Tyler Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Tyler, TX can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other Metro Areas in the United States. The overall wages are 14 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The average industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Tyler Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The Tyler Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for air transportation industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 79.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 18.2 percent. The losses in the Support activities for air transportation industry in Tyler outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 8.4 percent in terms of employment in the Support activities for air transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for air transportation (79.5 percent decline)
2. Activities related to real estate (74.3 percent decline)
3. Insurance carriers (67 percent decline)
4. Business, computer and management training (66 percent decline)
5. Vending machine operators (52.7 percent decline)

The Tyler Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1542.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Tyler has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Tyler outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1542.1 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (277.0 percent gain)
3. Remediation and other waste services (213.3 percent gain)
4. Furniture stores (139.0 percent gain)
5. Professional and similar organizations (126.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 9.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth 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 seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Tyler Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 1,107 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 11.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tyler.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,107 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (903 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (782 new jobs)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (767 new jobs)
5. Employment services (638 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Tyler Metro Area

The HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,333 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment industry make up 32.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Tyler, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (1,333 jobs lost)
2. Activities related to real estate (404 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (333 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (181 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (179 jobs lost)

In the Tyler, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 6,882 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Given the 131 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 62 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.