In Loudoun County, jobs in the software publishers pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the software publishers industry wages were the highest in Loudoun County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Loudoun County received a wage of $245,471 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry pay the State of Virginia of $112,198 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $96,720.

High-wage employment in Loudoun County, Virginia exsists in nonscheduled air transportation ($119,395), communications equipment manufacturing ($111,639), other support services ($108,745) and radio and television broadcasting ($105,958) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

Loudoun County Wages have decreased by ( 36.5%) Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have decreased in Loudoun County, Virginia by a total of ( 36.5%). This is less than the growth in industry wages for Virginia and less 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.

Loudoun County Industry Wages Exceed Virginia, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Loudoun County, Virginia when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 24.5 percent higher than the with an state average of $42,126. The industry pay was greater 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.

Loudoun County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 27.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Virginia, which experienced a gain of 5.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Loudoun County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 68.3 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 sector has felt 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 Loudoun 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 (68.3 percent decline)
2. Educational support services (62.4 percent decline)
3. Software publishers (57.8 percent decline)
4. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (46.9 percent decline)
5. Scheduled air transportation (45.8 percent decline)

Loudoun County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Communications equipment manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1016.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Loudoun County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Virginia, where it saw a loss of 44.1 percent. The Communications equipment manufacturing industry in Loudoun County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 41.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Communications equipment manufacturing (1016.6 percent gain)
2. Warehousing and storage (868.7 percent gain)
3. Professional and similar organizations (438.6 percent gain)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (264.3 percent gain)
5. Management and technical consulting services (256.5 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Loudoun County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Scheduled air transportation industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 3,551 jobs. The declines in the Scheduled air transportation industry make up 70.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scheduled air transportation (3,551 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (263 jobs lost)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (240 jobs lost)
4. Insurance carriers (220 jobs lost)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (88 jobs lost)

In Loudoun County, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 23,165 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 118 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 23 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 95 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Loudoun County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has grown the most with 2,296 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 7.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Loudoun County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (2,296 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (2,044 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (1,910 new jobs)
4. Wired telecommunications carriers (1,785 new jobs)
5. Management and technical consulting services (1,251 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.

Loudoun County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Loudoun County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Scheduled air transportation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 2,730 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Scheduled air transportation industry make up 67.8 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scheduled air transportation (2,730 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for air transportation (277 jobs lost)
3. Activities related to real estate (162 jobs lost)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (91 jobs lost)
5. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (61 jobs lost)

In Loudoun County, Virginia, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 4,087 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Of the 138 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 43 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 95 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Loudoun County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has added the most employment with 1,621 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 19.4 percent of the total employment growth in Loudoun County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (1,621 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (653 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (617 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (357 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (312 new jobs)

Loudoun County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other information services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 246.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Loudoun County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 27.4 percent. The Other information services industry in Loudoun County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other information services (246.4 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (98.4 percent gain)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (91.5 percent gain)
4. Greenhouse and nursery production (67.7 percent gain)
5. Local messengers and local delivery (64.6 percent gain)

Loudoun County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to real estate industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 44.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Virginia, where the it saw a gain of 0.3 percent. The losses in the Activities related to real estate industry in Loudoun County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.1 in percent of workers in the Activities related to real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (44.9 percent decline)
2. Scheduled air transportation (39.4 percent decline)
3. Florists (26.2 percent decline)
4. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (25.7 percent decline)
5. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (24.7 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Virginia, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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 Loudoun County, Virginia

The areas median household income has increased from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has increased to $98,483, representing a 4.4 percent growth. Loudoun County, Virginia, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 7 of 16 counties in percent of growth for household income in Virginia. Loudoun County ranks 37 of 119 counties (or parishes) when comparing total percent of growth in median income in the US.

The poverty rate in Loudoun County, Virginia has declined by 0.2 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 2.8 percent to 2.6 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Loudoun County, Virginia may be understood as having a very low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 2.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 7.3 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Loudoun County, with 6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Loudoun County was reported to have a very high median income for all households of $94,358 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 42.1 percent higher than the median in Virginia of $54,612 and the median is 47.9 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

While household income level experienced a growth from 2000 to 2005 in Loudoun County, Virginia, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic growth in median household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an increase of 10.1 percent since 2000. The Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level growth in Loudoun County, encountering a 28.1 percent decline in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Loudoun County reported an income level of $78,536, this level was 16.8 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Loudoun County, Virginia White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $96,821 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 2.6 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 21.4 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $74,163. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $92,467. This household income level is 2 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic households in Loudoun County, Virginia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $77,342, this median household income is 18 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Loudoun County, Virginia

Since 2000, Loudoun has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 8.4 percent to a total of 55.6 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the State of Virginia percent of 33.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 5.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 57.8 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 10.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 53.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Loudoun County, Virginia, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 51.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in Loudoun on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 51.8 percent (Men) versus 43 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 43 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Loudoun County, Virginia is made up of a very highly-educated working age population, with 47.2 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Loudoun has a higher 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.

In Loudoun County, Virginia as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 49 percent of the White Alone, 32 percent of Black or African American, 53 percent of the Asian alone and 24.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County, Virginia had a population of 255,518 in 2005. The estimated population has increased very sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 173,963. This growth denotes an increase of 46.9 percent. Loudoun ranks 1 of 134 counties when calculating total change in population for Virginia and the county ranks 30 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Loudoun County, Virginia to be 32.6 years old. The median in Loudoun is less than the median in Virginia of 37.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen a decline in this median, when at that time it was 33.5 years old. With 29 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Loudoun can be described as being made up of a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 65.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 5.3 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the area population base.

Loudoun County, Virginia has a population base that is comprised of 69.7 percent White, 7.1 percent African American, 11.3 percent Asian, and 9.3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 27.7 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Virginia percent of 30. Since 2000, Loudoun has increased the percent of minority makeup when 18.3 percent of the total population were minorities.

From 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Loudoun internationally. The migration from outside the US into Loudoun accounts for 3.4 percent of all immigration into Virginia. This amount of international migration is high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

When calculating the total land area, Loudoun spans a total area of 520 total square miles. The area has a medium-high average population density of 492 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Warren, OH (492 per sq. mile ), Solano, CA (496 per sq. mile ), Ingham, MI (498 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Rockwall, TX (489 per sq. mile ), Floyd, IN (486 per sq. mile ), Dauphin, PA (484 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun County can be understood as having a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2000, the Decennial Census counted that 2.3 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Loudoun County, Virginia have increased very sharply since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $318,700, or 159 percent, since their values in that year of $200,500.

The State of Virginia, Loudoun County places 1 of 134 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 3 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Loudoun County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $519,200, accounted by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall State of Virginia 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $212,300 and greater than home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Loudoun County, the census reported 93,374 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 23,556 housing units since the year 2001, or 33.7 percent.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Information is the industry with the largest establishments in Loudoun County, with the industry averaging 60 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 22 and greater than the Virginia average of 24 for the Information industry.

In Loudoun County, Information, Transportation and Warehousing and Construction are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Information sector has a United State LQ of 3.49. This means the percent of total employment in the Information sector is 3.49 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Loudoun County may specialize, or be an exporter of Information.

Educational services is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Loudoun County, growing by 68.7 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 13.8 percent. The State of Virginia experienced a sector employment shift of 21 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In Loudoun County, Retail Trade, Construction, and the Transportation and Warehousing sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 13.8 percent of total employment in the county, making up 14,242 individuals. The Construction and Transportation and Warehousing sectors provide 13.3 and 11.5 percent of all employment.

Information between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Loudoun County. The industry lost a total of 783 jobs, or 7.3 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 45.4 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.







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