In Midland County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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Employment in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Midland County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Midland County received a wage of $116,551 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage in Texas of $110,358 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

Top-pay jobs in Midland County, Texas can be found in management of companies and enterprises ($87,870), pipeline transportation of natural gas ($80,342), scheduled air transportation ($80,144) and household goods repair and maintenance ($76,778) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Midland County Wages have increased by 23.7% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Midland County, Texas by a total of 23.7%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in industry wages across 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Midland County, Texas can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 0.9 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $41,186. The industry pay was greater than the national industry average 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.

Midland County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 18.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Texas, which experienced 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.

Midland County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1352.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Midland County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Texas, where the industry took a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Midland County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1352.0 percent gain)
2. Data processing and related services (389.3 percent gain)
3. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (260.1 percent gain)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (175.5 percent gain)
5. Special food services (170.6 percent gain)

Midland County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 75.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry reported a loss of 21.5 percent. The losses in the Printing and related support activities industry in Midland County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 18.2 in percent of workers in the Printing and related support activities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (75.4 percent decline)
2. Nonscheduled air transportation (67.4 percent decline)
3. Other ambulatory health care services (48.9 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (37.5 percent decline)
5. Other professional and technical services (34.4 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Midland County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Architectural and engineering services industry has added the most employment with 979 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Architectural and engineering services industry makes up 14.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Midland County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (979 new jobs)
2. Support activities for mining (541 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (474 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (461 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (308 new jobs)

Given the 118 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 41 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 76 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Midland County

The Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 173 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 11.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Midland County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (173 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (136 jobs lost)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (96 jobs lost)
4. Other professional and technical services (96 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (91 jobs lost)

In Midland County, Texas, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 8,484 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 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.

Midland County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Midland County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 730 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 18.5 percent of the growth in Midland County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (730 new jobs)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (312 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (291 new jobs)
4. Architectural and engineering services (156 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (149 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Midland County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 54 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry make up 9.1 percent of the total employment decline in Midland County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (54 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (53 jobs lost)
3. Furniture stores (43 jobs lost)
4. Clothing stores (39 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)

In Midland County, Texas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,973 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 127 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 81 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Midland County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Vending machine operators industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 195.5 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Midland County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where the industry took a loss of 1.6 percent. The Vending machine operators industry in Midland County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 2.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Vending machine operators (195.5 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (179.2 percent gain)
3. Advertising and related services (92.2 percent gain)
4. Pipeline transportation of natural gas (88.6 percent gain)
5. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (79.1 percent gain)

Midland County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 32.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 2.1 percent. The losses in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Midland County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.3 percent in terms of employment in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (32.5 percent decline)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (28.2 percent decline)
3. Outpatient care centers (24.9 percent decline)
4. Furniture stores (24.7 percent decline)
5. Business support services (24.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Texas, which went through a gain of 4.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Midland County, Texas

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in Midland County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 18.6 percent since 2000. The Hispanic population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Midland County, undergoing a 3 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

The poverty rate in Midland County, Texas has increased by 2.3 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 12.9 percent to 15.2 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Midland County, Texas may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 12.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Midland County, reporting 19.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Midland County was reported to have a medium-high median income for all households of $45,726 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 2.2 percent lower than the median in State of Texas of $46,715 and the median is 7.5 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Midland County, Texas White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $50,948 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 11.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $57,713. This income level is 26.2 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Midland County reported an income level of $34,277, which was 25 percent less than the median income level in this area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 43.7 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $25,745. Hispanic Householders in Midland County, Texas , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,569, this income level is 28.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $41,455, which represents a 9.3 percent decline. Midland County, Texas, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 28 of 46 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Texas. Midland County ranks 260 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

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

Higher Education in Midland County, Texas

In Midland County, Texas as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 28.4 percent of the White Alone, 10.4 percent of Black or African American, 50.6 percent of the Asian alone and 6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Midland County, Texas can be considered to have a highly-educated population, with 24.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Midland was reported to have a higher percent of individuals with higher educations 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 Midland County, Texas, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Midland have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 28.4 percent (Men) versus 21.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 0.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 27.8 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 decreased by a total of 0.8 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 21 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, Midland has decreased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has declined by 0.6 percent to a total of 24.2 percent in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proportion of the 2005 population that is highly educated is less than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

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

Housing Report for Midland County, Texas

The residential real estate values in Midland County, Texas have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $11,800, or 16.1 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $73,400.

In the State of Texas, Midland County stands 129 of 254 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,140 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Midland County, the census reported 49,247 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 843 residential units since 2001, or 1.7 percent.

Midland County can be understood as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1.2 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

According to the data, there is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Midland County, Texas. In 2005, 70.1 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Midland County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $85,200, published by the American Community Survey. This is less than the Texas 2005 median home value of $106,000 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Information has a largest number of employee per establishment in Midland County, with the industry averaging 28 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 22 and greater than the Texas average establishment size of 24 for the Information industry.

In Midland County, Mining, Information and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 35.06. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 35.06 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Midland County may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.

Management of companies and enterprises from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Midland County, rising by 134.5 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 1.6 percent. The State of Texas underwent a employment change in the industry of 70.2 percent, in the last 5 years.

In Midland County, Mining, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Mining produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 17.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 8,973 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 14.5 and 10 percent of industry employment.









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