Table 2: Declining Industries Report for 2010Q1 in NAICS
NAICS (1) SECTOR SUBSECTOR 2010Q1 AWW (2) Emp. 2010Q1 Emp. 2009Q1 Emp. Change Pct. Change Emp. 2009Q4 Emp. 2008Q4 Emp. Change Pct. Change Avg. Decline (3) Rank (4)
211 Mining Oil & gas extraction $2,310.24 4,167 4,572 -405 -8.9% 4,016 4,719 -704 -14.9% -11.9% 19
213 Mining Support activities for mining $1,238.37 10,371 14,014 -3,642 -26.0% 10,591 15,776 -5,185 -32.9% -29.4% 4
236 Construction Construction of buildings $743.74 3,520 4,668 -1,148 -24.6% 4,197 4,917 -720 -14.6% -19.6% 11
237 Construction Heavy & civil engineering construction $981.25 5,853 9,161 -3,308 -36.1% 7,264 9,048 -1,784 -19.7% -27.9% 5
238 Construction Specialty trade contractors $764.72 10,304 12,081 -1,777 -14.7% 11,811 13,950 -2,139 -15.3% -15.0% 15
321 Manufacturing Wood product manufacturing $613.45 324 575 -251 -43.6% 346 525 -179 -34.1% -38.9% 1
323 Manufacturing Printing & related support activities $514.98 266 345 -79 -23.0% 273 329 -55 -16.8% -19.9% 9
326 Manufacturing Plastics & rubber products manufacturing $687.46 325 516 -191 -37.0% 337 494 -157 -31.7% -34.4% 2
332 Manufacturing Fabricated metal product manufacturing $896.65 1,272 1,666 -394 -23.6% 1,325 1,658 -333 -20.1% -21.9% 8
334 Manufacturing Computer & electronic product manufacturing $959.76 146 222 -76 -34.4% 181 244 -63 -25.9% -30.2% 3
336 Manufacturing Transportation equipment manufacturing $581.99 419 503 -84 -16.7% 355 441 -86 -19.5% -18.1% 12
337 Manufacturing Furniture & related product manufacturing $541.04 203 296 -93 -31.3% 221 270 -49 -18.0% -24.7% 6
423 Wholesale trade Merchant wholesalers, durable goods $1,026.78 5,266 5,701 -436 -7.6% 5,367 5,958 -592 -9.9% -8.8% 27
425 Wholesale trade Electronic markets & agents & brokers $1,300.98 249 337 -88 -26.0% 269 329 -60 -18.3% -22.2% 7
441 Retail Trade Motor vehicle & parts dealers $657.92 3,955 4,599 -644 -14.0% 4,078 4,437 -359 -8.1% -11.1% 21
442 Retail Trade Furniture & home furnishings stores $486.63 707 897 -189 -21.1% 727 824 -97 -11.8% -16.4% 13
447 Retail Trade Gasoline stations $366.29 3,627 4,035 -407 -10.1% 3,761 4,183 -422 -10.1% -10.1% 23
448 Retail Trade Clothing & clothing accessories stores $303.97 1,299 1,437 -138 -9.6% 1,369 1,488 -119 -8.0% -8.8% 26
451 Retail Trade Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores $306.53 1,336 1,453 -117 -8.1% 1,366 1,459 -93 -6.4% -7.2% 30
453 Retail Trade Miscellaneous store retailers $342.21 1,617 1,862 -245 -13.1% 1,740 1,888 -147 -7.8% -10.5% 22
454 Retail Trade Nonstore retailers $622.58 1,234 1,541 -307 -19.9% 1,321 1,637 -316 -19.3% -19.6% 10
484 Transportation & warehousing Truck transportation $818.92 3,678 4,281 -603 -14.1% 3,813 4,522 -709 -15.7% -14.9% 17
491 Transportation & warehousing Postal service $887.01 1,183 1,307 -124 -9.5% 1,179 1,276 -97 -7.6% -8.5% 28
493 Transportation & warehousing Warehousing & storage $678.80 1,141 1,441 -300 -20.8% 1,153 1,270 -116 -9.2% -15.0% 16
511 Information Publishing industries, except Internet $505.61 1,072 1,238 -166 -13.4% 1,077 1,181 -104 -8.8% -11.1% 20
531 Real estate & rental & leasing Real estate $523.13 1,917 2,051 -134 -6.5% 1,991 2,121 -130 -6.1% -6.3% 31
532 Real estate & rental & leasing Rental & leasing services $797.76 1,899 2,243 -344 -15.3% 1,928 2,277 -349 -15.3% -15.3% 14
541 Professional & technical services Professional & technical services $924.50 9,168 9,900 -731 -7.4% 9,216 10,139 -923 -9.1% -8.2% 29
561 Administrative & waste services Administrative & support services $467.73 5,353 6,367 -1,015 -15.9% 6,250 7,006 -756 -10.8% -13.4% 18
721 Accommodation & food services Accommodation $384.36 9,760 10,924 -1,164 -10.7% 9,794 10,696 -901 -8.4% -9.5% 25
722 Accommodation & food services Food services & drinking places $254.07 17,569 18,675 -1,106 -5.9% 18,022 19,057 -1,035 -5.4% -5.7% 32
811 Other services, except public administration Repair & maintenance $746.98 3,851 4,238 -387 -9.1% 3,910 4,360 -450 -10.3% -9.7% 24
  Total   $734.21 113,051 133,145 -20,093 -15.1% 119,249 138,479 -19,230 -13.9% -14.5% .
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 2010Q1 is $734.21. 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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