Saturday, February 24, 2007

Washington County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other specialty trade contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 135 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Other specialty trade contractors industry makes up 7.4 percent of the total growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (135 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (132 new jobs)
3. Specialty food stores (116 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (113 new jobs)
5. Management and technical consulting services (85 new jobs)

Out of the 104 4-digit NAICS industries, 48 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 55 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Printing and related support activities industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 305 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Printing and related support activities industry make up 18.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Washington County, Vermont.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (305 jobs lost)
2. Insurance carriers (236 jobs lost)
3. Other nonmetallic mineral products (155 jobs lost)
4. Private households (105 jobs lost)
5. Advertising and related services (66 jobs lost)

In Washington County, Vermont, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 429 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 80.2 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Vermont, where the industry felt a loss of 54.2 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Washington County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 19.8 in percent of jobs in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (80.2 percent decline)
2. Vocational rehabilitation services (75.7 percent decline)
3. Printing and related support activities (68.8 percent decline)
4. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (65.3 percent decline)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (53.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Vermont, which went through a gain of 0.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 310.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Washington County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Vermont, where it saw a gain of 20.4 percent. The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry in Washington County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (310.0 percent gain)
2. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (150.0 percent gain)
3. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (134.0 percent gain)
4. Specialty food stores (124.6 percent gain)
5. Grantmaking and giving services (86.3 percent gain)





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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