TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2005Q2 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2005Q2             Avg. Decline3
      AWW2 2005Q2 2004Q2 Decline   2005Q1 2004Q1 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting Agriculture and forestry support activities 115 $485.43   309 396 -87 -22.0%   201 326 -125 -38.3%   -30.2% 1
Manufacturing Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 $564.03   282 330 -48 -14.6%   271 328 -57 -17.4%   -16.0% 3
Manufacturing Miscellaneous manufacturing 339 $416.31   183 240 -57 -23.8%   181 217 -36 -16.6%   -20.2% 2
Transportation and warehousing Air transportation 481 $519.92   586 651 -65 -10.0%   552 627 -75 -12.0%   -11.0% 4
Other services, except public administration Private households 814 $341.68   472 503 -31 -6.2%   434 490 -56 -11.4%   -8.8% 5
Total     $464.62   1,832 2,120 -288 -13.6%   1,639 1,988 -349 -17.6%   -15.6% 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 declining industries in the second quarter of 2005 is $464.62. 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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