In Marshall County, jobs in the lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers pay the highest wages

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Employment in the lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry reported the top wages in Marshall County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Marshall County earned an annual wage of $81,393 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Tennessee of $43,536 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $47,860.

Top-pay jobs in Marshall County, Tennessee may be found in legal services ($37,647), other miscellaneous manufacturing ($37,485), professional and similar organizations ($37,431) and automobile dealers ($36,611) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Marshall County Wages have increased by 2.0% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Marshall County, Tennessee by a total of 2.0%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Tennessee and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Marshall County Industry Wages Lag Behind Tennessee, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Marshall County, Tennessee when analyzed can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 20.2 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $36,146. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Marshall County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Given the 22 4-digit NAICS industries, 8 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 14 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Marshall County

The Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 84 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 45.3 percent of the total employment decline in Marshall County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (84 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (53 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (33 jobs lost)
4. Professional and similar organizations (6 jobs lost)
5. Private households (3 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Marshall County

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 442 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 61.6 percent of the growth in Marshall County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (442 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (165 new jobs)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (23 new jobs)
4. Health and personal care stores (20 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (12 new jobs)

In Marshall County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 3,154 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Marshall County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Employment services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 178.9 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Marshall County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where it saw a loss of 4 percent. The Employment services industry in Marshall County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (178.9 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (96.9 percent gain)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (70.0 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (59.0 percent gain)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (50.0 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 29.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Tennessee, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Marshall County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automobile dealers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 52.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Tennessee, where the industry reported a loss of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Automobile dealers industry in Marshall County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.7 percent in terms of employment in the Automobile dealers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (52.1 percent decline)
2. Private households (33.3 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (30.2 percent decline)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (20.5 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (16.1 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Marshall County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Marshall County

The Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 79 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 51.8 percent of the growth in Marshall County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (79 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (25 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (20 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (13 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (4 new jobs)

Out of the 29 4-digit NAICS industries, 14 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 14 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Marshall County

Given the industries in the area, the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 676 jobs. The declines in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry make up 67.2 percent of the total employment decline in Marshall County, Tennessee.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (676 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (86 jobs lost)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (79 jobs lost)
4. Employment services (70 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (57 jobs lost)

In Marshall County, Tennessee, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 1,159 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 13.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Tennessee, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Marshall County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 63.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Tennessee, where the industry reported a loss of 3.4 percent. The losses in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry in Marshall County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.9 in percent of workers in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (63.4 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (57.1 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (30.6 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (17.9 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (16.4 percent decline)

Marshall County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Limited-service eating places industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 30.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Marshall County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Tennessee, where the industry took a gain of 2.2 percent. The Limited-service eating places industry in Marshall County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 2.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (30.6 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (28.4 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (27.1 percent gain)
4. Florists (25.0 percent gain)
5. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (16.7 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Marshall County, Tennessee

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Marshall County, Tennessee can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 10.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 35.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Marshall County, accounting 18.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Marshall County, Tennessee , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $21,553, this median household income is 52.1 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $19,013. This income level is 57.7 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 38.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,637. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Marshall County reported a median household income of $52,358, which was 16.4 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Marshall County, Tennessee White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $46,905 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 4.2 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Marshall County reported a medium-high median income for households of $44,995 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 5.5 percent higher than the median income in State of Tennessee of $42,541 and the median household income is 9.2 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Marshall County, Tennessee

Marshall County, Tennessee may to understood as having a less-educated population, with 10.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Marshall has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Tennessee's proportion of 19.6 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Marshall County, Tennessee, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 42.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Marshall have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 11 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 40.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Marshall County, Tennessee as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 11.2 percent of the White Alone, 4.8 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 6.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Marshall County, Tennessee

Marshall County, Tennessee had a population that was estimated at 28,372 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 26,878. This growth denotes an increase of 5.6 percent. Marshall ranks 35 of 95 counties by growth in total population in Tennessee and the county ranks 950 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When calculating the total land area, Marshall encompasses a total area of 375 square miles. The county has a medium-low average area density of 76 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Clinton, IL (76 per sq. mile ), Mecosta, MI (76 per sq. mile ), Shenandoah, VA (77 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Powell, KY (76 per sq. mile ), Wells, IN (76 per sq. mile ), Harrison, IN (76 per sq. mile ).

Marshall County, Tennessee has a population that is made of 88.1 percent White, 7.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 3.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity, with 11.2 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Tennessee percent of 20.9. Since 2000, Marshall has increased the level of diversity when 11.1 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Since 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Marshall internationally. The migration from outside the US into Marshall totals 0.4 percent of the total migration into the State of Tennessee. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Marshall County, Tennessee to be 37.7 years old. The median age in Marshall is greater than the median age in the State of Tennessee of 37.3. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 36.3 years old. With 23.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Marshall can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 64 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 12.5 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Marshall County, Tennessee

In Marshall County, there were a total of 12,322 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 901 homes since 2001, or 7.9 percent.

When compared to other counties in Tennessee, Marshall County ranks 12 of 95 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 455 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Marshall County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $83,800, reported by the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall State of Tennessee 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $93,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Marshall County, Tennessee. In 2000, 82.7 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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).