Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Spokane CountyOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Business support services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,368 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the
Business support services industry makes up 11.0 percent of the growth in Spokane County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Business support services (2,368 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (1,205 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (913 new jobs)
4. Employment services (891 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (840 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Spokane CountyThe
Electronic instrument manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 921 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Electronic instrument manufacturing industry make up 9.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Spokane County, Washington.
Top 5 Industries 1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (921 jobs lost)
2. Communications equipment manufacturing (726 jobs lost)
3. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (627 jobs lost)
4. Automotive repair and maintenance (609 jobs lost)
5. Department stores (498 jobs lost)
In Spokane County, Washington, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 12,073 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.
From the 188 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 75 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 113 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
Spokane County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Data processing and related services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 387.7 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Spokane County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Washington, where it saw a gain of 21.4 percent. The
Data processing and related services industry in Spokane County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 16.8 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Data processing and related services (387.7 percent gain)
2. Support activities for air transportation (230.5 percent gain)
3. Independent artists, writers, and performers (204.5 percent gain)
4. Business support services (189.5 percent gain)
5. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (156.4 percent gain)
Spokane County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Support activities for forestry industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 82.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Washington, where the industry felt a loss of 8 percent. The losses in the
Support activities for forestry industry in Spokane County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 2.9 in percent of workers in the
Support activities for forestry industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Support activities for forestry (82.9 percent decline)
2. Scientific research and development services (72 percent decline)
3. Electronic instrument manufacturing (61.7 percent decline)
4. Wired telecommunications carriers (59.9 percent decline)
5. Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (59.1 percent decline)
Total industry employment has increased by 7.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Washington, which experienced a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 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.
