TABLE 1: GROWING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2006Q3 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2006Q3             Avg. Growth3
      AWW2 2006Q3 2005Q3 Growth 2006Q2 2005Q2 Growth    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Mining Oil and gas extraction 211 $1,527.83   4,228 3,902 326 8.4%   4,154 3,743 411 11.0%   9.7% 16
Mining Mining, except oil and gas 212 $1,295.59   9,028 7,856 1,172 14.9%   8,707 7,695 1,012 13.2%   14.0% 5
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $1,237.70   14,056 11,540 2,516 21.8%   13,406 10,794 2,612 24.2%   23.0% 2
Construction Construction of buildings 236 $633.45   5,192 4,837 355 7.3%   5,007 4,453 554 12.4%   9.9% 15
Construction Heavy and civil engineering construction 237 $1,008.17   7,973 6,745 1,228 18.2%   6,865 5,642 1,223 21.7%   19.9% 3
Construction Specialty trade contractors 238 $672.67   12,585 11,243 1,342 11.9%   12,458 10,766 1,692 15.7%   13.8% 6
Manufacturing Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 312 $649.82   335 311 24 7.7%   304 289 15 5.2%   6.5% 25
Manufacturing Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 324 $1,178.88   994 906 88 9.7%   959 904 55 6.1%   7.9% 20
Manufacturing Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 326 $652.89   536 507 29 5.7%   536 494 42 8.5%   7.1% 23
Manufacturing Fabricated metal product manufacturing 332 $799.93   1,621 1,479 142 9.6%   1,573 1,471 102 6.9%   8.3% 18
Manufacturing Machinery manufacturing 333 $742.87   457 409 48 11.7%   445 391 54 13.8%   12.8% 10
Manufacturing Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 $648.35   308 289 19 6.6%   305 282 23 8.2%   7.4% 21
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $847.02   183 162 21 13.0%   175 155 20 12.9%   12.9% 9
Wholesale trade Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 423 $935.23   5,100 4,774 326 6.8%   5,003 4,680 323 6.9%   6.9% 24
Retail Trade Furniture and home furnishings stores 442 $469.02   848 807 41 5.1%   831 783 48 6.1%   5.6% 26
Transportation and warehousing Air transportation 481 $601.12   677 616 61 9.9%   648 588 60 10.2%   10.1% 14
Transportation and warehousing Truck transportation 484 $814.87   4,136 3,776 360 9.5%   3,920 3,672 248 6.8%   8.1% 19
Transportation and warehousing Transit and ground passenger transportation 485 $430.74   685 627 58 9.3%   677 597 80 13.4%   11.3% 12
Transportation and warehousing Pipeline transportation 486 $1,240.94   732 666 66 9.9%   745 633 112 17.7%   13.8% 7
Transportation and warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $587.99   926 756 170 22.5%   994 801 193 24.1%   23.3% 1
Real estate and rental and leasing Rental and leasing services 532 $753.45   2,209 2,072 137 6.6%   2,196 2,032 164 8.1%   7.3% 22
Professional and technical services Professional and technical services 541 $852.93   9,314 8,519 795 9.3%   9,117 8,415 702 8.3%   8.8% 17
Management of companies and enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $1,807.91   889 771 118 15.3%   826 747 79 10.6%   12.9% 8
Administrative and waste services Waste management and remediation services 562 $655.70   676 623 53 8.5%   658 586 72 12.3%   10.4% 13
Arts, entertainment, and recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $305.13   2,854 2,624 230 8.8%   2,386 2,094 292 13.9%   11.4% 11
Other services, except public administration Repair and maintenance 811 $699.30   3,919 3,380 539 16.0%   3,915 3,318 597 18.0%   17.0% 4
Total     $940.07   90,461 80,197 10,264 12.8%   86,810 76,025 10,785 14.2%   13.5% 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 third quarter of 2006 is $940.07. 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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