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

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Individuals that are employed in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry wages were the highest in Fauquier County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Fauquier County received a wage of $85,334 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry pay the State of Virginia of $103,642 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $138,150.

Other top-pay jobs in Fauquier County, Virginia are present in scientific research and development services ($77,497), activities related to credit intermediation ($74,538), nondepository credit intermediation ($74,073) and computer systems design and related services ($70,825) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Fauquier County Wages have increased by 26.1% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Fauquier County, Virginia by a total of 26.1%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Virginia and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Fauquier County Industry Wages Lag Behind Virginia, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Fauquier County, Virginia when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 16.3 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $42,126. The industry pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Fauquier County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Fauquier County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 708.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Fauquier County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Virginia, where it saw a gain of 102.9 percent. The Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Fauquier County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 49.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (708.3 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (507.0 percent gain)
3. Printing and related support activities (225.0 percent gain)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (182.4 percent gain)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (157.3 percent gain)

Fauquier County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 43.2 percent. The losses in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in Fauquier County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 22.6 percent in terms of employment in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (78.1 percent decline)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (65 percent decline)
3. Consumer goods rental (60.7 percent decline)
4. Office administrative services (58.6 percent decline)
5. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (47.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 24.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 5.2 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Fauquier County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 115 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry make up 20.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (115 jobs lost)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (52 jobs lost)
3. Other animal production (51 jobs lost)
4. Social advocacy organizations (43 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)

In Fauquier County, Virginia, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 3,589 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 78 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 25 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 52 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Fauquier County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 451 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 11.8 percent of the total employment growth in Fauquier County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (451 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (431 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (326 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (246 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (231 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.

Fauquier County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Fauquier County

The Nonresidential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 62 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 15.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Fauquier County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (62 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (59 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (36 jobs lost)
4. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (33 jobs lost)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (24 jobs lost)

In Fauquier County, Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 565 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Out of the 84 4-digit NAICS industries, 31 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 51 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Fauquier County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other amusement and recreation industries industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 133 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry makes up 11.7 percent of the total employment growth in Fauquier County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (133 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (128 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (121 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (81 new jobs)
5. Computer systems design and related services (74 new jobs)

Fauquier County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Consumer goods rental industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 39.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Virginia, where the industry felt a loss of 9.4 percent. The losses in the Consumer goods rental industry in Fauquier County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 4.6 percent in terms of employment in the Consumer goods rental industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Consumer goods rental (39.1 percent decline)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (36.2 percent decline)
3. Nonresidential building construction (28.4 percent decline)
4. Business support services (25.3 percent decline)
5. Used merchandise stores (25 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 3.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Virginia, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Fauquier County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 89.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Fauquier County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Virginia, where it saw a gain of 8.7 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Fauquier County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.9 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (89.1 percent gain)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (69.8 percent gain)
3. Clothing stores (47.0 percent gain)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (39.4 percent gain)
5. Specialized design services (38.1 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.

Income and Poverty in Fauquier County, Virginia

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Fauquier County reported a very high household income of $72,539 (2005 Dollars). This median is 24.7 percent higher than the median in Virginia of $54,612 and this is 32.3 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Fauquier County, Virginia may be understood as having a very low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 5.4 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 13.5 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the largest percent of population in poverty in Fauquier County, reporting 11.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $68,110. This median income level is 6.1 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic in Fauquier County, Virginia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $51,815, which is 28.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In Fauquier County, Virginia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $76,214 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 5.1 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 40.6 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $43,109. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Fauquier County had a median income of $53,747, which was 25.9 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Fauquier County, Virginia

In Fauquier County, Virginia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 29.2 percent of the White Alone, 6.4 percent of Black or African American, 35 percent of the Asian alone and 25.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Fauquier County, Virginia, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 28.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Fauquier have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 28.6 percent (Men) versus 25.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31.6 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Fauquier County, Virginia may to understood as having a highly-educated population, with 27 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Fauquier has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.





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

Demographic Profile for Fauquier County, Virginia

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Fauquier County, Virginia to be 38.2 years of age. The median in Fauquier is greater than the median in Virginia of 37.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 37.9 years of age. With a total of 24.5 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Fauquier can be understood as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 65 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 10.5 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the population.

Since 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Fauquier internationally. The international migration into Fauquier totals 0.3 percent of the total migration into the State of Virginia. This amount of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

When measuring the total land area, Fauquier extends a total area of 650 square miles. This area has a medium-low population density of 100 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- San Patricio, TX (100 per sq. mile ), Columbia, NY (100 per sq. mile ), Preble, OH (100 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Huntington, IN (100 per sq. mile ), Dodge, WI (100 per sq. mile ), Adams, IN (100 per sq. mile ).

Fauquier County, Virginia had an estimated population of 64,997 in 2005. The total population has increased very sharply, since the 2000 total population of 55,577. This growth shows an increase of 16.9 percent. Fauquier ranks 13 of 134 counties when analyzing total population change in Virginia and the county ranks 333 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Fauquier County, Virginia has a population that is made of 84.5 percent White, 8.5 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 4.4 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 13.9 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Fauquier has increased the percent of minority population when 11.4 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Fauquier County, Virginia

In Fauquier County, the census reported 24,537 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 2,864 housing units since the year 2001, or 13.2 percent.

Throughout the State of Virginia, Fauquier County places 18 of 134 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 165 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Fauquier County had a median home value in the year 2000 of $162,700, reported by the Decennial Census. This is greater than the overall Virginia 2000 home value of $125,400 and greater than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Fauquier County can be understood as having a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2000, the Decennial Census reports that 1.7 percent residential property is valued over $500k.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Fauquier County, Virginia -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Management of companies and enterprises has a largest number of employee per establishment in Fauquier County. In the County, the industry averages 30 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's average in the United States of 40 and less than the State of Virginia average establishment size of 50 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Construction has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Fauquier County, with a job growth of 69.1 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 7.3 percent. The State of Virginia went through a industry job change of 12.3 percent, since the year 2001.

In Fauquier County, Construction, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Construction provides the most jobs and contributes 21.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 3,762 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 14 and 11.8 percent of all employment.

In Fauquier County, Construction, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Other services, except public administration industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Construction industry has a US LQ in the county of 3.21. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Construction industry is 3.21 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Fauquier County may specialize, or be an exporter of Construction.









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