In Williamson County, jobs in the isps and web search portals pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the isps and web search portals industry had the highest average wages in Williamson County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Williamson County received a wage of $111,359 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage rate in Texas of $67,295 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $92,839.

Other high-paying jobs in Williamson County, Texas exsists in scientific research and development services ($100,203), outpatient care centers ($92,006), commercial equip. merchant wholesalers ($87,895) and medical equipment and supplies manufacturing ($86,071) 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.

Williamson County Wages have decreased by ( 20.1%) Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages decreased in Williamson County, Texas by a total of ( 20.1%). This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Texas and less 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.

Williamson County Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, but Wages Exceed the United States

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The overall industry wages in Williamson County, Texas when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 0.2 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The overall industry wage was greater than the industry average in the US 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.

Williamson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Williamson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 88.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Texas, where the industry reported a gain of 79 percent. The losses in the Management of companies and enterprises industry in Williamson County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.5 percent in terms of employees in the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (88.3 percent decline)
2. Employment services (66.6 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (63.6 percent decline)
4. Support activities for crop production (52.6 percent decline)
5. Nursing care facilities (49.5 percent decline)

Williamson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance carriers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1289.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Williamson County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a loss of 4.6 percent. The Insurance carriers industry in Williamson County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 3.3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (1289.3 percent gain)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (515.7 percent gain)
3. Outpatient care centers (382.5 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (312.2 percent gain)
5. Wireless telecommunications carriers (300.0 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 36.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Given the 132 4-digit NAICS industries, 26 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 106 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Williamson County

The Management of companies and enterprises industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 976 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 24.8 percent of the employment lost during the period in Williamson County, Texas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (976 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (877 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (738 jobs lost)
4. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (381 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (341 jobs lost)

In Williamson County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 23,704 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Williamson County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 1,834 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 7.1 percent of the total growth in Williamson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (1,834 new jobs)
2. Insurance carriers (1,607 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (1,523 new jobs)
4. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (1,167 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (1,056 new jobs)





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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 Williamson County, Texas

Compared to counties across the United States, Williamson County accounted a very high household income of $70,951 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 34.2 percent higher than the median in Texas of $46,715 and the income level is 30.8 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

The median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $62,418, which amounts to a 12 percent decline. Williamson County, Texas, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 18 of 46 counties in percent of decline for household income in Texas. Williamson County ranks 133 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income in the US.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Williamson County, Texas may be understood as having a very low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 4.8 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 11.2 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Williamson County, having 9.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Williamson County had a median household income level of $82,294, this median was 16 percent greater than the median level for total households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $83,415. This median is 17.6 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 15.8 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $59,723. In Williamson County, Texas White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $72,228 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.8 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Williamson County, Texas , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $60,180, this median is 15.2 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

As the median income level saw a decline in the last five year in Williamson County, Texas, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in the household income level was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 38.2 percent since 2000. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Williamson County, encountering a 0.2 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

The poverty rate in Williamson County, Texas has increased by 1.1 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 4.8 percent to 5.9 percent.

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

Higher Education in Williamson County, Texas

From 2000, Williamson has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 4.6 percent to a total of 38.2 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the 2005 State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 3.4 percent. By 2005, 40.4 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 5.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 36.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Williamson County, Texas, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Williamson have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 36.6 percent (Men) versus 30.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In Williamson County, Texas according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 35 percent of the White Alone, 29 percent of Black or African American, 56 percent of the Asian alone and 16.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Williamson County, Texas may to understood as having a very highly-educated working age population, with 33.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Williamson is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 23.2 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

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

Demographic Profile for Williamson County, Texas

In terms of total land area, Williamson extends a total area of 1123 total square miles. The area has a medium-high population density of 297 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Charles, MD (301 per sq. mile ), Hunterdon, NJ (303 per sq. mile ), Monroe, IN (308 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Douglas, CO (297 per sq. mile ), Orange, NC (296 per sq. mile ), Sonoma, CA (296 per sq. mile ).

Williamson County, Texas has a population that is made up of 68.8 percent White, 6 percent African American, 3.7 percent Asian, and 19.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high amount of racial and ethnic 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, Williamson has increased the percent of minority makeup when 25.0 percent of the population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Williamson County, Texas to be 33.0 years old. The median in Williamson is less than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, when it was 32.3 years old. With 28.1 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Williamson can be understood as being made up of a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 64.2 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 7.7 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the area population base.

Williamson County, Texas had a population of 333,457 in 2005. The total population has increased very sharply, since its 2000 population of 254,996. This growth denotes an increase of 30.8 percent. Williamson ranks 10 of 254 counties when analyzing total population change in Texas and the county ranks 33 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Since 2000, a high number of individual migrated to the Williamson from outside the country. The immigration into Williamson accounts for 0.6 percent of all immigration into Texas. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

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

Housing Report for Williamson County, Texas

Williamson County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $157,300, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall State of Texas 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $106,000 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

The State of Texas, Williamson County stands 3 of 254 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 50 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Williamson County, Texas have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $31,500, or 25 percent, from their 2000 value of $125,800.

In Williamson County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 117,797 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 19,484 residential units since 2001, or 19.8 percent.

There is a fair amount of housing that is affordable in Williamson County, Texas. In 2005, 29.2 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Williamson County can be understood as having a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 1.3 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Finance and insurance has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Williamson County, changing a total of 133.7 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 4.8 percent. The State of Texas underwent a employment change in the industry of 9.5 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Wholesale trade has a largest number of employee per establishment in Williamson County. In the County, the industry averages 37 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 10 and greater than the Texas typical size of 12 for the Wholesale trade industry.

In Williamson County, Wholesale trade, Construction and Mining have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Wholesale trade sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.83. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Wholesale trade industry is 2.83 times greater than the national average, signifying that Williamson specializes in Wholesale trade.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Williamson County. The industry lost a total of 1,213 employees during the period, or 14.5 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 53 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Williamson County, Retail Trade, Wholesale trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 18.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 15,472 people employed. The Wholesale trade and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 14.7 and 10.8 percent of industry employment.







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