Saturday, February 24, 2007

Frederick County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Frederick County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Utility system construction industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 262 jobs. The declines in the Utility system construction industry make up 40.9 percent of the total employment decline in Frederick County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (262 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (73 jobs lost)
3. Limited-service eating places (63 jobs lost)
4. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (51 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (49 jobs lost)

In Frederick County, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2,558 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Given the 58 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 36 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Frederick County

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has added the most employment with 508 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 20.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Frederick County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (508 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (172 new jobs)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (171 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (163 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (159 new jobs)

Frederick County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of physicians industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 591.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Frederick County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Virginia, where it saw a gain of 17.7 percent. The Offices of physicians industry in Frederick County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 12.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (591.7 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (324.7 percent gain)
3. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (206.4 percent gain)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (202.5 percent gain)
5. Professional and similar organizations (177.8 percent gain)

Frederick County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 93.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Virginia, where the it saw a loss of 5.4 percent. The losses in the Utility system construction industry in Frederick County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.8 percent in terms of employment in the Utility system construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (93.2 percent decline)
2. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (50.2 percent decline)
3. Other personal services (43.1 percent decline)
4. Electronics and appliance stores (40 percent decline)
5. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (33.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 16.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Virginia, which went through a gain of 5.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.





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.

 

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