The San Antonio Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Scheduled air transportation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 48.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 21.2 percent. The losses in the
Scheduled air transportation industry in San Antonio outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 25 percent in terms of employment in the
Scheduled air transportation industry.
Top 3 Industries 1. Scheduled air transportation (48.5 percent decline)
2. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (45.6 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (29.8 percent decline)
The San Antonio Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 248.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in San Antonio has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The
Unclassified industry in San Antonio outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.7 percent.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (248.1 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (44.7 percent gain)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (34.6 percent gain)
4. Nonscheduled air transportation (32.9 percent gain)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (30.7 percent gain)
Total industry employment has increased by 7.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the San Antonio Metro AreaOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 5,026 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Limited-service eating places industry makes up 42.4 percent of the total employment growth in San Antonio.
Top 3 Industries 1. Limited-service eating places (5,026 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (2,767 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (2,082 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the San Antonio Metro AreaOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Scheduled air transportation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,435 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Scheduled air transportation industry make up 77.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in San Antonio, TX.
Top 5 Industries 1. Scheduled air transportation (1,435 jobs lost)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (324 jobs lost)
3. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (89 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (76 jobs lost)
5. Other general merchandise stores (75 jobs lost)
Out of the 14 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 11 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In the San Antonio, TX metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 43,562 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.
