In Grant County, jobs in the management of companies and enterprises pay the highest wages

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Employment in the management of companies and enterprises industry reported the top wages in Grant County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Grant County received a wage of $69,702 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Washington of $86,190 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $82,655.

Other high-paying jobs in Grant County, Washington are present in petroleum merchant wholesalers ($58,632), offices of physicians ($55,607), activities related to credit intermediation ($50,309) and nondepository credit intermediation ($48,816) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Grant County Wages have increased by 21.7% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Grant County, Washington by a total of 21.7%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Washington and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

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

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Wages in all industries in Grant County, Washington when analyzed can be described as relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 41.1 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,025. The average industry wage was less than the US average pay 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.

Grant County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Grant County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Individual and family services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 340.5 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Grant County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Washington, where this industry saw a gain of 53.1 percent. The Individual and family services industry in Grant County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 35 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (340.5 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (218.3 percent gain)
3. Employment services (123.3 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (116.9 percent gain)
5. Animal food manufacturing (101.0 percent gain)

Grant County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 79.1 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined slower than the industry sector has gone through in the Washington, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 81.1 percent. The losses in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Grant County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.4 percent in terms of employment in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (79.1 percent decline)
2. Computer systems design and related services (66.7 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (59 percent decline)
4. Management and technical consulting services (52.5 percent decline)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (48.6 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 7.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Washington, which went through a gain of 5.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Given the 76 4-digit NAICS industries, 38 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 38 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Grant County, Washington, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,929 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Grant County

The Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 784 jobs. The declines in the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry make up 39.2 percent of the total job loss in Grant County, Washington.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (784 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (196 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (135 jobs lost)
4. Health and personal care stores (120 jobs lost)
5. Offices of physicians (101 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Grant County

The Fruit and tree nut farming industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 866 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry makes up 25.1 percent of the growth in Grant County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (866 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (696 new jobs)
3. Employment services (552 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (147 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (123 new jobs)





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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.

Grant County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Grant County

Given the industries in the area, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 297 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry make up 31.2 percent of the total job loss in Grant County, Washington.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (297 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (191 jobs lost)
3. Other crop farming (144 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (56 jobs lost)
5. Individual and family services (33 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Grant County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 290 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Employment services industry makes up 27.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Grant County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (290 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (70 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (66 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (63 new jobs)
5. Child day care services (61 new jobs)

Given the 87 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 34 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 51 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Grant County, Washington, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1,059 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in the State of Washington, which went through a gain of 3.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Grant County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 57.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Grant County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Washington, where it saw a gain of 13.9 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Grant County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (57.8 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (53.7 percent gain)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (51.8 percent gain)
4. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (49.4 percent gain)
5. Beverage manufacturing (46.3 percent gain)

Grant County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of physicians industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 37.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Washington, where the industry felt a gain of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Offices of physicians industry in Grant County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.5 in percent of workers in the Offices of physicians industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (37.8 percent decline)
2. Other wood product manufacturing (33.3 percent decline)
3. Personal care services (26.1 percent decline)
4. Management and technical consulting services (25.6 percent decline)
5. Specialty food stores (21.1 percent decline)





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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 Grant County, Washington

Hispanic households in Grant County, Washington recorded a median income of $34,096, this median is 17.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $41,083. This median is 0.5 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Grant County reported an income level of $26,775, which was 35.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Grant County, Washington White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,301 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 2.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 27.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $29,981.

The median household income in the area has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $38,521, representing a 6.7 percent decline. Grant County, Washington, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 9 of 16 counties in percent of decline for household income in Washington. Grant County ranks 382 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median income level for the United States.

The poverty rate in Grant County, Washington has declined by 1.0 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 17.4 percent to 16.4 percent.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Grant County, Washington can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 17.4 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 29.8 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Grant County, having 26.4 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Grant County reported a medium-high median income for all households of $41,273 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 29.8 percent lower than the median in Washington of $53,558 and this is 19 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline since 2000 in Grant County, Washington, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 15 percent in the last five years. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Grant County, experiencing a 95 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Grant County, Washington

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Grant County, Washington to be 31.9 years old. The median age in Grant is less than the median in Washington of 36.7. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 31.4 years old. With 29.8 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Grant can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 58.7 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.5 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Grant County, Washington has a population that is made up of 62.5 percent White, 0.9 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 33.8 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 35.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Washington percent of 18.3. Since 2000, Grant has increased the percent of minority population when 32.0 percent of the people were minorities.

Grant County, Washington had a population that was estimated at 81,229 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 75,039. This growth represents an increase of 8.2 percent. Grant ranks 14 of 39 counties by growth in total population in Washington and the county ranks 443 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

Since 2000, a very high amount of people migrated to Grant from another country. The international migration into Grant accounts for 2.8 percent of all immigration into Washington. This level of international migration can be considered very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In terms of total land area, Grant extends a total area of 2681 square miles. This area has a low average area density of 30 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Gallatin, MT (30 per sq. mile ), De Soto, LA (30 per sq. mile ), Trigg, KY (30 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Finney, KS (30 per sq. mile ), Telfair, GA (30 per sq. mile ), Crawford, WI (30 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Grant County, Washington

Grant County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $116,000, reported by the American Community Survey. This is less than the State of Washington 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $227,700 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential real estate values in Grant County, Washington have moderate increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $16,500, or 16.6 percent, from their 2000 value of $99,500.

When compared to other counties in Washington, Grant County places 21 of 39 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,008 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of affordable housing in Grant County, Washington. In 2005, 54.8 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Grant County, there were a total of 30,605 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 1,238 residential structures since 2001, a change of 4.2 percent.

Grant County may be be described as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 3 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Grant County. In the County, the industry averages 50 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the State of Washington average establishment size of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Grant County. The industry lost a total of 1,165 employees during the period, or 24.8 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 84.1 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

The Manufacturing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Grant County since 2001, going from making up 19.3 percent of total employment in 2001 to 14.1 percent of employment in 2005.

In Grant County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 14.1 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 3,525 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 12.2 and 9.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Administrative and waste services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Grant County, with a job growth of 48 percent. This is greater than the change in industry employment in the United States of 4.5 percent. The State of Washington experienced a change in employment in the sector of 14.4 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.







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