In Manassas Park city, jobs in the machinery and supply merchant wholesalers pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry had the highest average wages in Manassas Park city for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Manassas Park city was paid an annual wage of $61,241 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage in Virginia of $56,948 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $51,569.

Other high-paying jobs in Manassas Park city, Virginia exsists in computer systems design and related services ($57,403), automotive repair and maintenance ($51,111), architectural and engineering services ($49,019) and building foundation and exterior contractors ($47,602) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Manassas Park city Industry Wages Exceed Virginia, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Manassas Park city, Virginia when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 2.3 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $42,126. The overall industry wage was greater than the industry average in the US 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.

Manassas Park city Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Manassas Park city

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 126 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 64.1 percent of the growth in Manassas Park city.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (126 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (34 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (24 new jobs)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (13 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Manassas Park city

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 304 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 62.8 percent of the total job loss in Manassas Park city, Virginia.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (304 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (84 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (63 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (32 jobs lost)

In Manassas Park city, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 8 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 4 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Manassas Park city Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 48.2 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 10.3 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Manassas Park city outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5.3 percent in terms of employees in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (48.2 percent decline)
2. Building finishing contractors (32.6 percent decline)
3. Architectural and engineering services (27.8 percent decline)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (14.8 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 0.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Virginia, which saw a gain of 5.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Manassas Park city Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 107.4 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Manassas Park city has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 2.1 percent. The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Manassas Park city outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 4 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (107.4 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (60.8 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (13.5 percent gain)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (10.8 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.

Manassas Park city One-Year Industry Employment Change

Manassas Park city One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 458.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Manassas Park city has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Virginia, where it saw a gain of 9.6 percent. The Computer systems design and related services industry in Manassas Park city outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (458.8 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (23.5 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (11.6 percent gain)
4. Full-service restaurants (11.3 percent gain)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (7.7 percent gain)

Manassas Park city One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 17.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Virginia, where the industry reported a gain of 1.5 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Manassas Park city outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5 in percent of workers in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (17.8 percent decline)
2. Building equipment contractors (6.8 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (6.7 percent decline)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (3.9 percent decline)
5. Architectural and engineering services (3.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.9 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Virginia, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Manassas Park city

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 105 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 71.7 percent of the total employment decline in Manassas Park city, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (105 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (24 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (9 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (5 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (3 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Manassas Park city

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Services to buildings and dwellings industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 38 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 33.9 percent of the growth in Manassas Park city.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (38 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (35 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (26 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (5 new jobs)
5. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (5 new jobs)

In Manassas Park city, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 96 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 11 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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 Manassas Park city, Virginia

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Manassas Park city, Virginia can be recognized as having a very low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 5.2 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 6.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Manassas Park city, with 14.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Manassas Park city had a very high household income of $71,129 (2005 Dollars). This median is 23.2 percent higher than the median in Virginia of $54,612 and the median household income is 30.9 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $68,981. This median income level is 3 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Manassas Park city had a median household income level of $66,422, which was 6.6 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 17.2 percent greater than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $83,363. In Manassas Park city, Virginia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $70,851 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.4 percent less than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic in Manassas Park city, Virginia recorded a median income of $67,009, which is 5.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.







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

Higher Education in Manassas Park city, Virginia

Manassas Park city, Virginia may to understood as having a highly-educated working age population, with 20.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Manassas Park city has a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

In Manassas Park city, Virginia as reported in the 2000 Census, 17.8 percent of the White Alone, 26.8 percent of Black or African American, 68 percent of the Asian alone and 6.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Manassas Park city, Virginia, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 28 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Manassas Park city have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 20.8 percent (Men) versus 19.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 30.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Housing Report for Manassas city, Virginia

In Manassas city, the real estate market was made up of 12,688 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 519 residential structures since 2001, a change of 4.3 percent.

Manassas city recorded a median home value in 2000 of $154,500, according to the Decennial Census. This home value is greater than the overall State of Virginia 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $125,400 and greater than home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

In the State of Virginia, Manassas city is positioned 73 of 134 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 996 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Manassas city can be understood as having a small, but present percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2000, the Decennial Census accounted that 0.5 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Health care and social assistance has the largest businesses in County, with the industry averaging 25 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 21 and greater than the State of average establishment size of 21 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

The Manufacturing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in County since 2001, going from making up 10.8 percent of total jobs in the year 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.

In County, Professional and technical services, Construction and Health care and social assistance industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Professional and technical services sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.62. This means the percent of total employment in the Professional and technical services sector is 2.62 times greater than the US average, showing signs that specializes in Professional and technical services.

Professional and technical services is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in County, growing by 211.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 2.6 percent. The State of had an industry job change of 14.2 percent, in the last 5 years.

In County, Retail Trade, Professional and technical services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 16.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,671 jobs. The Professional and technical services and Health care and social assistance industries make up 16.7 and 16 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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