Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Amarillo One-Year Industry Employment Change

The Amarillo Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 45.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Amarillo has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Amarillo outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (45.1 percent gain)
2. Support activities for mining (40.1 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (37.6 percent gain)
4. Warehousing and storage (35.4 percent gain)
5. Other schools and instruction (34.2 percent gain)

The Amarillo Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Spectator sports industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 50.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry felt a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Spectator sports industry in Amarillo outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 percent in terms of employment in the Spectator sports industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Spectator sports (50.3 percent decline)
2. General rental centers (43.6 percent decline)
3. Management and technical consulting services (25.2 percent decline)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (17.3 percent decline)
5. Activities related to real estate (16.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in Texas, experiencing a gain of 4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Amarillo Metro Area

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 190 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 18.8 percent of the total employment decline in Amarillo, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (190 jobs lost)
2. Management and technical consulting services (146 jobs lost)
3. Child day care services (112 jobs lost)
4. Book, periodical, and music stores (90 jobs lost)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (89 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Amarillo Metro Area

The Animal slaughtering and processing industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 889 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Animal slaughtering and processing industry makes up 30.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Amarillo.

Top 5 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (889 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (273 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (270 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (264 new jobs)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (161 new jobs)

In the Amarillo, TX metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,635 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Out of the 77 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 33 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 44 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.





About: This report is part 1 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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