West Virginia Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In the State of West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 14,689 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the State of West Virginia

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Basic chemical manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 2,985 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Basic chemical manufacturing industry make up 8.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Basic chemical manufacturing (2,985 jobs lost)
2. Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. (2,838 jobs lost)
3. Spectator sports (2,753 jobs lost)
4. Glass and glass product manufacturing (1,595 jobs lost)
5. Wired telecommunications carriers (1,395 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the State of West Virginia

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gambling industries industry has added the most employment with 5,385 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gambling industries industry makes up 10.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gambling industries (5,385 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (2,821 new jobs)
3. Coal mining (2,627 new jobs)
4. Support activities for mining (2,096 new jobs)
5. General medical and surgical hospitals (1,957 new jobs)

Out of the 247 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 132 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 114 industries reported employment loss in the period.

The State of West Virginia: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gambling industries industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 4793.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). The Gambling industries industry in West Virginia outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gambling industries (4793.5 percent gain)
2. Other support activities for transportation (695.7 percent gain)
3. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (188.9 percent gain)
4. Other ground passenger transportation (171.8 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (93.8 percent gain)

The State of West Virginia: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Spectator sports industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 84.3 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses in the Spectator sports industry in West Virginia outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 2.5 percent in terms of employment in the Spectator sports industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Spectator sports (84.3 percent decline)
2. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (76.7 percent decline)
3. Wireless telecommunications carriers (73.7 percent decline)
4. Facilities support services (66.3 percent decline)
5. Glass and glass product manufacturing (65.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

The counties in the State of West Virginia in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 51.0 percent job gained in Lincoln County to a low of a 26.5 percent job lost in Grant County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the West Virginia
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Lincoln County (51.0 percent gain)
2. Webster County (23.4 percent gain)
3. Pleasants County (16.9 percent gain)
4. Boone County (16.9 percent gain)
5. Jefferson County (16.2 percent gain)
6. McDowell County (15.4 percent gain)
7. Hardy County (14.7 percent gain)
8. Monongalia County (14.7 percent gain)
9. Berkeley County (14.5 percent gain)
10. Ritchie County (14.3 percent gain)

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of West Virginia in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 4,593 total jobs gained in Monongalia County to a low of 4,241 jobs lost in Kanawha County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the West Virginia
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Monongalia County (4,593 jobs gained)
2. Berkeley County (2,905 jobs gained)
3. Harrison County (1,765 jobs gained)
4. Jefferson County (1,601 jobs gained)
5. Raleigh County (1,546 jobs gained)
6. Putnam County (1,213 jobs gained)
7. Boone County (1,015 jobs gained)
8. Randolph County (1,002 jobs gained)
9. Lincoln County (810 jobs gained)
10. Hardy County (776 jobs gained)


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.