TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2002Q4 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2002Q4             Avg. Growth3
      AWW2 2002Q4 2001Q4 Decline   2002Q3 2001Q3 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting Forestry and logging 113 $469.92   132 200 -68 -34.0%   133 203 -70 -34.5%   -34.2% 3
Mining Oil and gas extraction 211 $1,236.41   3,091 3,444 -353 -10.3%   3,184 3,499 -315 -9.0%   -9.6% 10
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $957.07   6,995 8,348 -1,353 -16.2%   7,354 8,232 -878 -10.7%   -13.4% 7
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $419.44   982 1,082 -100 -9.2%   605 707 -102 -14.4%   -11.8% 9
Manufacturing Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 312 $558.73   306 490 -184 -37.6%   323 524 -201 -38.4%   -38.0% 2
Manufacturing Printing and related support activities 323 $423.20   356 375 -19 -5.1%   356 385 -29 -7.5%   -6.3% 14
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,123.31   1,641 1,784 -143 -8.0%   1,651 1,835 -184 -10.0%   -9.0% 11
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $481.72   112 156 -44 -28.2%   113 161 -48 -29.8%   -29.0% 4
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $738.63   129 226 -97 -42.9%   133 227 -94 -41.4%   -42.2% 1
Retail Trade Nonstore retailers 454 $462.08   1,559 1,657 -98 -5.9%   1,522 1,604 -82 -5.1%   -5.5% 15
Transportation and warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $437.42   177 202 -25 -12.4%   157 177 -20 -11.3%   -11.8% 8
Management of companies and enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $1,453.16   696 738 -42 -5.7%   712 798 -86 -10.8%   -8.2% 12
Arts, entertainment, and recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $231.56   1,767 2,332 -565 -24.2%   2,368 2,933 -565 -19.3%   -21.7% 5
Other services, except public administration Personal and laundry services 812 $296.01   1,780 2,169 -389 -17.9%   1,866 2,159 -293 -13.6%   -15.8% 6
Other services, except public administration Private households 814 $340.50   499 543 -44 -8.1%   550 581 -31 -5.3%   -6.7% 13
Total     $802.09   20,222 23,746 -3,524 -14.8%   21,027 24,025 -2,998 -12.5%   -13.7% NA
Text Box: 1. Includes both public and privately owned firms. 2. The Average Weekly 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 2002 is $591.41. 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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