Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Laredo Metro AreaFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Home health care services industry has grown the most with 2,608 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Home health care services industry makes up 20.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Laredo.
Top 5 Industries 1. Home health care services (2,608 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (1,125 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (966 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (819 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (783 new jobs)
In the Laredo, TX metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 10,687 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.
Given the 116 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 72 industries reported a drop in employment.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Laredo Metro AreaThe
Freight transportation arrangement industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 383 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Freight transportation arrangement industry make up 15.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Laredo, TX.
Top 5 Industries 1. Freight transportation arrangement (383 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (349 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (179 jobs lost)
4. Used merchandise stores (174 jobs lost)
5. Child day care services (141 jobs lost)
The Laredo Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 90.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 5.1 percent. The losses in the
Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers industry in Laredo outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.9 percent in terms of employees in the
Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (90.9 percent decline)
2. Used merchandise stores (69.1 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (59.4 percent decline)
4. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (56.8 percent decline)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (48.1 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 19.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
The Laredo Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 565.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Laredo has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a gain of 4.9 percent. The
Electronic equipment repair and maintenance industry in Laredo outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 2.5 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (565.1 percent gain)
2. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (501.8 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (421.9 percent gain)
4. Other ambulatory health care services (325.0 percent gain)
5. Other financial investment activities (311.8 percent gain)
