Saturday, February 24, 2007

Pend Oreille County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Pend Oreille County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 210.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Pend Oreille County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Washington, where the industry took a gain of 31.3 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Pend Oreille County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 17.4 percent.

Top 3 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (210.7 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (108.8 percent gain)
3. Civic and social organizations (2.4 percent gain)

Pend Oreille County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The RV parks and recreational camps industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 54.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Washington, where the industry felt a gain of 9.3 percent. The losses in the RV parks and recreational camps industry in Pend Oreille County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 4.8 percent in terms of employment in the RV parks and recreational camps industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (54.5 percent decline)
2. Legal services (33.3 percent decline)
3. Limited-service eating places (22.4 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (22 percent decline)
5. Depository credit intermediation (15.3 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 3.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in Washington, which went through a gain of 5.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pend Oreille County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building finishing contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 20 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 61.5 percent of the total growth in Pend Oreille County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (20 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (12 new jobs)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (35 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (21 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (16 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pend Oreille County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the RV parks and recreational camps industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 22 jobs in that time period. The declines in the RV parks and recreational camps industry make up 38.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Pend Oreille County, Washington.

Top 3 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (22 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (15 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (9 jobs lost)

In Pend Oreille County, Washington, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 66 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Out of the 9 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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