Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2001Q3 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Second Quarter   Employment First Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1  2001Q3 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2001Q3 2000Q3 Decline   2001Q2 2000Q2 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Forestry and logging 113 $447.1   201 214 -13 -6.1%   153 183 -30 -16.4%   -11.2% 3
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $379.1   706 805 -99 -12.3%   644 707 -63 -8.9%   -10.6% 4
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,173.3   1,835 2,011 -176 -8.8%   1,879 2,017 -138 -6.8%   -7.8% 5
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $456.2   161 177 -16 -9.0%   170 181 -11 -6.1%   -7.6% 6
Transportation and Warehousing Pipeline transportation 486 $1,042.8   560 694 -134 -19.3%   545 686 -141 -20.6%   -19.9% 2
Information Broadcasting, except Internet 515 $444.3   535 566 -31 -5.5%   545 600 -55 -9.2%   -7.3% 8
Management of Companies and Enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $757.9   807 1,015 -208 -20.5%   781 1,224 -443 -36.2%   -28.3% 1
Other Services, Except Public Administration Personal and laundry services 812 $341.3   2,155 2,328 -173 -7.4%   2,173 2,351 -178 -7.6%   -7.5% 7
Total   NA $682.87   6,960 7,810 -850 -10.9%   6,890 7,949 -1059 -13.3%   -12.1% NA
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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