In Uintah County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry had the highest average wages in Uintah County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Uintah County earned an annual wage of $81,215 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Utah of $61,842 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $67,074.

Top-pay jobs in Uintah County, Utah can be found in oil and gas extraction ($77,684), pipeline transportation of natural gas ($75,815), machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($68,377) and support activities for mining ($60,638) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Uintah County Wages have increased by 47.3% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Uintah County, Utah by a total of 47.3%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Utah and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

Uintah County Industry Wages Exceed Utah, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Uintah County, Utah can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 16.7 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $33,232. The overall industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Uintah County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Uintah County, Utah, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 3,142 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Uintah County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 30 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 20.3 percent of the total job loss in Uintah County, Utah.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (30 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (29 jobs lost)
3. Private households (18 jobs lost)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (12 jobs lost)
5. Automobile dealers (11 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Uintah County

The Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 1,307 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 46.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Uintah County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (1,307 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (255 new jobs)
3. Oil and gas extraction (211 new jobs)
4. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (136 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (104 new jobs)

Of the 45 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 12 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 33 industries reported a drop in employment.

The total number of jobs has increased by 42.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Utah, which saw a gain of 11.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Uintah County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 51.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Utah, where the industry reported a loss of 17.2 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Uintah County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 19.8 in percent of workers in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (51.9 percent decline)
2. Book, periodical, and music stores (35.6 percent decline)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (33.3 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (21.8 percent decline)
5. Radio and television broadcasting (15.7 percent decline)

Uintah County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 382.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Uintah County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Utah, where the industry took a gain of 79.4 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Uintah County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (382.1 percent gain)
2. Oil and gas extraction (371.8 percent gain)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (146.7 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (135.2 percent gain)
5. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (132.4 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.

Uintah County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Uintah County, Utah, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,323 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 51 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 11 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 40 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Uintah County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 595 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 45.6 percent of the total growth in Uintah County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (595 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (183 new jobs)
3. Oil and gas extraction (68 new jobs)
4. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (47 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (42 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Uintah County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Gasoline stations industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 21 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 38.3 percent of the total employment decline in Uintah County, Utah.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (21 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (11 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (8 jobs lost)
4. Business support services (5 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (3 jobs lost)

Uintah County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronics and appliance stores industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 78.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Uintah County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Utah, where the industry felt a gain of 3.3 percent. The Electronics and appliance stores industry in Uintah County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronics and appliance stores (78.4 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (70.2 percent gain)
3. Office administrative services (66.7 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (65.1 percent gain)
5. Management and technical consulting services (55.2 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 14.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Utah, which experienced a gain of 6.1 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Uintah County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 23.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Utah, where the industry felt a gain of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Uintah County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2 in percent of workers in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (23.9 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (22.3 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (16.1 percent decline)
4. Book, periodical, and music stores (3.4 percent decline)
5. Legal services (3.3 percent decline)





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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 Uintah County, Utah

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Uintah County, Utah can be recognized as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 50 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Uintah County, with 22.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Uintah County had a median household income level of $22,400, this was 44.5 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Hispanic in Uintah County, Utah recorded a median income of $27,300, which is 32.4 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Uintah County, Utah White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $42,597 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.5 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $30,713. This household income level is 24 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Uintah County accounted a medium-high household income of $40,386 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 32.5 percent lower than the median in Utah of $53,499 and the median household income is 21.7 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Uintah County, Utah may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 13.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Uintah has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Utah's proportion of 26.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Uintah County, Utah according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13.8 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 36.2 percent of the Asian alone and 9.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Uintah County, Utah, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 37.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Uintah have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 14.2 percent (Men) versus 12.2 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 35 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Uintah County, Utah had a total estimated population of 26,995 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 25,272. This growth shows an increase of 6.8 percent. Uintah ranks 12 of 29 counties when analyzing total population change in Utah and the county ranks 893 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Uintah County, Utah has a population that is made of 85.7 percent White, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Asian, and 3.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 4.4 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Utah percent of 13.5. Since 2000, Uintah has increased the percent of minority population when 3.8 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

When measuring the total land area, Uintah encompasses a total area of 4477 square miles. The county has a very low average population density of 6 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Rooks, KS (6 per sq. mile ), Cibola, NM (6 per sq. mile ), Haskell, TX (6 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Highland, VA (6 per sq. mile ), Franklin, NE (6 per sq. mile ), Sherman, KS (6 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Uintah County, Utah to be 29.7 years old. The median age in Uintah is greater than the median age for the State of Utah of 28.5. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 29.1 years of age. With 29.6 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Uintah can be understood as being made up of a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 60.1 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 10.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Uintah internationally. The migration from outside the US into Uintah makes up 0.1 percent of the total international migration into the State of Utah. This percent of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

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

In Uintah County, the real estate market was made up of 9,636 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 435 residential units since 2001, or 4.7 percent.

The State of Utah, Uintah County places 22 of 29 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 903 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

Uintah County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $84,800, accounted by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the overall Utah 2000 median home value of $146,100 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

There is a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Uintah County, Utah. In 2000, 80.8 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Uintah County, Utah -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Uintah County, Mining, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Mining is the major employer in the county making up 27.2 percent of the total county employment. This totals 2,518 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 14.9 and 9.3 percent of industry employment.

Real estate and rental and leasing in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Uintah County, changing a total of 103.9 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.3 percent. The State of Utah experienced a change in employment in the sector of 16.1 percent, in the last 5 years.

Utilities is the industry with the largest establishments in Uintah County. In the County, the industry averages 34 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's national average of 34 and greater than the Utah typical size of 22 for the Utilities industry.

In Uintah County, Mining, Utilities and Real estate and rental and leasing industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 53.72. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 53.72 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Uintah County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.









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