Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2002Q3 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2002Q3 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2002Q3 2001Q3 Decline   2002Q2 2001Q2 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting Forestry and logging 113 $474.91   133 201 -68 -33.8%   110 153 -43 -28.1%   -31.0% 4
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $857.68   7,293 8,225 -932 -11.3%   6,915 7,549 -634 -8.4%   -9.9% 11
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $396.52   606 706 -100 -14.2%   569 644 -75 -11.7%   -12.9% 9
Manufacturing Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 312 $637.62   323 525 -202 -38.5%   300 458 -158 -34.5%   -36.5% 2
Manufacturing Printing and related support activities 323 $409.31   356 385 -29 -7.5%   366 410 -44 -10.7%   -9.1% 12
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,222.40   1,650 1,835 -185 -10.1%   1,684 1,879 -195 -10.4%   -10.2% 10
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $530.43   113 161 -48 -29.8%   107 170 -63 -37.1%   -33.4% 3
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $805.00   133 227 -94 -41.4%   132 244 -112 -45.9%   -43.7% 1
Manufacturing Furniture and related product manufacturing 337 $416.50   300 331 -31 -9.4%   304 321 -17 -5.3%   -7.3% 13
Retail Trade Gasoline stations 447 $292.09   4,505 4,849 -344 -7.1%   4,366 4,648 -282 -6.1%   -6.6% 15
Transportation and warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $371.06   157 177 -20 -11.3%   170 215 -45 -20.9%   -16.1% 6
Management of companies and enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $748.69   712 807 -95 -11.8%   653 781 -128 -16.4%   -14.1% 8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $251.13   2,374 2,912 -538 -18.5%   1,949 2,399 -450 -18.8%   -18.6% 5
Other services, except public administration Personal and laundry services 812 $294.28   1,861 2,155 -294 -13.6%   1,820 2,173 -353 -16.2%   -14.9% 7
Other services, except public administration Private households 814 $329.47   539 570 -31 -5.4%   515 563 -48 -8.5%   -7.0% 14
Total   NA $591.20   21,055 24,066 -3,011 -12.5%   19,960 22,607 -2,647 -11.7%   -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 third quarter of 2002 is $591.20. 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 current quarter + percent decline previous 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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