TABLE 1: GROWING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2006Q2 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2006Q2             Avg. Growth3
      AWW2 2006Q2 2005Q2 Growth 2006Q1 2005Q1 Growth    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Mining Oil and gas extraction 211 $1,364.42   4,156 3,743 413 11.0%   3,885 3,621 264 7.3%   9.2% 16
Mining Mining, except oil and gas 212 $1,367.22   8,707 7,695 1,012 13.2%   8,298 7,493 805 10.7%   11.9% 12
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $1,146.21   13,382 10,794 2,588 24.0%   12,752 10,125 2,627 26.0%   25.0% 3
Construction Construction of buildings 236 $638.80   4,986 4,453 533 12.0%   4,420 3,934 486 12.4%   12.2% 10
Construction Heavy and civil engineering construction 237 $867.22   6,847 5,642 1,205 21.4%   5,590 4,241 1,349 31.8%   26.6% 1
Construction Specialty trade contractors 238 $682.99   12,354 10,766 1,588 14.8%   10,364 9,335 1,029 11.0%   12.9% 9
Manufacturing Machinery manufacturing 333 $742.75   445 391 54 13.8%   430 390 40 10.3%   12.0% 11
Manufacturing Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 $636.48   305 282 23 8.2%   295 271 24 8.9%   8.5% 17
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $958.09   175 155 20 12.9%   171 151 20 13.3%   13.1% 8
Manufacturing Transportation equipment manufacturing 336 $630.04   628 518 110 21.2%   620 517 103 19.9%   20.6% 4
Wholesale trade Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 423 $952.45   4,994 4,680 314 6.7%   4,790 4,494 296 6.6%   6.7% 23
Retail Trade Furniture and home furnishings stores 442 $451.25   831 783 48 6.1%   827 765 62 8.1%   7.1% 21
Retail Trade Building material and garden supply stores 444 $524.00   2,875 2,686 189 7.0%   2,541 2,324 217 9.3%   8.2% 18
Retail Trade Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 451 $280.92   1,412 1,324 88 6.7%   1,360 1,250 110 8.8%   7.7% 20
Transportation and warehousing Air transportation 481 $542.76   648 588 60 10.2%   610 552 58 10.5%   10.4% 14
Transportation and warehousing Truck transportation 484 $771.98   3,912 3,672 240 6.5%   3,783 3,468 315 9.1%   7.8% 19
Transportation and warehousing Transit and ground passenger transportation 485 $397.84   679 597 82 13.7%   667 606 61 10.1%   11.9% 13
Transportation and warehousing Pipeline transportation 486 $1,248.48   745 633 112 17.7%   733 604 129 21.4%   19.5% 5
Transportation and warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $519.36   991 801 190 23.7%   1,007 792 215 27.2%   25.4% 2
Real estate and rental and leasing Rental and leasing services 532 $702.17   2,201 2,032 169 8.3%   2,093 1,900 193 10.2%   9.2% 15
Professional and technical services Professional and technical services 541 $799.85   9,006 8,415 591 7.0%   8,823 8,323 500 6.0%   6.5% 24
Administrative and waste services Administrative and support services 561 $434.98   6,978 6,543 435 6.7%   5,730 5,351 379 7.1%   6.9% 22
Arts, entertainment, and recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $261.32   2,384 2,094 290 13.9%   1,883 1,608 275 17.1%   15.5% 6
Other services, except public administration Repair and maintenance 811 $684.46   3,895 3,318 577 17.4%   3,594 3,261 333 10.2%   13.8% 7
Total     $841.99   93,536 82,605 10,931 13.2%   85,266 75,376 9,890 13.1%   13.2% 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 growing industries in the second quarter of 2006 is $841.99. 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 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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