| Table 2: Declining Industries Report for 2009Q2 in NAICS | |||||||||||||
| NAICS (1) | SECTOR | SUBSECTOR | 2009Q2 AWW (2) | Emp. 2009Q2 | Emp. 2008Q2 | Emp. Change | Pct. Change | Emp. 2009Q1 | Emp. 2008Q1 | Emp. Change | Pct. Change | Avg. Growth (3) | Rank (4) |
| 211 | Mining | Oil & gas extraction | $1,576.04 | 4,075 | 4,601 | -526 | -11.4% | 4,170 | 4,572 | -402 | -8.8% | -10.1% | 11 |
| 236 | Construction | Construction of buildings | $758.23 | 4,553 | 4,975 | -422 | -8.5% | 4,400 | 4,668 | -268 | -5.7% | -7.1% | 18 |
| 237 | Construction | Heavy & civil engineering construction | $1,000.21 | 7,539 | 9,351 | -1,813 | -19.4% | 6,486 | 9,161 | -2,675 | -29.2% | -24.3% | 3 |
| 238 | Construction | Specialty trade contractors | $777.72 | 12,287 | 13,944 | -1,657 | -11.9% | 11,439 | 12,081 | -643 | -5.3% | -8.6% | 14 |
| 321 | Manufacturing | Wood product manufacturing | $613.07 | 399 | 568 | -168 | -29.7% | 455 | 575 | -120 | -20.8% | -25.2% | 2 |
| 323 | Manufacturing | Printing & related support activities | $538.60 | 277 | 346 | -69 | -20.0% | 297 | 345 | -49 | -14.1% | -17.1% | 5 |
| 326 | Manufacturing | Plastics & rubber products manufacturing | $676.70 | 367 | 517 | -150 | -29.0% | 417 | 516 | -99 | -19.2% | -24.1% | 4 |
| 332 | Manufacturing | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | $921.51 | 1,453 | 1,660 | -207 | -12.5% | 1,567 | 1,666 | -99 | -5.9% | -9.2% | 12 |
| 336 | Manufacturing | Transportation equipment manufacturing | $791.84 | 323 | 480 | -157 | -32.7% | 363 | 503 | -140 | -27.9% | -30.3% | 1 |
| 337 | Manufacturing | Furniture & related product manufacturing | $556.39 | 248 | 295 | -47 | -15.8% | 246 | 296 | -50 | -17.0% | -16.4% | 6 |
| 425 | Wholesale trade | Electronic markets & agents & brokers | $1,169.35 | 293 | 342 | -49 | -14.3% | 298 | 337 | -39 | -11.7% | -13.0% | 9 |
| 441 | Retail Trade | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | $681.61 | 4,225 | 4,670 | -445 | -9.5% | 4,222 | 4,599 | -377 | -8.2% | -8.9% | 13 |
| 442 | Retail Trade | Furniture & home furnishings stores | $502.52 | 752 | 876 | -124 | -14.1% | 764 | 897 | -133 | -14.8% | -14.5% | 8 |
| 448 | Retail Trade | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | $304.10 | 1,318 | 1,443 | -126 | -8.7% | 1,334 | 1,437 | -103 | -7.2% | -7.9% | 15 |
| 454 | Retail Trade | Nonstore retailers | $616.67 | 1,240 | 1,500 | -260 | -17.3% | 1,323 | 1,541 | -218 | -14.1% | -15.7% | 7 |
| 493 | Transportation & warehousing | Warehousing & storage | $658.08 | 1,213 | 1,364 | -151 | -11.1% | 1,232 | 1,441 | -209 | -14.5% | -12.8% | 10 |
| 511 | Information | Publishing industries, except Internet | $544.18 | 1,123 | 1,211 | -88 | -7.3% | 1,148 | 1,238 | -89 | -7.2% | -7.2% | 17 |
| 561 | Administrative & waste services | Administrative & support services | $501.26 | 6,802 | 7,525 | -723 | -9.6% | 6,035 | 6,367 | -332 | -5.2% | -7.4% | 16 |
| Total | $802.91 | 48,486 | 55,668 | -7,182 | -12.9% | 46,195 | 52,240 | -6,044 | -11.6% | -12.2% | . | ||
| 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 2009Q2 is $802.91. 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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