Monday, October 30, 2006

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

Professional and technical services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Baylor County, rising by 32 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 2.6 percent. The State of Texas experienced a change in employment in the sector of 4.3 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In Baylor County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 31.7 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 278 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 12.9 and 9.9 percent of all employment.

In Baylor County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Health care and social assistance and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 5.65. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 5.65 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Baylor County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Health care and social assistance has a largest number of employee per establishment in Baylor County, averaging 19 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and less than the Texas establishments size average of 21 for the Health care and social assistance industry.









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

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