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

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Jobs in the druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry had the highest average wages in Comal County for 2006. The average industry job in Comal County received an annual wage of $153,230 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in Texas of $78,313 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $78,464.

Other top-pay jobs in Comal County, Texas can be found in automobile dealers ($82,075), electronic markets and agents and brokers ($75,863), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($74,021) and general freight trucking ($60,349) 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.

Comal County Wages have increased by 23.3% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Comal County, Texas by a total of 23.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Comal County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Comal County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 382.9 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Comal County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where the industry took a loss of 1.4 percent. The Other support services industry in Comal County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (382.9 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (378.1 percent gain)
3. Furniture stores (286.7 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (262.7 percent gain)
5. General freight trucking (227.4 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 16.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Texas, experiencing 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.

Comal County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 98.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 14.9 percent. The losses in the Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry in Comal County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 1.7 percent in terms of employment in the Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (98.5 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (90 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (82.7 percent decline)
4. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (81.2 percent decline)
5. Investigation and security services (57.8 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Comal County

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 535 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 25.2 percent of the total employment decline in Comal County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (535 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (353 jobs lost)
3. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (342 jobs lost)
4. Activities related to real estate (250 jobs lost)
5. Plastics product manufacturing (161 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Comal County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 552 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 9.4 percent of the total employment growth in Comal County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (552 new jobs)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (430 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (344 new jobs)
4. General freight trucking (277 new jobs)
5. Nursing care facilities (261 new jobs)

In Comal County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 4,414 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Given the 92 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 25 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 67 industries reported a drop in employment.





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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.

Comal County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Comal County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has grown the most with 838 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Employment services industry makes up 26.8 percent of the total employment growth in Comal County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (838 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (434 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (264 new jobs)
4. Furniture stores (227 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (92 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Comal County

Given the industries in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 123 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 18.7 percent of the total employment decline in Comal County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (123 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (78 jobs lost)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (55 jobs lost)
4. Business support services (43 jobs lost)
5. Building finishing contractors (37 jobs lost)

Of the 114 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 40 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 73 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Comal County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,515 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 8.7 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Comal County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 71.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 11.4 percent. The losses in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Comal County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.9 in percent of jobs in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (71.1 percent decline)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (54.3 percent decline)
3. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (48.8 percent decline)
4. Business support services (34.3 percent decline)
5. Insurance carriers (27.1 percent decline)

Comal County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 512.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Comal County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where the industry took a gain of 28.8 percent. The Unclassified industry in Comal County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (512.0 percent gain)
2. Furniture stores (500.0 percent gain)
3. Support activities for road transportation (428.6 percent gain)
4. Employment services (383.4 percent gain)
5. Other support services (132.9 percent gain)





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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 Comal County, Texas

The areas median household income has increased from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has increased to $55,712, posting a 3.2 percent growth. Comal County, Texas, in terms of percentage of growth, ranks 1 of 3 counties in percent of growth for household income in Texas. Comal County ranks 48 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of growth in median household income in the United States.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Comal County, Texas can be recognized as having a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 8.6 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Comal County, with 15.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The rate of poverty in Comal County, Texas has increased by 1.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 8.6 percent to 9.9 percent.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 6.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $50,365. Hispanic Householders in Comal County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $39,078, this median is 27.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Comal County, Texas White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $55,187 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2.2 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $65,813. This income level is 21.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Comal County reported an income level of $51,083, this was 5.4 percent less than the median income level in this area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Comal County had a relatively high median income for households of $53,992 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 13.5 percent higher than the household income median in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 9 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

As the median income level saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Comal County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest growth in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an increase of 98.5 percent since the year 2000. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Comal County, encountering a 12.8 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Comal County, Texas

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 3.0 percent. As reported in 2005, 32 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 9.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 33 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In Comal County, Texas according the 2000 Decennial Census, 27.4 percent of the White Alone, 26.2 percent of Black or African American, 50 percent of the Asian alone and 9 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Comal County, Texas is made up of a highly-educated population, with 26.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Comal counted a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Comal County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Comal have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 28.8 percent (Men) versus 23.8 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women in this areas is High School Diploma category, with 30.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From 2000, Comal has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 6.2 percent to a total of 32.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Comal County, Texas

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Comal from outside the country. The immigration into Comal accounts for 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In terms of total land area, Comal covers a total land area of 561 square miles. The county has a medium-low average population density of 171 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Wayne, IN (171 per sq. mile ), Morgan, IN (172 per sq. mile ), Los Alamos, NM (172 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Grant, IN (170 per sq. mile ), Madison, TN (170 per sq. mile ), Rankin, MS (170 per sq. mile ).

Comal County, Texas had a population that was estimated at 96,018 in 2005. The total population has increased very sharply, since its 2000 population of 78,799. This growth represents an increase of 21.9 percent. Comal ranks 22 of 254 counties by growth in total population in Texas and the county ranks 212 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Comal County, Texas to be 37.3 years old. The median in Comal is greater than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced a decline in the median age, at that time the median was 39.1 years old. With 23.8 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Comal can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 62.4 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 13.8 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Comal County, Texas has a population that is made up of 73.4 percent White, 1.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Asian, and 23.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 25.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Comal has increased in diversity when 24.1 percent of the total population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Comal County, Texas

Comal County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $152,600, accounted by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the State of Texas 2005 median home value of $106,000 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

When compared to other counties in Texas, Comal County places 7 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 71 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Comal County may be be described as having a relatively high proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 6 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

In Comal County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 40,240 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 5,950 homes since 2001, or 17.4 percent.

The residential home values in Comal County, Texas have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $35,600, or 30.4 percent, since their values in that year of $117,000.

There seems to be a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Comal County, Texas. In 2005, 38.3 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

In Comal County, Retail Trade, Construction, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 15.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 4,520 employees. The Construction and Accommodation and food services industries total 13.4 and 13.1 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Comal County, Construction, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Mining have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Construction industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.03. This means the percent of total employment in the Construction sector is 2.03 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Comal County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Construction.

Transportation and Warehousing has the largest businesses in Comal County, averaging 36 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 19 and greater than the State of Texas average of 23 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.

The Manufacturing industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Comal County, since the year 2001, moving from making up 18.7 percent of total employment in 2001 to 10.8 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Comal County. The sector faced a loss of 1,818 jobs, or 37.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 56.9 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

Transportation and Warehousing is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Comal County, with an industry growth of 294.3 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of -1 percent. The State of Texas encountered a change in industry employment of 1.4 percent, from 2001 to 2005.





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