Monday, January 22, 2007

Adams County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Adams County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 21 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 22.1 percent of the total growth in Adams County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (21 new jobs)
2. Vegetable and melon farming (19 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (12 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (10 new jobs)
5. Other general merchandise stores (7 new jobs)

Out of the 21 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 13 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Adams County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 24 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 58.5 percent of the total employment decline in Adams County, Wisconsin.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (24 jobs lost)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (6 jobs lost)
3. Building finishing contractors (3 jobs lost)
4. Specialized freight trucking (2 jobs lost)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (2 jobs lost)

In Adams County, Wisconsin, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 280 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Adams County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 18.9 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Specialized freight trucking industry in Adams County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.5 in percent of workers in the Specialized freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (18.9 percent decline)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (15.4 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (15.1 percent decline)
4. Building finishing contractors (12.8 percent decline)
5. Utility system construction (12.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 8.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Wisconsin, which experienced a gain of 0.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Adams County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 60.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Adams County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry took a gain of 2.3 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Adams County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (60.0 percent gain)
2. Legal services (46.2 percent gain)
3. Gasoline stations (24.1 percent gain)
4. Logging (23.6 percent gain)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (21.4 percent gain)





About: This report is part 1 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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