Whitman County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Building finishing contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 129.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Whitman County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Washington, where it saw a gain of 31.3 percent. The
Building finishing contractors industry in Whitman County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 17.4 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building finishing contractors (129.5 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (73.3 percent gain)
3. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (71.4 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (58.3 percent gain)
5. Personal care services (48.5 percent gain)
Whitman County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Architectural and engineering services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 65.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. 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 5.2 percent. The losses in the
Architectural and engineering services industry in Whitman County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 7.9 percent in terms of employment in the
Architectural and engineering services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Architectural and engineering services (65.2 percent decline)
2. Civic and social organizations (61.5 percent decline)
3. Other crop farming (50 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (50 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (40.7 percent decline)
The total number of jobs has increased by 7.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Washington, which saw a gain of 5.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Whitman CountyOut of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 98 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Full-service restaurants industry makes up 22.5 percent of the total employment growth in Whitman County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (98 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (75 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (39 new jobs)
4. Lessors of real estate (27 new jobs)
5. Personal care services (21 new jobs)
In Whitman County, Washington, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 557 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Given the 50 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 27 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 23 industries reported employment loss in the period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Whitman CountyFrom of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the
Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 82 jobs. The declines in the
Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 19.0 percent of the total employment decline in Whitman County, Washington.
Top 5 Industries 1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (82 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (54 jobs lost)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (44 jobs lost)
4. Depository credit intermediation (33 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (32 jobs lost)
About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the
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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.
