| Table 2: Declining Industries Report for 2009Q4 in NAICS | |||||||||||||
| NAICS (1) | SECTOR | SUBSECTOR | 2009Q4 AWW (2) | Emp. 2009Q4 | Emp. 2008Q4 | Emp. Change | Pct. Change | Emp. 2009Q3 | Emp. 2008Q3 | Emp. Change | Pct. Change | Avg. Decline (3) | Rank (4) |
| 211 | Mining | Oil & gas extraction | $1,729.73 | 4,016 | 4,719 | -704 | -14.9% | 4,082 | 4,800 | -718 | -15.0% | -14.9% | 11 |
| 213 | Mining | Support activities for mining | $1,349.83 | 10,586 | 15,776 | -5,190 | -32.9% | 10,562 | 15,313 | -4,751 | -31.0% | -32.0% | 2 |
| 236 | Construction | Construction of buildings | $889.79 | 4,188 | 4,917 | -730 | -14.8% | 4,635 | 5,172 | -537 | -10.4% | -12.6% | 16 |
| 237 | Construction | Heavy & civil engineering construction | $1,103.00 | 7,258 | 9,048 | -1,790 | -19.8% | 8,088 | 10,514 | -2,426 | -23.1% | -21.4% | 6 |
| 238 | Construction | Specialty trade contractors | $871.35 | 11,788 | 13,950 | -2,162 | -15.5% | 12,893 | 14,869 | -1,975 | -13.3% | -14.4% | 14 |
| 321 | Manufacturing | Wood product manufacturing | $678.69 | 346 | 525 | -179 | -34.1% | 377 | 591 | -215 | -36.3% | -35.2% | 1 |
| 323 | Manufacturing | Printing & related support activities | $561.70 | 273 | 329 | -55 | -16.8% | 271 | 337 | -66 | -19.6% | -18.2% | 10 |
| 326 | Manufacturing | Plastics & rubber products manufacturing | $818.19 | 337 | 494 | -157 | -31.7% | 357 | 498 | -141 | -28.3% | -30.0% | 3 |
| 332 | Manufacturing | Fabricated metal product manufacturing | $986.51 | 1,325 | 1,658 | -333 | -20.1% | 1,390 | 1,681 | -291 | -17.3% | -18.7% | 9 |
| 334 | Manufacturing | Computer & electronic product manufacturing | $930.42 | 181 | 244 | -63 | -25.9% | 193 | 239 | -46 | -19.2% | -22.6% | 5 |
| 336 | Manufacturing | Transportation equipment manufacturing | $725.17 | 355 | 441 | -86 | -19.5% | 306 | 483 | -177 | -36.6% | -28.1% | 4 |
| 337 | Manufacturing | Furniture & related product manufacturing | $589.26 | 220 | 270 | -50 | -18.4% | 254 | 284 | -31 | -10.8% | -14.6% | 12 |
| 423 | Wholesale trade | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | $1,180.06 | 5,363 | 5,958 | -595 | -10.0% | 5,530 | 5,929 | -399 | -6.7% | -8.4% | 25 |
| 425 | Wholesale trade | Electronic markets & agents & brokers | $1,583.30 | 268 | 329 | -62 | -18.7% | 271 | 343 | -73 | -21.2% | -19.9% | 7 |
| 441 | Retail Trade | Motor vehicle & parts dealers | $754.23 | 4,077 | 4,437 | -360 | -8.1% | 4,252 | 4,608 | -356 | -7.7% | -7.9% | 27 |
| 442 | Retail Trade | Furniture & home furnishings stores | $539.59 | 727 | 824 | -97 | -11.8% | 738 | 849 | -111 | -13.0% | -12.4% | 17 |
| 444 | Retail Trade | Building material & garden supply stores | $584.27 | 2,793 | 3,119 | -327 | -10.5% | 3,025 | 3,215 | -191 | -5.9% | -8.2% | 26 |
| 447 | Retail Trade | Gasoline stations | $412.81 | 3,761 | 4,183 | -422 | -10.1% | 4,064 | 4,367 | -303 | -6.9% | -8.5% | 23 |
| 448 | Retail Trade | Clothing & clothing accessories stores | $363.92 | 1,369 | 1,488 | -119 | -8.0% | 1,398 | 1,560 | -162 | -10.4% | -9.2% | 20 |
| 451 | Retail Trade | Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores | $348.61 | 1,359 | 1,459 | -101 | -6.9% | 1,414 | 1,510 | -97 | -6.4% | -6.6% | 31 |
| 453 | Retail Trade | Miscellaneous store retailers | $390.58 | 1,738 | 1,888 | -149 | -7.9% | 1,879 | 2,007 | -129 | -6.4% | -7.2% | 28 |
| 454 | Retail Trade | Nonstore retailers | $681.80 | 1,321 | 1,637 | -316 | -19.3% | 1,203 | 1,485 | -282 | -19.0% | -19.1% | 8 |
| 484 | Transportation & warehousing | Truck transportation | $906.19 | 3,818 | 4,522 | -704 | -15.6% | 3,954 | 4,545 | -591 | -13.0% | -14.3% | 15 |
| 491 | Transportation & warehousing | Postal service | $1,049.86 | 1,179 | 1,276 | -97 | -7.6% | 1,215 | 1,293 | -78 | -6.0% | -6.8% | 30 |
| 493 | Transportation & warehousing | Warehousing & storage | $724.78 | 1,153 | 1,270 | -116 | -9.2% | 1,169 | 1,284 | -116 | -9.0% | -9.1% | 21 |
| 511 | Information | Publishing industries, except Internet | $584.02 | 1,077 | 1,181 | -104 | -8.8% | 1,097 | 1,214 | -117 | -9.6% | -9.2% | 19 |
| 515 | Information | Broadcasting, except Internet | $591.30 | 473 | 503 | -30 | -6.0% | 474 | 510 | -36 | -7.1% | -6.5% | 33 |
| 523 | Finance & insurance | Securities, commodity contracts, investments | $1,687.76 | 510 | 550 | -40 | -7.3% | 506 | 538 | -32 | -5.9% | -6.6% | 32 |
| 532 | Real estate & rental & leasing | Rental & leasing services | $901.28 | 1,928 | 2,277 | -348 | -15.3% | 2,080 | 2,408 | -328 | -13.6% | -14.5% | 13 |
| 541 | Professional & technical services | Professional & technical services | $1,175.55 | 9,191 | 10,139 | -948 | -9.4% | 9,393 | 10,187 | -794 | -7.8% | -8.6% | 22 |
| 561 | Administrative & waste services | Administrative & support services | $540.24 | 6,230 | 7,006 | -775 | -11.1% | 7,167 | 8,130 | -963 | -11.8% | -11.5% | 18 |
| 721 | Accommodation and food services | Accommodation | $410.62 | 9,793 | 10,696 | -903 | -8.4% | 14,009 | 14,805 | -796 | -5.4% | -6.9% | 29 |
| 811 | Other services, except public administration | Repair & maintenance | $806.33 | 3,912 | 4,360 | -448 | -10.3% | 4,021 | 4,302 | -281 | -6.5% | -8.4% | 24 |
| Total | $895.01 | 102,913 | 121,474 | -18,561 | -15.3% | 112,266 | 129,872 | -17,606 | -13.6% | -14.4% | |||
| 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 2009Q4 is $895.01. 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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