Table 1: Growing Industries Report for 2006Q4 in NAICS
NAICS (1)	SECTOR	SUBSECTOR	2006Q4 AWW (2)	Emp. 2006Q4	Emp. 2005Q4	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Emp. 2006Q3	Emp. 2005Q3	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Avg. Growth (3)	Rank (4)
211	Mining	Oil and gas extraction	$1,652.67	4,180	3,924	256	6.5%	4,229	3,902	328	8.4%	7.5%	19
212	Mining	Mining, except oil and gas	$1,402.55	8,843	7,929	914	11.5%	9,030	7,856	1,173	14.9%	13.2%	7
213	Mining	Support activities for mining	$1,300.21	14,299	12,007	2,292	19.1%	14,126	11,540	2,587	22.4%	20.8%	2
236	Construction	Construction of buildings	$743.68	4,936	4,592	344	7.5%	5,205	4,837	368	7.6%	7.5%	18
237	Construction	Heavy and civil engineering construction	$1,059.90	8,730	6,648	2,082	31.3%	7,976	6,745	1,231	18.2%	24.8%	1
238	Construction	Specialty trade contractors	$780.04	11,709	10,812	897	8.3%	12,626	11,243	1,383	12.3%	10.3%	12
312	Manufacturing	Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	$787.20	315	300	15	5.1%	335	311	24	7.6%	6.4%	24
324	Manufacturing	Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	$1,315.04	1,004	901	103	11.5%	994	906	88	9.7%	10.6%	10
326	Manufacturing	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	$634.09	545	509	36	7.0%	536	507	29	5.8%	6.4%	22
332	Manufacturing	Fabricated metal product manufacturing	$892.36	1,625	1,493	132	8.8%	1,634	1,479	155	10.5%	9.6%	13
333	Manufacturing	Machinery manufacturing	$922.89	470	426	44	10.4%	459	409	50	12.2%	11.3%	9
335	Manufacturing	Electrical equipment and appliance mfg.	$1,131.44	187	161	26	16.4%	183	162	21	13.2%	14.8%	5
423	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	$1,085.02	5,157	4,879	278	5.7%	5,112	4,774	338	7.1%	6.4%	23
442	Retail Trade	Furniture and home furnishings stores	$548.07	873	817	56	6.8%	850	807	44	5.4%	6.1%	25
481	Transportation and warehousing	Air transportation	$570.00	651	609	42	6.8%	677	616	61	9.8%	8.3%	17
484	Transportation and warehousing	Truck transportation	$888.31	4,127	3,824	304	7.9%	4,142	3,776	366	9.7%	8.8%	16
485	Transportation and warehousing	Transit and ground passenger transportation	$435.13	687	616	71	11.5%	686	627	58	9.3%	10.4%	11
486	Transportation and warehousing	Pipeline transportation	$1,333.84	732	671	61	9.1%	732	666	66	9.9%	9.5%	15
493	Transportation and warehousing	Warehousing and storage	$556.17	989	870	119	13.6%	926	756	170	22.5%	18.1%	3
523	Finance and insurance	Securities, commodity contracts, investments	$1,778.35	462	433	29	6.6%	452	430	22	5.2%	5.9%	26
532	Real estate and rental and leasing	Rental and leasing services	$900.66	2,223	2,067	156	7.5%	2,208	2,072	136	6.5%	7.0%	21
541	Professional and technical services	Professional and technical services	$1,002.81	9,368	8,548	819	9.6%	9,341	8,519	822	9.6%	9.6%	14
551	Management of companies and enterprises	Management of companies and enterprises	$1,692.99	855	752	103	13.7%	890	771	119	15.4%	14.6%	6
562	Administrative and waste services	Waste management and remediation services	$738.63	646	614	33	5.3%	679	623	56	8.9%	7.1%	20
713	Arts, entertainment, and recreation	Amusements, gambling, and recreation	$305.92	2,154	1,881	273	14.5%	2,856	2,624	233	8.9%	11.7%	8
811	Other services, except public administration	Repair and maintenance	$758.28	4,058	3,400	658	19.3%	3,919	3,380	538	15.9%	17.6%	4
	Total		$1,044.09	89,825	79,684	10,141	12.7%	90,803	80,339	10,464	13.0%	12.9%	.
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 2006Q4 is $1,044.09. 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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