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7 County Region Labor Force



Labor Force
Labor Market (1)
 Labor Force Employment Unemployed % unemployed
     
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 1,030,444 966,983 63,460 6.2
2004 1,023,813 967,835 55,978 5.5
2005 1,024,575 972,014 52,561 5.1
2006
 1,037,987 986,630 51,3574.9
2007
 1,050,258 997,575 52,683 5.0
2008
 1,046,427 993,254 53,173 5.1
2009
 1,045,043
 948,670
 96,373
 9.2
2010
 1,032,355939,223
93,132
9.0
     
Payroll Employment by Industry (2)
 1990 2000 2009 % dist. (09)
Total 876,076 1,007,037 938,973 100.0



Goods Producing 236,280 254,032 182,436 19.4
Natural resource & mining 1,644 1,978 2,021 0.2
Construction 34,019 41,486 34,060 3.6
Manufacturing 200,618 210,570 146,357 15.6
     
Service providing 639,796 753,005 756,545 80.6
Trade, transportation & utilities 175,051 191,943 172,957 18.4
   Wholesale trade 39,891 49,920 44,171 4.7
   Retail trade 103,697 104,163 96,377 10.3
   Transp., ware-
   housing & utilities		 31,333 37,860 32,410 3.5
Information 21,842 22,115 17,533 1.9
Financial activities 54,691 61,764 60,814 6.5
   Finance & insurance 41,585 49,843 49,372 5.3
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 13,107 11,921 11,444 1.2
Professional & business services 88,208 122,257 116,580 12.4
   Professional &
   technical services		 33,819 42,609 41,067 4.4
   Management of
   companies		 N.A. 12,233 22,906 2.4
   Administrative &
   waste services		 41,160 67,415 52,607 5.6
Educational & health services 96,754 133,301 159,653 17.0
   Educational services 10,193 14,844 21,682 2.3
   Health care & social
   assistance		 86,561 118,456 137,972 14.7
Leisure & hospitality 76,360 82,501 87,681 9.3
   Arts, entertainment
   & recreation		 14,702 13,813 13,876 1.5
   Accommodation &
   food services		 61,659 68,687 73,804 7.9
Other services, excluding public 31,014 31,953 31,639 3.4
Government 95,768 107,148 109,672 11.7



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 - 2009 (2)
 Employment Wages
(000)		 Annual
average
earnings		 Average
weekly
earnings
Total 938,973 $40,576,391 $43,214 $831





Goods Producing 182,436 9,934,228 54,453 1,047
Natural resource & mining 2,021 63,402 31,372 603
Construction 34,060 1,853,595 54,421 1,047
Manufacturing 146,357
 8,017,233 54,779 1,053
     
Service providing 756,545 30,642,162 40,503 779
Trade, transportation & utilities 172,957 6,019,994 34,806 669
   Wholesale trade 44,171 2,484,430 56,246 1,082
   Retail trade 96,377 2,208,964 22,920 441
   Transp., warehousing
   & utilities		 32,410 1,326,600 40,932 787
Information 17,533 1,057,228 60,299 1,160
Financial activities 60,814 3,640,444 59,862 1,151
   Finance & insurance 49,372 3,220,007 65,219 1,254
   Real estate, rental &
   leasing		 11,444 420,440 36,739 707
Professional & business services 116,580 5,901,411 50,621 973
   Professional &
   technical services		 41,067 2,580,878 62,846 1,209
   Management of 
   companies		 22,906 1,975,285 86,234
 1,658
   Administrative &
   waste services		 52,607 1,345,247 25,572 492
Educational & health services 159,653 6,759,300 42,337 814
   Educational services 21,682 1,013,430 46,741 899
   Health care & social
   assistance		 137,972 5,745,870 41,645
 801
Leisure & hospitality 87,681 1,378,064 15,717 302
   Arts, entertainment 
   & recreation		 13,876 418,610 30,168 580
   Accommodation &
   food services		 73,804 959,453 13,000 250
Other services, excluding public 31,639 766,228 24,218 466
Government 109,672 5,118,899 46,675 898
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