Smyth County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 57.2 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 10.3 percent. The losses in the
Building equipment contractors industry in Smyth County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.3 percent in terms of employees in the
Building equipment contractors industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building equipment contractors (57.2 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (56.6 percent decline)
3. Architectural and engineering services (54.9 percent decline)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (38.5 percent decline)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (35 percent decline)
Smyth County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Other specialty trade contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 122.6 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Smyth County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Virginia, where it saw a gain of 37.9 percent. The
Other specialty trade contractors industry in Smyth County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.3 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other specialty trade contractors (122.6 percent gain)
2. Professional and similar organizations (61.5 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (50.0 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (42.0 percent gain)
5. Consumer goods rental (38.1 percent gain)
Employment for all industries has decreased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of Virginia, which experienced a gain of 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Smyth CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Building equipment contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 66 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Building equipment contractors industry make up 19.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Smyth County, Virginia.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building equipment contractors (66 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (52 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (35 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (29 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (26 jobs lost)
Given the 34 4-digit NAICS industries, 19 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
In Smyth County, Virginia, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 158 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Smyth CountyFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Other specialty trade contractors industry has added the most employment with 56 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 29.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Smyth County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other specialty trade contractors (56 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (20 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (20 new jobs)
4. Professional and similar organizations (16 new jobs)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (14 new jobs)
About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the
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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.
