Saturday, February 24, 2007

Dickenson County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Dickenson County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 133.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Dickenson County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 20.5 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Dickenson County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 13.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (133.8 percent gain)
2. Offices of physicians (97.1 percent gain)
3. Health and personal care stores (38.4 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (12.3 percent gain)
5. Legal services (9.4 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 8.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Dickenson County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 69.6 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 felt a loss of 4.4 percent. The losses in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry in Dickenson County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.2 in percent of workers in the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Accounting and bookkeeping services (69.6 percent decline)
2. Building equipment contractors (54.6 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (42 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (13.3 percent decline)
5. Limited-service eating places (10.6 percent decline)

Out of the 12 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dickenson County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 20 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 30.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Dickenson County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (20 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (12 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (11 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (11 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (11 jobs lost)

In Dickenson County, Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 194 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dickenson County

The Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 34 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 35.8 percent of the growth in Dickenson County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (34 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (33 new jobs)
3. Health and personal care stores (13 new jobs)
4. Gasoline stations (12 new jobs)
5. Legal services (2 new jobs)





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.

 

About - © 2007 Ecanned.com  - Contact