Monday, January 22, 2007

Morgan County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has decreased by 4.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of West Virginia, experiencing a gain of 1.6 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Morgan County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 36.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of West Virginia, where the industry felt a loss of 0.1 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Morgan County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 6.8 in percent of jobs in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (36.4 percent decline)
2. Traveler accommodation (31.8 percent decline)
3. Offices of physicians (11.5 percent decline)
4. Private households (11.1 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (6.1 percent decline)

Morgan County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 38.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Morgan County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of West Virginia, where the industry took a gain of 12 percent. The Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Morgan County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (38.1 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (21.0 percent gain)
3. Legal services (18.9 percent gain)
4. Offices of dentists (17.6 percent gain)
5. Professional and similar organizations (9.1 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Morgan County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 27 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 52.9 percent of the total employment growth in Morgan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (27 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (6 new jobs)
3. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (5 new jobs)
4. Legal services (5 new jobs)
5. Offices of dentists (3 new jobs)

From the 17 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 8 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Morgan County, West Virginia, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 103 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Morgan County

Given the industries in the area, the Traveler accommodation industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 66 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 80.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Morgan County, West Virginia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (66 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (6 jobs lost)
3. Computer systems design and related services (4 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (3 jobs lost)
5. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (1 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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