Saturday, February 24, 2007

Windsor County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Windsor County

Given the industries in the area, the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 368 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Metalworking machinery manufacturing industry make up 25.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Windsor County, Vermont.

Top 5 Industries
1. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (368 jobs lost)
2. Specialty food stores (221 jobs lost)
3. Traveler accommodation (121 jobs lost)
4. Private households (97 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (74 jobs lost)

In Windsor County, Vermont, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 284 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Windsor County

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has grown the most with 212 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry makes up 12.3 percent of the total growth in Windsor County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (212 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (124 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (118 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (106 new jobs)
5. Scientific research and development services (82 new jobs)

From the 94 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 35 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 58 industries reported a drop in employment.

The total number of jobs has increased by 1.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Vermont, which experienced a gain of 0.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Windsor County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 366.1 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Windsor County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Vermont, where the industry felt a gain of 4.6 percent. The Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers industry in Windsor County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (366.1 percent gain)
2. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (289.2 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (117.7 percent gain)
4. Other support services (111.8 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (96.4 percent gain)

Windsor County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 75 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 Vermont, where the industry felt a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry in Windsor County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 16 percent in terms of employment in the Other miscellaneous manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (75 percent decline)
2. Specialty food stores (70.5 percent decline)
3. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (62.6 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (61.5 percent decline)
5. Florists (58.3 percent decline)





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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