Industry

Number of Matched Firms Open in 1998 & 1999

Percent of Total

Number of Firms Increasing Jobs

Percent of Total

Number of Firms Decreasing Jobs

Percent of Total

Firms with the Same Level of Jobs

Percent of Total

Net Change

Percent of Total

Agriculture

482

3.4%

291

4.5%

155

2.7%

36

1.7%

136

16.0%

Number of Jobs

461

2.7

146

1.3

315

5.6

Mining

557

3.9

191

2.9

274

4.8

92

4.5

-83

-9.7

Number of Jobs

1,258

7.5

1,997

17.7

-739

-13.2

Construction

2,037

14.3

994

15.2

839

14.8

204

9.9

155

18.2

Number of Jobs

2,907

17.2

1,956

17.4

951

17.0

Manufacturing

506

3.5

247

3.8

205

3.6

54

2.6

42

4.9

Number of Jobs

619

3.7

473

4.2

146

2.6

TCPU^*

737

5.2

315

4.8

307

5.4

115

5.6

8

0.9

Number of Jobs

813

4.8

581

5.2

232

4.1

Wholesale Trade

917

6.4

341

5.2

390

6.9

186

9.0

-49

-5.8

Number of Jobs

575

3.4

450

4.0

125

2.2

Retail Trade

2,590

18.2

1,265

19.4

1,128

19.9

197

9.5

137

16.1

Number of Jobs

3,422

20.3

2,286

20.3

1,136

20.3

FIRE^**

1,111

7.8

462

7.1

335

5.9

314

15.2

127

14.9

Number of Jobs

600

3.6

398

3.5

202

3.6

Services

4,988

35.0

2,232

34.2

1,928

34.0

828

40.1

304

35.7

Number of Jobs

5,568

33.0

2,768

24.6

2,800

50.0

Public Admin.

334

2.3

184

2.8

109

1.9

41

2.0

75

8.8

Number of Jobs

651

3.9

214

1.9

437

7.8

Total

14,259

100.0

6,522

100.0

5,670

100.0

2,067

100.0

852

100.0

Number of Jobs

16,874

100.0

11,269

100.0

5,605

100.0