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7 County Region Labor Force



Labor Force
Labor Market (1)
 Labor Force Employment Unemployed % unemployed
1995 1,016,101 979,983 36,118 3.6
1996 1,027,072 990,567 36,505 3.6
1997 1,038,935 1,003,240 35,695 3.4
1998 1,041,861 1,008,052 33,809 3.2
1999 1,047,641 1,013,955 33,686 3.2
2000 1,042,706 1,004,963 37,743 3.6
2001 1,044,062 994,988 49,074 4.7
2002 1,033,164 973,401 59,763 5.8
2003 1,031,951 968,469 63,482 6.2
2004 1,024,850 968,729 56,121 5.5
2005 1,023,627 971,112 52,515 5.1
2006
 1,030,204 978,721 51,483 5.0



Payroll Employment by Industry (2)
 1990 2000 2006 % dist. (06)
Total 876,076 1,007,037 990,233 100.0



Goods Producing 236,280 254,032 216,000 21.8
Natural resource & mining 1,644 1,978 2,242 0.2
Construction 34,019 41,486 42,047 4.3
Manufacturing 200,618 210,570 171,713 17.3
     
Service providing 639,796 753,005 774,233 78.2
Trade, transportation & utilities 175,051 191,943 186,014 18.8
   Wholesale trade 39,891 49,920 48,289 4.9
   Retail trade 103,697 104,163 102,380 10.3
   Transp., ware-
   housing & utilities		 31,333 37,860 35,345 3.6
Information 21,842 22,115 18,995 1.9
Financial activities 54,691 61,764 62,533 6.3
   Finance & insurance 41,585 49,843 49,954 5.0
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 13,107 11,921 12,578 1.3
Professional & business services 88,208 122,257 125,637 12.7
   Professional &
   technical services		 33,819 42,609 43,257 4.4
   Management of
   companies		 N.A. 12,233 20,638 2.1
   Administrative &
   waste services		 41,160 67,415 61,744 6.2
Educational & health services 96,754 133,301 150,418 15.2
   Educational services 10,193 14,844 19,212 1.9
   Health care & social
   assistance		 86,561 118,456 131,207 13.3
Leisure & hospitality 76,360 82,501 90,903 9.2
   Arts, entertainment
   & recreation		 14,702 13,813 14,088 1.4
   Accommodation &
   food services		 61,659 68,687 76,816 7.8
Other services, excluding public 31,014 31,953 31,437 3.2
Government 95,768 107,148 108,232 10.9



Employment by Occupation (3)
 2000 % dist.

Employed population 16 years and over 954,443 100.0

Management occupations 85,965 9.0

Business & financial operations occupations 42,603 4.5

Computer & mathematical occupations 23,106 2.4

Architecture & engineering occupations 22,434 2.4

Life, physical & social science occupations 7,929 0.8

Community & social services occupations 14,030 1.5

Legal occupations 8,356 0.9

Education, training & library occupations 52,997 5.6

Arts, design, entertain., sports, & media occ. 16,997 1.8

Healthcare practitioner & technical occupations 48,394 5.1

Healthcare support occupations 20,942 2.2

Protective service occupations 16,392 1.7

Food preparation & serving related occupations 44,080 4.6

Building & grounds cleaning & maintenance occ. 25,577 2.7

Personal care & service occupations 22,303 2.3

Sales & related occupations 102,766 10.8

Office & administrative support occupations 154,285 16.2

Farming, fishing & forestry occupations 2,273 0.2

Construction & extractive occupations 39,398 4.1

Installation, maintenance & repair occupations 33,368 3.5

Production occupations 114,633 12.0

Transportation & material moving occupations 55,615 5.8






Worker Earnings by Industry - 2006 (2)
 Employment Wages
(000)		 Annual
average
earnings		 Average
weekly
earnings
Total 990,223 $40,594,350 $40,995 $788





Goods Producing 216,000 11,257,607 52,119 1,002
Natural resource & mining 2,242 72,272 32,236 620
Construction 42,047 2,057,469 48,933 941
Manufacturing 171,173 9,127,867 53,158 1,022
     
Service providing 774,233 29,336,739 37,891 729
Trade, transportation & utilities 186,014 6,297,595 33,855 651
   Wholesale trade 48,289 2,626,292 54,387 1,046
   Retail trade 102,380 2,263,966 22,113 425
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities		 35,345 1,387,606 39,259 755
Information 18,995 1,022,851 53,848 1,036
Financial activities 62,533 3,635,591 58,139 1,118
   Finance & insurance 49,954 3,190,096 63,861 1,228
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 12,578 445,495 35,419 681
Professional & business services 125,637 5,861,647 46,655 897
   Professional &
   technical services		 43,257 2,559,477 59,169 1,138
   Management of 
   companies		 20,638 1,876,810 90,940
 1,749
   Administrative &
   waste services		 61,744 1,425,361 23,085 444
Educational & health services 150,418 5,857,103 38,939 749
   Educational services 19,212 805,776 41,941 807
   Health care & social
   assistance		 131,207 5,051,327 38,449 740
Leisure & hospitality 90,903 1,323,583 14,560 280
   Arts, entertainment 
   & recreation		 14,088 389,023 27,614 531
   Accommodation &
   food services		 76,816 934,560 12,166 234
Other services, excluding public 31,437 715,407 22,757 438
Government 108,232 4,621,374 42,699 821
Notes & Sources
(1) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
(2) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW), www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm
(3) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm