Saturday, February 24, 2007

Lewis County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Civic and social organizations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 69.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Washington, where the industry felt a loss of 9.9 percent. The losses in the Civic and social organizations industry in Lewis County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1.2 percent in terms of employment in the Civic and social organizations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Civic and social organizations (69.6 percent decline)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (56.1 percent decline)
3. Utility system construction (54.8 percent decline)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (52.7 percent decline)
5. Florists (51 percent decline)

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 296.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Lewis County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Washington, where this industry saw a loss of 10.5 percent. The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry in Lewis County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 7.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (296.0 percent gain)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (175.7 percent gain)
3. Activities related to real estate (175.3 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (171.4 percent gain)
5. Personal care services (156.3 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 6.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in Washington, which saw a gain of 5.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Given the 90 4-digit NAICS industries, 33 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 57 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Lewis County, Washington, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1,224 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lewis County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 106 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 10.6 percent of the total job loss in Lewis County, Washington.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (106 jobs lost)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (84 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (82 jobs lost)
4. Utility system construction (70 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (70 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lewis County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Sawmills and wood preservation industry has added the most employment with 321 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Sawmills and wood preservation industry makes up 14.6 percent of the growth in Lewis County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sawmills and wood preservation (321 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (130 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (118 new jobs)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (106 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (89 new jobs)





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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