Saturday, February 24, 2007

Matagorda County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Matagorda County

The Home health care services industry has grown the most with 74 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 18.4 percent of the total growth in Matagorda County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (74 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (69 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (58 new jobs)
4. Greenhouse and nursery production (48 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (30 new jobs)

In Matagorda County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 1,450 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Given the 53 4-digit NAICS industries, 32 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 20 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Matagorda County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Automobile dealers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 83 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Automobile dealers industry make up 15.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Matagorda County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automobile dealers (83 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (82 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (56 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (26 jobs lost)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (23 jobs lost)

Matagorda County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 161.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Matagorda County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 43.2 percent. The Home health care services industry in Matagorda County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 36.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (161.6 percent gain)
2. Health and personal care stores (66.4 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (63.6 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (43.1 percent gain)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (34.5 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 16 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Matagorda County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 55.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the it saw a loss of 12.9 percent. The losses in the Nonresidential building construction industry in Matagorda County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.6 in percent of workers in the Nonresidential building construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (55.9 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (54 percent decline)
3. Florists (48.8 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (45.5 percent decline)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (42.4 percent decline)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

 

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