Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2001Q2 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Second Quarter   Employment First Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1  2001Q2 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2001Q2 2000Q2 Decline   2001Q1 2000Q1 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Forestry and logging 113 $400.96 153 183 -30 -16.4% 171 201 -30 -14.9%   -15.7% 3
Manufacturing Wood product manufacturing 321 $495.42 847 934 -87 -9.3% 865 976 -111 -11.4%   -10.3% 6
Manufacturing Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 327 $687.83 849 915 -66 -7.2% 781 825 -44 -5.3%   -6.3% 10
Manufacturing Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 $673.58 276 296 -20 -6.8% 278 309 -31 -10.0%   -8.4% 9
Manufacturing Transportation equipment manufacturing 336 $473.70 355 402 -47 -11.7% 365 424 -59 -13.9%   -12.8% 4
Transportation and Warehousing Pipeline transportation 486 $1,119.35 545 686 -141 -20.6% 600 683 -83 -12.2%   -16.4% 2
Information Broadcasting, except Internet 515 $430.11 545 600 -55 -9.2% 555 607 -52 -8.6%   -8.9% 8
Management of Companies and Enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $743.49 781 1,224 -443 -36.2% 822 1,243 -421 -33.9%   -35.0% 1
Other Services, Except Public Administration Personal and laundry services 812 $291.92 2,173 2,351 -178 -7.6% 2,003 2,247 -244 -10.9%   -9.2% 7
Public Administration Administration of economic programs 926 $603.01   3,485 3,964 -479 -12.1%   3,182 3,491 -309 -8.9%   -10.5% 5
Total    N/A $557.49   10,009 11,555 -1546 -13.4%   9,622 11,006 -1384 -12.6%   -13.0% N/A
Text Box: 1. Includes both public and privately owned firms. 2. The Average Week Wage (AWW) is calculated by dividing the total wage for the industry group by the total number of jobs for the industry group and the number of weeks in the observed quarter. To give some context to this number, the AWW for all industries in the second quarter of 2001 is $527. The reader should also be aware that, AWW's at the industry Group Level are susceptible to wage bias due to sample size, occupational distributions, seasonal pay and bonuses, and keying error. 3. The percentage for Average Decline is defined as: (percent decline second quarter + percent decline first quarter)/2. 4. Rank is based on the magnitude of the percent Average Decline relative to the magnitude of all other declining industries.
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