Table 2: Declining Industries Report for 2009Q3 in NAICS
NAICS (1) SECTOR SUBSECTOR 2009Q3 AWW (2) Emp. 2009Q3 Emp. 2008Q3 Emp. Change Pct. Change Emp. 2009Q2 Emp. 2008Q2 Emp. Change Pct. Change Avg. Decline (3) Rank (4)
211 Mining Oil & gas extraction $1,539.89 4,083 4,800 -717 -14.9% 4,077 4,601 -524 -11.4% -13.2% 13
213 Mining Support activities for mining $1,236.48 10,506 15,313 -4,807 -31.4% 11,453 14,283 -2,830 -19.8% -25.6% 4
236 Construction Construction of buildings $810.90 4,621 5,172 -551 -10.7% 4,562 4,975 -413 -8.3% -9.5% 21
237 Construction Heavy & civil engineering construction $1,033.61 8,129 10,514 -2,385 -22.7% 7,559 9,351 -1,793 -19.2% -20.9% 5
238 Construction Specialty trade contractors $792.24 12,840 14,869 -2,028 -13.6% 12,278 13,944 -1,666 -11.9% -12.8% 14
314 Manufacturing Textile product mills $394.01 101 117 -16 -13.9% 102 112 -10 -8.7% -11.3% 17
321 Manufacturing Wood product manufacturing $634.11 374 591 -217 -36.7% 399 568 -168 -29.7% -33.2% 2
323 Manufacturing Printing & related support activities $537.60 271 337 -66 -19.6% 275 346 -71 -20.5% -20.0% 6
326 Manufacturing Plastics & rubber products manufacturing $786.19 357 498 -141 -28.3% 367 517 -150 -29.0% -28.7% 3
332 Manufacturing Fabricated metal product manufacturing $900.53 1,386 1,681 -295 -17.5% 1,456 1,660 -204 -12.3% -14.9% 10
334 Manufacturing Computer & electronic product manufacturing $882.34 193 239 -46 -19.2% 201 235 -34 -14.3% -16.8% 8
336 Manufacturing Transportation equipment manufacturing $721.61 306 483 -177 -36.6% 323 480 -157 -32.7% -34.7% 1
337 Manufacturing Furniture & related product manufacturing $514.73 252 284 -32 -11.4% 245 295 -50 -17.0% -14.2% 11
425 Wholesale trade Electronic markets & agents & brokers $1,153.98 287 343 -57 -16.5% 291 342 -51 -14.9% -15.7% 9
441 Retail Trade Motor vehicle & parts dealers $703.75 4,255 4,608 -354 -7.7% 4,234 4,670 -436 -9.3% -8.5% 23
442 Retail Trade Furniture & home furnishings stores $515.25 740 849 -109 -12.8% 754 876 -122 -13.9% -13.3% 12
448 Retail Trade Clothing & clothing accessories stores $322.29 1,398 1,560 -162 -10.4% 1,318 1,443 -126 -8.7% -9.5% 20
453 Retail Trade Miscellaneous store retailers $374.16 1,868 2,007 -139 -6.9% 1,812 1,961 -149 -7.6% -7.3% 26
454 Retail Trade Nonstore retailers $578.22 1,203 1,485 -282 -19.0% 1,240 1,500 -260 -17.3% -18.2% 7
484 Transportation & warehousing Truck transportation $842.79 3,955 4,545 -590 -13.0% 3,979 4,405 -426 -9.7% -11.3% 16
491 Transportation & warehousing Postal service $862.96 1,214 1,293 -79 -6.1% 1,225 1,313 -89 -6.8% -6.4% 28
493 Transportation & warehousing Warehousing & storage $655.91 1,169 1,284 -116 -9.0% 1,213 1,364 -151 -11.1% -10.0% 19
511 Information Publishing industries, except Internet $537.27 1,098 1,214 -115 -9.5% 1,121 1,211 -90 -7.4% -8.5% 24
532 Real estate & rental & leasing Rental & leasing services $739.41 2,084 2,408 -324 -13.5% 2,098 2,310 -213 -9.2% -11.3% 15
541 Professional & technical services Professional & technical services $962.32 9,377 10,187 -810 -8.0% 9,478 10,108 -630 -6.2% -7.1% 27
551 Management of companies & enterprises Management of companies & enterprises $1,436.72 741 814 -74 -9.0% 731 808 -77 -9.6% -9.3% 22
561 Administrative & waste services Administrative & support services $517.21 7,130 8,130 -999 -12.3% 6,823 7,525 -702 -9.3% -10.8% 18
721 Accommodation & food services Accommodation $408.97 13,993 14,805 -812 -5.5% 11,348 12,498 -1,150 -9.2% -7.3% 25
  Total   $813.36 93,932 110,432 -16,500 -14.9% 90,960 103,701 -12,740 -12.3% -13.6% .
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 2009Q3 is $813.36. 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 growth current quarter + percent growth previous quarter)/2. 
4. Rank is based on the magnitude of the percent Average growth relative to the magnitude of all other growing industries.
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