Monday, January 22, 2007

Milwaukee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Milwaukee County

The Employment services industry has grown the most with 1,143 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 9.8 percent of the total employment growth in Milwaukee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,143 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (863 new jobs)
3. General medical and surgical hospitals (858 new jobs)
4. Other heavy construction (613 new jobs)
5. Colleges and universities (568 new jobs)

In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 754 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 207 4-digit NAICS industries, 97 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 108 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Milwaukee County

The Electronic instrument manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,191 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Electronic instrument manufacturing industry make up 10.9 percent of the total job loss in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (1,191 jobs lost)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (670 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (651 jobs lost)
4. Computer systems design and related services (580 jobs lost)
5. Department stores (579 jobs lost)

Milwaukee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other heavy construction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 619.2 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Milwaukee County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry took a gain of 76.1 percent. The Other heavy construction industry in Milwaukee County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other heavy construction (619.2 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (370.5 percent gain)
3. Support activities for air transportation (72.5 percent gain)
4. Warehousing and storage (61.3 percent gain)
5. Direct selling establishments (52.0 percent gain)

Milwaukee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic instrument manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 31.5 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry reported a loss of 9.2 percent. The losses in the Electronic instrument manufacturing industry in Milwaukee County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.4 in percent of jobs in the Electronic instrument manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (31.5 percent decline)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (30.7 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (30.2 percent decline)
4. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (27.9 percent decline)
5. Telecommunications resellers (26.5 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 0.2 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in Wisconsin, experiencing a gain of 0.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.





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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