Monday, January 22, 2007

La Crosse County One-Year Industry Employment Change

La Crosse County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Used merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 31.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in La Crosse County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Wisconsin, where this industry saw a loss of 0.8 percent. The Used merchandise stores industry in La Crosse County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Used merchandise stores (31.7 percent gain)
2. Shoe stores (30.4 percent gain)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (27.3 percent gain)
4. Performing arts companies (26.3 percent gain)
5. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (25.8 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in Wisconsin, which saw a gain of 0.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

La Crosse County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Depository credit intermediation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 44 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry felt a gain of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Depository credit intermediation industry in La Crosse County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2 in percent of jobs in the Depository credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (44 percent decline)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (24.6 percent decline)
3. Employment services (19 percent decline)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (18.5 percent decline)
5. Residential mental health facilities (17.9 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in La Crosse County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Depository credit intermediation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 734 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 46.3 percent of the total employment decline in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (734 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (179 jobs lost)
3. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (61 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (59 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (59 jobs lost)

From the 114 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 49 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 64 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In La Crosse County, Wisconsin, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 572 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in La Crosse County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building material and supplies dealers industry has grown the most with 166 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 11.7 percent of the growth in La Crosse County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (166 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (92 new jobs)
3. Grocery stores (91 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (77 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (73 new jobs)





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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