Given the 140 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 37 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 103 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Bellingham Metro AreaFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 236 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Employment services industry make up 12.8 percent of the total employment decline in Bellingham, WA.
Top 5 Industries 1. Employment services (236 jobs lost)
2. Professional and similar organizations (175 jobs lost)
3. Seafood product preparation and packaging (146 jobs lost)
4. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (128 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (124 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Bellingham Metro AreaThe
Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 703 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Limited-service eating places industry makes up 6.3 percent of the total number of new jobs in Bellingham.
Top 5 Industries 1. Limited-service eating places (703 new jobs)
2. Special food services (637 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (568 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (466 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (434 new jobs)
In the Bellingham, WA metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 9,411 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
The Bellingham Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Specialized design services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 64.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Washington, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 1.9 percent. The losses in the
Specialized design services industry in Bellingham outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.5 in percent of jobs in the
Specialized design services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Specialized design services (64.9 percent decline)
2. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (56.6 percent decline)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (50.1 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (45.6 percent decline)
5. Specialized freight trucking (38.9 percent decline)
Employment for all industries has increased by 16.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Washington, which experienced a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
The Bellingham Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Special food services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 849.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Bellingham has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Washington, where it saw a gain of 25.2 percent. The
Special food services industry in Bellingham outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.3 percent in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Special food services (849.3 percent gain)
2. Software publishers (287.2 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (236.2 percent gain)
4. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (211.8 percent gain)
5. Office administrative services (211.6 percent gain)
