Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2001Q4 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Second Quarter   Employment First Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1  2001Q4 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2001Q4 2000Q4 Decline   2001Q3 2000Q3 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $450.63   1,081 1,216 -135 -11.1%   706 805 -99 -12.3%   -11.7% 3
Manufacturing Printing and related support activities 323 $447.58   372 413 -41 -9.9%   385 420 -35 -8.3%   -9.1% 6
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,131.99   1,784 1,975 -191 -9.7%   1,835 2,011 -176 -8.8%   -9.2% 5
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $460.68   156 182 -26 -14.3%   161 177 -16 -9.0%   -11.7% 4
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $578.84   226 256 -30 -11.7%   227 241 -14 -5.8%   -8.8% 7
Manufacturing Miscellaneous manufacturing 339 $491.77   223 248 -25 -10.1%   218 231 -13 -5.6%   -7.9% 9
Retail Trade Food and beverage stores 445 $340.82   5,157 5,524 -367 -6.6%   5,222 5,634 -412 -7.3%   -7.0% 10
Transportation and Warehousing Pipeline transportation 486 $1,143.36   562 678 -116 -17.1%   560 694 -134 -19.3%   -18.2% 2
Transportation and Warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $405.45   202 214 -12 -5.6%   177 197 -20 -10.2%   -7.9% 8
Management of Companies and Enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $789.89   790 1,098 -308 -28.1%   807 1,015 -208 -20.5%   -24.3% 1
Other Services, Except Public Administration Personal and laundry services 812 $316.95   2,155 2,282 -127 -5.6%   2,155 2,328 -173 -7.4%   -6.5% 11
Total   NA $533.09   12,708 14,086 -1,378 -9.8%   12,453 13,753 -1,300 -9.5%   -9.6% 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 fourth quarter of 2001 is $579.34. 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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