Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Beaumont-Port Arthur One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area

The Nonresidential building construction industry has grown the most with 816 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Nonresidential building construction industry makes up 19.0 percent of the total employment growth in Beaumont-Port Arthur.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (816 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (753 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (374 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (338 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (298 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Home health care services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 418 jobs. The declines in the Home health care services industry make up 20.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (418 jobs lost)
2. Nursing care facilities (316 jobs lost)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (227 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (206 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (148 jobs lost)

In the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 5,151 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 68 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 33 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 35 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 108.2 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Beaumont-Port Arthur has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Beaumont-Port Arthur outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 12.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (108.2 percent gain)
2. Residential building construction (64.2 percent gain)
3. Business support services (35.2 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (33.0 percent gain)
5. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (31.7 percent gain)

The Beaumont-Port Arthur Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 36.1 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 reported a gain of 1.8 percent. The losses in the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry in Beaumont-Port Arthur outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 4.5 in percent of jobs in the Wireless telecommunications carriers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (36.1 percent decline)
2. Other ambulatory health care services (29 percent decline)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (22 percent decline)
4. Direct selling establishments (16.5 percent decline)
5. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (15.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 4.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.





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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