Monday, January 22, 2007

Brown County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Brown County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 34.3 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Brown County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 0.2 in percent of workers in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (34.3 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (32.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (17.8 percent decline)
4. Florists (15.8 percent decline)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (15.5 percent decline)

Brown County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 265.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Brown County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 4.1 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Brown County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (265.0 percent gain)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (103.6 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (76.5 percent gain)
4. Support activities for mining (50.7 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (31.8 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 5.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Texas, experiencing a gain of 4.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

In Brown County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 665 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Brown County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 125 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 25.2 percent of the total employment growth in Brown County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (125 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (110 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (35 new jobs)
4. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (31 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26 new jobs)

Out of the 58 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 34 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Brown County

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 25 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 15.9 percent of the total employment decline in Brown County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (25 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (23 jobs lost)
3. Health and personal care stores (16 jobs lost)
4. Lessors of real estate (16 jobs lost)
5. Clothing stores (12 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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