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7 County Region Labor Force



Labor Force
Labor Market (1)
 Labor Force Employment Unemployed % unemployed
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 1,030,443 966,983 63,460 6.2
2004 1,023,527 967,835 55,978 5.5
2005 1,023,230 970,819 52,411 5.1
2006
 1,035,724 984,888 50,8364.9
2007
 1,048,64 997,001 51,663 4.9
2008
 1,045,697 994,083 51,614 4.9



Payroll Employment by Industry (2)
 1990 2000 2008 % dist. (08)
Total 876,076 1,007,037 991,381 100.0



Goods Producing 236,280 254,032 213,161 21.4
Natural resource & mining 1,644 1,978 2,276 0.2
Construction 34,019 41,486 42,284 4.2
Manufacturing 200,618 210,570 168,601 16.9
     
Service providing 639,796 753,005 782,755 78.6
Trade, transportation & utilities 175,051 191,943 185,604 18.6
   Wholesale trade 39,891 49,920 48,460 4.9
   Retail trade 103,697 104,163 101,912 10.2
   Transp., ware-
   housing & utilities		 31,333 37,860 35,232 3.5
Information 21,842 22,115 19,003 1.9
Financial activities 54,691 61,764 63,153 6.3
   Finance & insurance 41,585 49,843 50,735 5.1
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 13,107 11,921 12,418 1.2
Professional & business services 88,208 122,257 129,307 13.0
   Professional &
   technical services		 33,819 42,609 43,700 4.4
   Management of
   companies		 N.A. 12,233 21,980 2.2
   Administrative &
   waste services		 41,160 67,415 63,628 6.4
Educational & health services 96,754 133,301 153,577 15.4
   Educational services 10,193 14,844 20,078 2.0
   Health care & social
   assistance		 86,561 118,456 133,497 13.4
Leisure & hospitality 76,360 82,501 92,610 9.3
   Arts, entertainment
   & recreation		 14,702 13,813 14,774 1.5
   Accommodation &
   food services		 61,659 68,687 77,834 7.8
Other services, excluding public 31,014 31,953 32,270 3.2
Government 95,768 107,148 107,206 10.8



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 - 2008 (2)
 Employment Wages
(000)		 Annual
average
earnings		 Average
weekly
earnings
Total 991,381 $42,915,390 $43,288 $832





Goods Producing 208,746 11,473,556 54,792 1,054
Natural resource & mining 2,280 73,781 32,360 622
Construction 39,984 2,167,628 54,212 1,043
Manufacturing 166,483
 9,196,148 55,238 1,062
     
Service providing 782,635 31,477,834 40,220 773
Trade, transportation & utilities 182,278 6,499,559 35,657 686
   Wholesale trade 47,756 2,756,684 57,724 1,110
   Retail trade 99,827 2,281,332 22,853 439
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities		 34,696 1,461,544 42,124 810
Information 18,636 1,096,097 58,816 1,131
Financial activities 62,791 3,859,185 61,461 1,182
   Finance & insurance 50,592 3,410,876 67,419 1,297
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 12,201 448,307 36,743 707
Professional & business services 129,838 6,288,255 48,432 931
   Professional &
   technical services		 44,032 2,770,346 62,917 1,210
   Management of 
   companies		 22,454 1,942,008 86,488
 1,663
   Administrative &
   waste services		 63,351 1,575,901 24,876 478
Educational & health services 157,764 6,536,023 41,429 797
   Educational services 20,957 955,069 45,573 876
   Health care & social
   assistance		 136,808 5,580,954 40,794
 785
Leisure & hospitality 89,897 1,433,121 15,942 307
   Arts, entertainment 
   & recreation		 14,583 459,131 31,484 605
   Accommodation &
   food services		 75,314 973,988 12,932 249
Other services, excluding public 32,254 785,786 24,362 469
Government 109,166 4,979,200 45,611 877
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