Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro AreaFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Management and technical consulting services industry has added the most employment with 5,798 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Management and technical consulting services industry makes up 47.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.
Top 1 Industries 1. Management and technical consulting services (5,798 new jobs)
Of the 6 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 1 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 5 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 16,369 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro AreaOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Other specialty trade contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 591 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Other specialty trade contractors industry make up 100.1 percent of the total employment decline in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other specialty trade contractors (591 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (90 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (64 jobs lost)
4. Private households (56 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (46 jobs lost)
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Other specialty trade contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 4.2 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry felt a gain of 7.6 percent. The losses in the
Other specialty trade contractors industry in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 22.3 in percent of workers in the
Other specialty trade contractors industry.
Top 1 Industries 1. Other specialty trade contractors (4.2 percent decline)
Total employment has increased by 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than percent in the State of Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 235.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington has increased employment 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (235.7 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (26.5 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (14.8 percent gain)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (5.1 percent gain)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (1.1 percent gain)
