Text Box: TABLE 1: GROWING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2001Q2 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Second Quarter   Employment First Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1  2001Q2 AWW2             Avg. Growth3
        2001Q2 2000Q2 Growth   2001Q1 2000Q1 Growth    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Agriculture and forestry support activities 115-ND $533.74   334 282 52 18.4%   258 207 51 24.6%   21.5% 5
Mining Oil and gas extraction 211 $1,093.70   3,295 2,642 653 24.7%   3,055 2,587 468 18.1%   21.4% 6
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $871.49   7,549 5,717 1,832 32.0%   6,822 5,821 1,001 17.2%   24.6% 2
Manufacturing Textile product mills 314 $278.73   133 122 11 9.0%   132 104 28 26.9%   18.0% 7
Manufacturing Fabricated metal product manufacturing 332 $643.01   1,232 1,141 91 8.0%   1,284 1,114 170 15.3%   11.6% 13
Manufacturing Machinery manufacturing 333 $619.95   503 460 43 9.4%   512 465 47 10.1%   9.7% 16
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $538.03   244 231 13 5.6%   267 221 46 20.8%   13.2% 11
Wholesale Trade Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 423 $695.73   4,106 3,792 314 8.3%   3,933 3,701 232 6.3%   7.3% 19
Wholesale Trade Electronic markets and agents and brokers 425 $838.61   224 179 45 25.1%   201 170 31 18.2%   21.7% 4
Retail Trade Health and personal care stores 446 $372.72   830 761 69 9.1%   827 738 89 12.1%   10.6% 15
Retail Trade Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stor 451 $225.48   1,343 1,252 91 7.3%   1,329 1,230 99 8.1%   7.7% 17
Retail Trade General merchandise stores 452 $258.64   6,107 5,280 827 15.7%   5,551 4,807 744 15.5%   15.6% 8
Retail Trade Nonstore retailers 454 $395.83   1,622 1,442 180 12.5%   1,668 1,431 237 16.6%   14.5% 10
Transportation and Warehousing Air transportation 481 $518.99   471 312 159 51.0%   494 307 187 60.9%   55.9% 1
Information Publishing industries, except Internet 511 $412.31   1,429 1,355 74 5.5%   1,405 1,330 75 5.6%   5.6% 22
Information ISPs, search portals, and data processing 518 $438.66   241 215 26 12.1%   244 205 39 19.0%   15.6% 9
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Rental and leasing services 532 $467.52   1,584 1,217 367 30.2%   1,341 1,168 173 14.8%   22.5% 3
Professional and Technical Services Professional and technical services 541 $611.40   7,765 7,310 455 6.2%   7,582 7,149 433 6.1%   6.1% 20
Administrative and Waste Services Administrative and support services 561 $355.45   7,229 6,742 487 7.2%   6,473 5,680 793 14.0%   10.6% 14
Health Care and Social Assistance Nursing and residential care facilities 623 $381.44   5,010 4,689 321 6.9%   4,978 4,606 372 8.1%   7.5% 18
Health Care and Social Assistance Social assistance 624 $273.55   4,472 4,231 241 5.7%   4,365 4,103 262 6.4%   6.0% 21
Public Administration Justice, public order, and safety activities 922 $691.04   1,670 1,464 206 14.1%   1,645 1,478 167 11.3%   12.7% 12
Total    N/A $536.60   57,393 50,836 6,557 12.9%   54,366 48,622 5,744 11.8%   12.4% N/A
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 second quarter of 2001 is $527. 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 Growth is defined as: (percent growth second quarter + percent growth first 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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