In Roanoke city, jobs in the scientific research and development services pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the scientific research and development services industry paid the average highest wages in Roanoke city for 2006. The average industry job in Roanoke city was paid an annual wage of $176,221 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Virginia of $84,398 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $81,871.

Top-pay jobs in Roanoke city, Virginia can be found in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($105,972), offices of physicians ($78,294), communications equipment manufacturing ($75,092) and electronic markets and agents and brokers ($74,735) 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.

Roanoke city Wages have increased by 18.3% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Roanoke city, Virginia by a total of 18.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Virginia and greater 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.

Roanoke city Industry Wages Lag Behind Virginia, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Roanoke city, Virginia when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 20.4 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $42,126. The average industry wage was less than the national industry average 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.

Roanoke city Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Roanoke city Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Business support services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 400.4 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Roanoke city has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Virginia, where it saw a loss of 0.5 percent. The Business support services industry in Roanoke city outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (400.4 percent gain)
2. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (114.5 percent gain)
3. Other ground passenger transportation (114.3 percent gain)
4. Death care services (94.7 percent gain)
5. Special food services (90.1 percent gain)

Total employment has decreased by 5.8 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Virginia, experiencing a gain of 5.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Roanoke city Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 79.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Virginia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 102.9 percent. The losses in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Roanoke city outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 49.5 percent in terms of employment in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (79.6 percent decline)
2. Business, computer and management training (70.3 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (65.8 percent decline)
4. Specialized freight trucking (60.8 percent decline)
5. Household goods repair and maintenance (55.8 percent decline)

Given the 114 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 73 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 41 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Roanoke city

The Department stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 352 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Department stores industry make up 5.5 percent of the total job loss in Roanoke city, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (352 jobs lost)
2. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (337 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (318 jobs lost)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (308 jobs lost)
5. Wired telecommunications carriers (292 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Roanoke city

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,008 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 26.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Roanoke city.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,008 new jobs)
2. Business support services (366 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (312 new jobs)
4. Civic and social organizations (244 new jobs)
5. Clothing stores (213 new jobs)

In Roanoke city, Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 3,859 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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.

Roanoke city One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 120 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 59 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 60 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Roanoke city

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Nondepository credit intermediation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 180 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry make up 13.6 percent of the total employment decline in Roanoke city, Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (180 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (75 jobs lost)
3. General freight trucking (69 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (66 jobs lost)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (51 jobs lost)

In Roanoke city, Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 919 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Roanoke city

The Business support services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 342 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Business support services industry makes up 13.7 percent of the total growth in Roanoke city.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (342 new jobs)
2. Employment services (340 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (267 new jobs)
4. Couriers (167 new jobs)
5. Grocery stores (121 new jobs)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than growth in Virginia, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Roanoke city One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Business support services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 296.2 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Roanoke city has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Virginia, where this industry saw a gain of 15.1 percent. The Business support services industry in Roanoke city outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (296.2 percent gain)
2. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (109.4 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (54.5 percent gain)
4. Vending machine operators (40.8 percent gain)
5. Management and technical consulting services (28.4 percent gain)

Roanoke city One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Nondepository credit intermediation industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 56.1 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Virginia, where the it saw a gain of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry in Roanoke city outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2 in percent of workers in the Nondepository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nondepository credit intermediation (56.1 percent decline)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (25.8 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (24 percent decline)
4. Office administrative services (23.3 percent decline)
5. Book, periodical, and music stores (19.3 percent decline)





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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 Roanoke city, Virginia

The rate of poverty in Roanoke city, Virginia has increased by 0.9 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 15.9 percent to 16.8 percent.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Roanoke city, Virginia can be considered to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 15.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 32.4 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Roanoke city, accounting 29.1 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Roanoke city, Virginia, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in the household income level was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 45.5 percent since the year 2000. The Black or African American population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Roanoke city, undergoing a 0.3 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Roanoke city reported a medium-low median income for all households of $35,941 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 51.9 percent lower than the median in State of Virginia of $54,612 and the median is 36.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Roanoke city had a median household income level of $41,681, this level was 16 percent greater than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 26.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $26,384. Hispanic Householders in Roanoke city, Virginia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $32,707, which is 9 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $27,462. This median income level is 23.6 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. In Roanoke city, Virginia White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,044 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 8.6 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $32,432, representing a 9.8 percent decline. Roanoke city, Virginia, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 2 of 11 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Virginia. Roanoke city ranks 233 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

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

Higher Education in Roanoke city, Virginia

Since 2000, Roanoke city has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 2.8 percent to a total of 21.6 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the State of Virginia percent of 33.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

From the years 2000 to 2005, the proportion of the male population that could be considered highly educated has increased by 1.4 percent. By 2005, 21.4 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 4.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 22 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Roanoke city, Virginia can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 18.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Roanoke city is reported having a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Virginia's proportion of 29.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Roanoke city, Virginia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 29.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Roanoke city on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 19.8 percent (Men) versus 17.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 30.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Roanoke city, Virginia as reported in the 2000 Census, 22.2 percent of the White Alone, 7.8 percent of Black or African American, 37.8 percent of the Asian alone and 19.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Housing Report for Roanoke County, Virginia

When compared to other counties in Virginia, Roanoke County ranks 58 of 134 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 768 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

The residential housing values in Roanoke County, Virginia have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $34,200, or 29 percent, since their values in that year of $118,100.

Roanoke County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $152,300, accounted by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall State of Virginia 2005 median home value of $212,300 and less than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Roanoke County, there were a total of 38,731 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 1,978 homes since 2001, or 5.4 percent.

There seems to be a fair amount of affordable housing in Roanoke County, Virginia. In 2005, 27.7 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Roanoke County is made up of a medium proportion of high-valued homes. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 1.7 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Roanoke County ranks 19 of 136 total Counties throughout Virginia by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 18 of 136 Counties.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Roanoke County. The industry averages 42 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of Virginia typical size of 48 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Roanoke County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 12.8 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,644 people employed. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 12.6 and 12.1 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Information from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Roanoke County, rising by 27 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of -14.9 percent. The State of Virginia went through a industry job change of -21.8 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Roanoke County, Finance and insurance, Professional and technical services and Educational services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Finance and insurance sector has a United State LQ of 1.7. The percent of employment in the Finance and insurance sector is 1.7 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Roanoke County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Finance and insurance.







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