Sunday, February 11, 2007

Beaumont-Port Arthur Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 42 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 17 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 25 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

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

The Support activities for water transportation industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,315 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for water transportation industry makes up 18.6 percent of the total employment growth in Beaumont-Port Arthur.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for water transportation (1,315 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (1,205 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (623 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (591 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (513 new jobs)

In the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 3,359 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

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

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nonresidential building construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,295 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 28.3 percent of the total job loss in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (1,295 jobs lost)
2. Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. (705 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (552 jobs lost)
4. Home health care services (347 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (295 jobs lost)

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

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 37 percent from 2001 (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 sector experienced a gain of 26.7 percent. The losses in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Beaumont-Port Arthur outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 29.2 percent in terms of employment in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (37 percent decline)
2. Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. (28.3 percent decline)
3. Printing and related support activities (25.2 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (20.8 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (20 percent decline)

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

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 422.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Beaumont-Port Arthur has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Beaumont-Port Arthur outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (422.1 percent gain)
2. Computer systems design and related services (329.5 percent gain)
3. Support activities for water transportation (249.1 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (145.8 percent gain)
5. Management and technical consulting services (110.4 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

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