Monday, January 22, 2007

Marion County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Marion County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 78.3 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Marion County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in West Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 10.2 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Marion County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (78.3 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (66.7 percent gain)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (44.1 percent gain)
4. Social advocacy organizations (36.7 percent gain)
5. Office administrative services (32.1 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of West Virginia, which experienced a gain of 1.6 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Marion County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 78.9 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 seen in the West Virginia, where the industry felt a gain of 6.2 percent. The losses in the Support activities for mining industry in Marion County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 17.8 percent in terms of employees in the Support activities for mining industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (78.9 percent decline)
2. Consumer goods rental (57.2 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (42.6 percent decline)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (30.6 percent decline)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (22 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Marion County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Business support services industry has grown the most with 163 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Business support services industry makes up 24.8 percent of the growth in Marion County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (163 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (105 new jobs)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (41 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (32 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (31 new jobs)

Out of the 74 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 34 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 40 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Marion County, West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 13 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Marion County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 80 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 18.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Marion County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (80 jobs lost)
2. Consumer goods rental (78 jobs lost)
3. Scientific research and development services (41 jobs lost)
4. Support activities for mining (29 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (26 jobs lost)





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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