Monday, January 22, 2007

Monroe County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Monroe County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 7 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 44.4 percent of the total employment growth in Monroe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (7 new jobs)
2. Building finishing contractors (6 new jobs)
3. Management and technical consulting services (66 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (22 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (21 new jobs)

In Monroe County, West Virginia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 5 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Of the 10 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Monroe County

The Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 25 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 70.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Monroe County, West Virginia.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (25 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (6 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (2 jobs lost)
4. Logging (2 jobs lost)

Monroe County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 40.8 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Monroe County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of West Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 13.2 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Monroe County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.5 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (40.8 percent gain)
2. Building finishing contractors (24.1 percent gain)
3. Architectural and engineering services (21.4 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (4.9 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 0.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of West Virginia, which saw a gain of 1.6 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Monroe County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 35.5 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 experienced in the State of West Virginia, where the industry reported a gain of 4.4 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Monroe County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 2.2 in percent of workers in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (35.5 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (16.2 percent decline)
3. Logging (8.8 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (6.6 percent decline)
5. Health and personal care stores (3.4 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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