Employment Report for Ector County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Ector County. The industry was hit with a loss of 991 jobs, or 21.5 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 67 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.
In Ector County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 15.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 6,633 individuals. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 11.6 and 11.3 percent of all employment.
Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Ector County, averaging 45 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 34 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 26 for the Utilities industry.
In Ector County, Mining, Wholesale trade and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 16.78. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining sector is 16.78 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Ector may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.
Educational services is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Ector County, increasing in size by 91.8 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 14.9 percent, in the last 5 years.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Ector County. The industry was hit with a loss of 991 jobs, or 21.5 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 67 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.
In Ector County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 15.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 6,633 individuals. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 11.6 and 11.3 percent of all employment.
Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Ector County, averaging 45 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the US industry average of 34 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 26 for the Utilities industry.
In Ector County, Mining, Wholesale trade and Construction industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 16.78. This means the percent of total employment in the Mining sector is 16.78 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Ector may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.
Educational services is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Ector County, increasing in size by 91.8 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of Texas had an industry job change of 14.9 percent, in the last 5 years.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
