Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Bailey County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Utilities has a largest number of employee per establishment in Bailey County, averaging 39 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 34 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 26 for the Utilities industry.

In Bailey County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Utilities industries are the largest employment industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the largest employment industry and makes up 32 percent of total employment in the county, making up 614 jobs. The Retail Trade and Utilities sectors provide 13 and 8.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

In Bailey County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Utilities and Wholesale trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 30.4. This means the percent of total employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is 30.4 times greater than the national average, signifying that Bailey County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Bailey County, with an industry growth of 33.8 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of -0.6 percent. The State of Texas went through a industry job change of -2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.









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

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