Monday, January 22, 2007

Mineral County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Mineral County

The Gambling industries industry has added the most employment with 27 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Gambling industries industry makes up 30.3 percent of the total employment growth in Mineral County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gambling industries (27 new jobs)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (14 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (11 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (7 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (6 new jobs)

Out of the 33 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 16 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Mineral County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nonresidential building construction industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 31 jobs. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 28.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Mineral County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (31 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (21 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (12 jobs lost)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (11 jobs lost)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (7 jobs lost)

In Mineral County, West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 168 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Mineral County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other amusement and recreation industries industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 35.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the West Virginia, where the industry felt a loss of 3.3 percent. The losses in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry in Mineral County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.7 percent in terms of employees in the Other amusement and recreation industries industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other amusement and recreation industries (35.1 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26.2 percent decline)
3. Private households (25 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (20.6 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (15.8 percent decline)

Mineral County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gambling industries industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 144.6 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Mineral County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of West Virginia, where it saw a gain of 1.2 percent. The Gambling industries industry in Mineral County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 3.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gambling industries (144.6 percent gain)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (126.5 percent gain)
3. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (24.4 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (18.2 percent gain)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (11.1 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in West Virginia, experiencing a gain of 1.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level 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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