Monday, January 22, 2007

Oconto County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Oconto County

The Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 60 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 20.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Oconto County, Wisconsin.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (60 jobs lost)
2. Building equipment contractors (58 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (39 jobs lost)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (38 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (20 jobs lost)

Given the 41 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 24 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Oconto County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Nursing care facilities industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 57 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Nursing care facilities industry makes up 29.2 percent of the total growth in Oconto County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nursing care facilities (57 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (40 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (23 new jobs)
4. Plastics product manufacturing (17 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (12 new jobs)

In Oconto County, Wisconsin, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 189 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Oconto County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 35 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Wisconsin, where the industry felt a gain of 2.3 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Oconto County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.5 percent in terms of employment in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (35 percent decline)
2. Traveler accommodation (23.8 percent decline)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (23 percent decline)
4. Legal services (20.5 percent decline)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (19.5 percent decline)

Oconto County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 57.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Oconto County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Wisconsin, where this industry saw a gain of 2.5 percent. The Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Oconto County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 3.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (57.9 percent gain)
2. Nonresidential building construction (29.9 percent gain)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (22.0 percent gain)
4. Nursing care facilities (19.0 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (18.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Wisconsin, which went through a gain of 0.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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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