 

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