Given the 151 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 51 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 100 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr Metro AreaOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Home health care services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 9,192 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Home health care services industry makes up 24.5 percent of the total employment growth in McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr.
Top 5 Industries 1. Home health care services (9,192 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (3,039 new jobs)
3. Employment services (2,309 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (1,962 new jobs)
5. General medical and surgical hospitals (1,483 new jobs)
In the McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 27,348 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr Metro AreaFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 854 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 18.8 percent of the total job loss in McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX.
Top 5 Industries 1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (854 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (559 jobs lost)
3. Used merchandise stores (321 jobs lost)
4. Other crop farming (276 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (265 jobs lost)
The McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 660.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a loss of 11.3 percent. The
Wireless telecommunications carriers industry in McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.9 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (660.3 percent gain)
2. Office administrative services (545.0 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (492.2 percent gain)
4. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (485.4 percent gain)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (314.3 percent gain)
The McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Vocational rehabilitation services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 67.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 34.2 percent. The losses in the
Vocational rehabilitation services industry in McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.3 in percent of jobs in the
Vocational rehabilitation services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Vocational rehabilitation services (67.4 percent decline)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (60.4 percent decline)
3. Fruit and tree nut farming (53.1 percent decline)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (49.4 percent decline)
5. Used merchandise stores (47.8 percent decline)
Employment for all industries has increased by 21 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in Texas, which went through a gain of 4.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
