In Washington County, jobs in the electronic markets and agents and brokers pay the highest wages

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Employment in the electronic markets and agents and brokers industry had the highest average wages in Washington County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Washington County was paid an annual wage of $94,334 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Vermont of $52,752 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $67,074.

Other top-pay jobs in Washington County, Vermont can be found in securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($78,620), activities related to credit intermediation ($72,656), wired telecommunications carriers ($72,146) and scientific research and development services ($68,958) 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.

Washington County Wages have increased by 15.5% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Washington County, Vermont by a total of 15.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Vermont and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Washington County Industry Wages Lag Behind Vermont, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Washington County, Vermont can be understood as being medium-high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 3.9 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $33,589. The overall 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.

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)





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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.

Washington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

The Traveler accommodation industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 393 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Traveler accommodation industry makes up 33.2 percent of the total employment growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (393 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (78 new jobs)
3. Grocery stores (56 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (51 new jobs)
5. Insurance carriers (48 new jobs)

Out of the 105 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 61 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Washington County, Vermont, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 460 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

Given the industries in the area, the Printing and related support activities industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 231 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Printing and related support activities industry make up 32.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Washington County, Vermont.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (231 jobs lost)
2. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (62 jobs lost)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (32 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (29 jobs lost)
5. Remediation and other waste services (29 jobs lost)

Washington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Scientific research and development services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 110.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Washington County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Vermont, where the industry took a gain of 15.7 percent. The Scientific research and development services industry in Washington County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 3.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scientific research and development services (110.0 percent gain)
2. Traveler accommodation (66.6 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (39.4 percent gain)
4. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (35.1 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (33.9 percent gain)

Washington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Remediation and other waste services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 78.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Vermont, where the it saw a loss of 10.7 percent. The losses in the Remediation and other waste services industry in Washington County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 4.1 percent in terms of employees in the Remediation and other waste services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Remediation and other waste services (78.2 percent decline)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (66.7 percent decline)
3. Printing and related support activities (62.5 percent decline)
4. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (56.6 percent decline)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (43.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in Vermont, which went through a gain of 0.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less 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 Washington County, Vermont

Hispanic in Washington County, Vermont recorded a median income of $45,257, which is 5.6 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Washington County reported an income level of $33,239, this was 30.7 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $34,313. This household income level is 28.4 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 6.8 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $51,188. In Washington County, Vermont White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,200 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.5 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Washington County accounted a relatively high household income of $47,937 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 0.3 percent higher than the household income median in State of Vermont of $47,802 and the median is 2.5 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Washington County, Vermont can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 34.3 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Washington County, reporting 18 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.







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

Higher Education in Washington County, Vermont

Washington County, Vermont has a very highly-educated 2000 population, with 32.2 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Washington was reported to have a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Vermont's proportion of 29.4 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Washington County, Vermont as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 32.2 percent of the White Alone, 29.6 percent of Black or African American, 40.8 percent of the Asian alone and 38 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Washington County, Vermont, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 32.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Washington have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 32.6 percent (Men) versus 31.8 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 31.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

Employment Report for Washington County, Vermont -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Arts, entertainment, and recreation is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Washington County, increasing in size by 17.1 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 4.7 percent. The State of Vermont encountered a change in industry employment of 12.8 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

Educational services is the industry with the largest establishments in Washington County, with the industry averaging 31 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 27 and greater than the Vermont average of 28 for the Educational services industry.

In Washington County, Educational services, Finance and insurance and Other services, except public administration have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Educational services industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.78. The level of employment in the Educational services industry is 2.78 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Washington County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Educational services.

In Washington County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Manufacturing sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 16.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 4,077 people employed. The Health care and social assistance and Manufacturing sectors provide 15.8 and 11.4 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Washington County. The sector dealt with a loss of 790 jobs during the period, or 21.9 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 43.5 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.







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