The total number of jobs has increased by 4.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
The Corpus Christi Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 205.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Corpus Christi has added employment slower than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 222.1 percent. The
Unclassified industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (205.3 percent gain)
2. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (127.0 percent gain)
3. Computer systems design and related services (112.1 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (85.9 percent gain)
5. Elementary and secondary schools (77.2 percent gain)
The Corpus Christi Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Book, periodical, and music stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 40.1 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 15.9 percent. The losses in the
Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Corpus Christi outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 20.9 in percent of workers in the
Book, periodical, and music stores industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Book, periodical, and music stores (40.1 percent decline)
2. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (33.8 percent decline)
3. Ship and boat building (27.4 percent decline)
4. Sound recording industries (25.6 percent decline)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (23.3 percent decline)
Out of the 40 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 16 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 24 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
In the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6,283 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Corpus Christi Metro AreaThe
Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 474 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Nonresidential building construction industry make up 24.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Corpus Christi, TX.
Top 5 Industries 1. Nonresidential building construction (474 jobs lost)
2. Ship and boat building (356 jobs lost)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (352 jobs lost)
4. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (175 jobs lost)
5. Legal services (151 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Corpus Christi Metro AreaOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,062 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Full-service restaurants industry makes up 24.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Corpus Christi.
Top 5 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (1,062 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (886 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (346 new jobs)
4. Other professional and technical services (330 new jobs)
5. Architectural and engineering services (325 new jobs)
