Monday, January 22, 2007

Trempealeau County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Trempealeau County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 45 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Wisconsin, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 4.3 percent. The losses in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry in Trempealeau County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.6 percent in terms of employees in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (45 percent decline)
2. Lessors of real estate (31.4 percent decline)
3. Building finishing contractors (17 percent decline)
4. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (12.3 percent decline)
5. Legal services (12.2 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of Wisconsin, experiencing a gain of 0.9 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Trempealeau County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other food manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 63.9 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Trempealeau County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Wisconsin, where it saw a loss of 0.9 percent. The Other food manufacturing industry in Trempealeau County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other food manufacturing (63.9 percent gain)
2. Other wood product manufacturing (31.2 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (21.1 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (15.6 percent gain)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (15.5 percent gain)

Out of the 39 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 297 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Trempealeau County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 19 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 14.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (19 jobs lost)
2. General medical and surgical hospitals (16 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (15 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (12 jobs lost)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (10 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Trempealeau County

The Other wood product manufacturing industry has added the most employment with 40 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other wood product manufacturing industry makes up 28.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Trempealeau County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (40 new jobs)
2. Other food manufacturing (26 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (17 new jobs)
4. Other general merchandise stores (13 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (13 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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