Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Support activities for mining industry has added the most employment with 4,278 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 7.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (4,278 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (4,212 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (3,122 new jobs)
4. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (2,986 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (2,902 new jobs)

Given the 201 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 59 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 141 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Business support services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,070 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Business support services industry make up 11.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (1,070 jobs lost)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (811 jobs lost)
3. Printing and related support activities (613 jobs lost)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (602 jobs lost)
5. Power generation and supply (572 jobs lost)

In the Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 86,313 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Vegetable and melon farming industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 65.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a loss of 8.2 percent. The Vegetable and melon farming industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 3.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vegetable and melon farming (65.7 percent gain)
2. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (41.8 percent gain)
3. Seafood product preparation and packaging (34.0 percent gain)
4. Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. (32.1 percent gain)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (29.1 percent gain)

The Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for forestry industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 20.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Support activities for forestry industry in Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.6 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for forestry industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for forestry (20.8 percent decline)
2. General rental centers (20.8 percent decline)
3. Other crop farming (16.5 percent decline)
4. Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water (14.8 percent decline)
5. Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing (12.9 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 4.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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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