Monday, January 22, 2007

Brazos County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Brazos County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Warehousing and storage industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 312.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Brazos County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 8 percent. The Warehousing and storage industry in Brazos County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (312.1 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (150.0 percent gain)
3. Chemical merchant wholesalers (76.3 percent gain)
4. Unclassified (66.0 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (54.6 percent gain)

Brazos County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Data processing and related services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 62.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a gain of 5.4 percent. The losses in the Data processing and related services industry in Brazos County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.3 percent in terms of employment in the Data processing and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Data processing and related services (62.2 percent decline)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (46.8 percent decline)
3. Support activities for animal production (43.7 percent decline)
4. Investigation and security services (31.3 percent decline)
5. Travel arrangement and reservation services (26.4 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

In Brazos County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,062 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Brazos County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 233 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 11.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Brazos County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (233 new jobs)
2. Clothing stores (209 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (109 new jobs)
4. Lessors of real estate (94 new jobs)
5. Employment services (94 new jobs)

Of the 124 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 56 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 67 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Brazos County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 125 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 9.8 percent of the total job loss in Brazos County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (125 jobs lost)
2. Computer systems design and related services (113 jobs lost)
3. Depository credit intermediation (106 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (82 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (69 jobs lost)





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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