In Austin County, jobs in the druggists' goods merchant wholesalers pay the highest wages

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Employment in the druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry reported the top wages in Austin County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Austin County received an annual wage of $95,152 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Texas of $78,313 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $78,464.

High-wage employment in Austin County, Texas may be found in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($92,664), computer systems design and related services ($88,236), advertising and related services ($85,309) and electronic markets and agents and brokers ($77,821) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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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.

Austin County Wages have increased by 23.0% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Austin County, Texas by a total of 23.0%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

Austin County Industry Wages Exceed Texas, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Austin County, Texas when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 0 percent higher than the with an state average of $41,186. The industry pay was greater 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.

Austin County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Austin County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 748.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Austin County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Austin County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 11 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (748.1 percent gain)
2. Employment services (417.2 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (252.9 percent gain)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (239.4 percent gain)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (206.2 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 27 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Austin County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 60.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry felt a loss of 3.6 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Austin County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.1 percent in terms of employment in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (60.6 percent decline)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (58.8 percent decline)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (53.3 percent decline)
4. Other professional and technical services (45 percent decline)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (41.8 percent decline)

Of the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 26 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Austin County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building finishing contractors industry has added the most employment with 217 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 18.2 percent of the total growth in Austin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (217 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (173 new jobs)
3. Employment services (121 new jobs)
4. Nursing care facilities (114 new jobs)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (100 new jobs)

In Austin County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,877 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Austin County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Computer systems design and related services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 102 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Computer systems design and related services industry make up 26.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Austin County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (102 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (53 jobs lost)
3. Other professional and technical services (39 jobs lost)
4. Depository credit intermediation (32 jobs lost)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (23 jobs lost)





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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.

Austin County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Austin County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Architectural and engineering services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 53.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 8.3 percent. The losses in the Architectural and engineering services industry in Austin County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.5 in percent of jobs in the Architectural and engineering services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (53.8 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (46.8 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (37.6 percent decline)
4. Lessors of real estate (24.8 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (24.3 percent decline)

Austin County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 442.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Austin County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 13 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Austin County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 9.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (442.5 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (313.8 percent gain)
3. Employment services (107.4 percent gain)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (88.5 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (77.4 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 14.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Austin County

The Building finishing contractors industry has grown the most with 128 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 17.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Austin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (128 new jobs)
2. Management and technical consulting services (118 new jobs)
3. Employment services (78 new jobs)
4. Nursing care facilities (57 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (49 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Austin County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 85 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 37.8 percent of the total job loss in Austin County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (85 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (31 jobs lost)
3. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (19 jobs lost)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (18 jobs lost)
5. Lessors of real estate (11 jobs lost)

Given the 56 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 23 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 32 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Austin County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,091 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.





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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.

Income and Poverty in Austin County, Texas

Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 42.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $25,898. In Austin County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $48,660 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 7.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Austin County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $33,540, this median is 25.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $59,032. This median is 30.7 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Austin County had a median household income level of $47,531, this median was 5.2 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Austin County was reported to have a medium-high median household income of $45,180 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 3.4 percent lower than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the median household income is 8.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Austin County, Texas can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 12.1 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 63.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Austin County, with 19.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Austin County, Texas

In Austin County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 19.8 percent of the White Alone, 3.6 percent of Black or African American, 72 percent of the Asian alone and 3 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Austin County, Texas can be considered to have a moderately-educated working age population, with 17.4 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Austin counted a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Austin County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 31 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Austin have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 18.6 percent (Men) versus 16.2 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 33.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Austin County, Texas

From 2000, a high number of individual migrated to the Austin from outside the country. The immigration into Austin makes up 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This level of international migration can be considered high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Austin County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 26,123 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 23,771. This growth denotes an increase of 9.9 percent. Austin ranks 62 of 254 counties when calculating total change in population for Texas and the county ranks 753 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Austin County, Texas has a population that is made up of 69.8 percent White, 9.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 19.6 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high level of diversity, with 29.5 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Austin has increased in diversity when 27.5 percent of the population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Austin County, Texas to be 38.0 years old. The median in Austin is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 37.6 years old. With a total of 24.8 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Austin can be understood as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 14.8 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

When measuring the total land area, Austin spans a total of 653 square miles. This area has a low density of 40 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Northampton, NC (40 per sq. mile ), Clallam, WA (40 per sq. mile ), Green, KY (40 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Holmes, FL (40 per sq. mile ), Houston, TN (40 per sq. mile ), Ohio, KY (40 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Austin County, Texas

In Austin County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 10,695 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 248 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.4 percent.

In the State of Texas, Austin County places 86 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,692 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Austin County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $85,000, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is greater than the State of Texas 2000 median home value of $82,500 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Austin County, Texas. In 2000, 70.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Austin County, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Austin County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 25.6 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 1,979 employees. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors provide 19.2 and 12.4 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Austin County, with the industry averaging 41 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Texas average establishment size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Austin County, Manufacturing, Construction and Retail Trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing industry is 2 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Austin County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Information saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Austin County. The industry was hit with a loss of 120 jobs during the period, or 68.2 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 32.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Austin County, increasing in size by 184.6 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 1.6 percent. The State of Texas saw a change in employment in the sector of 70.2 percent, since the year 2001.







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