Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2002Q1 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2002Q1 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2002Q1 2001Q1 Decline   2001Q4 2000Q4 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $407.18   651 823 -172 -20.9%   1,083 1,216 -133 -10.9%   -15.9% 5
Manufacturing Printing and related support activities 323 $398.65   357 414 -57 -13.8%   375 413 -38 -9.2%   -11.5% 7
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,202.29   1,782 1,944 -162 -8.3%   1,784 1,975 -191 -9.7%   -9.0% 9
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $484.73   112 180 -68 -37.8%   156 182 -26 -14.3%   -26.0% 2
Manufacturing Fabricated metal product manufacturing 332 $669.34   1,180 1,284 -104 -8.1%   1,132 1,198 -66 -5.5%   -6.8% 13
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $904.52   124 267 -143 -53.6%   226 256 -30 -11.7%   -32.6% 1
Manufacturing Transportation equipment manufacturing 336 $481.12   330 365 -35 -9.6%   318 401 -83 -20.7%   -15.1% 6
Manufacturing Furniture and related product manufacturing 337 $407.09   284 309 -25 -8.1%   296 315 -19 -6.0%   -7.1% 11
Manufacturing Miscellaneous manufacturing 339 $407.83   220 236 -16 -6.8%   223 248 -25 -10.1%   -8.4% 10
Retail Trade Clothing and clothing accessories stores 448 $283.26   1,271 1,341 -70 -5.2%   1,384 1,470 -86 -5.9%   -5.5% 14
Transportation and Warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $420.28   183 199 -16 -8.0%   202 214 -12 -5.6%   -6.8% 12
Management of Companies and Enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $949.41   669 822 -153 -18.6%   790 1,098 -308 -28.1%   -23.3% 4
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $204.91   1,615 2,837 -1,222 -43.1%   2,325 2,485 -160 -6.4%   -24.8% 3
Other Services, Except Public Administration Personal and laundry services 812 $278.66   1,714 2,003 -289 -14.4%   2,155 2,282 -127 -5.6%   -10.0% 8
Total   NA $548.12   10,492 13,024 -2,532 -19.4%   12,449 13,753 -1,304 -9.5%   -14.5% 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 first quarter of 2002 is $548.12. 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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