Monday, January 22, 2007

Harrison County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Harrison County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Utility system construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 508 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Utility system construction industry makes up 41.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Harrison County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (508 new jobs)
2. Architectural and engineering services (99 new jobs)
3. Department stores (79 new jobs)
4. Support activities for air transportation (40 new jobs)
5. Lessors of real estate (40 new jobs)

Of the 94 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 50 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 44 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Harrison County, West Virginia, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 609 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Harrison County

Given the industries in the area, the Business support services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 133 jobs. The declines in the Business support services industry make up 17.4 percent of the total job loss in Harrison County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (133 jobs lost)
2. Aerospace product and parts manufacturing (71 jobs lost)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (59 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (42 jobs lost)
5. Management and technical consulting services (39 jobs lost)

Total employment has increased by 2.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in West Virginia, which went through a gain of 1.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Harrison County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Utility system construction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 852.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Harrison County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for West Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 36.6 percent. The Utility system construction industry in Harrison County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 7.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Utility system construction (852.0 percent gain)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (71.7 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (45.3 percent gain)
4. Investigation and security services (40.7 percent gain)
5. Consumer goods rental (40.5 percent gain)

Harrison County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Book, periodical, and music stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 51.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the West Virginia, where the industry felt a loss of 6.8 percent. The losses in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Harrison County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 5.1 in percent of jobs in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Book, periodical, and music stores (51.1 percent decline)
2. Private households (26.1 percent decline)
3. Home furnishings stores (25.8 percent decline)
4. Logging (25.7 percent decline)
5. Management and technical consulting services (24.3 percent decline)





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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