TABLE 1: GROWING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2004Q2 IN NAICS
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2004Q2             Avg. Growth3
      AWW2 2004Q2 2003Q2 Growth   2004Q1 2003Q1 Growth    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting Crop production 111 $311.01   534 473 61 12.9%   289 263 26 9.9%   11.4% 7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting Agriculture and forestry support activities 115 $556.14   396 334 62 18.6%   321 260 61 23.5%   21.0% 4
Mining Oil and gas extraction 211 $1,174.21   3,301 3,126 175 5.6%   3,302 3,040 262 8.6%   7.1% 15
Mining Support activities for mining 213 $967.45   8,884 7,474 1,410 18.9%   8,464 6,866 1,598 23.3%   21.1% 3
Manufacturing Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 324 $1,043.26   910 863 47 5.5%   904 843 61 7.2%   6.3% 17
Manufacturing Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 326 $507.27   482 433 49 11.3%   492 414 78 18.8%   15.1% 5
Manufacturing Machinery manufacturing 333 $637.78   381 347 34 9.8%   375 339 36 10.6%   10.2% 8
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $908.26   138 128 10 7.8%   139 129 10 7.8%   7.8% 12
Wholesale trade Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 423 $862.67   4,426 4,164 262 6.3%   4,324 4,111 213 5.2%   5.7% 21
Wholesale trade Electronic markets and agents and brokers 425 $825.15   395 348 47 13.5%   388 334 54 16.2%   14.8% 6
Retail Trade Health and personal care stores 446 $452.71   882 818 64 7.8%   872 812 60 7.4%   7.6% 13
Retail Trade Clothing and clothing accessories stores 448 $261.45   1,426 1,356 70 5.2%   1,380 1,299 81 6.2%   5.7% 22
Transportation and warehousing Support activities for transportation 488 $587.32   925 873 52 6.0%   987 873 114 13.1%   9.5% 10
Transportation and warehousing Couriers and messengers 492 $656.61   702 658 44 6.7%   684 648 36 5.6%   6.1% 18
Transportation and warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $511.33   668 485 183 37.7%   560 475 85 17.9%   27.8% 2
Information Broadcasting, except Internet 515 $505.88   587 539 48 8.9%   603 551 52 9.4%   9.2% 11
Real estate and rental and leasing Rental and leasing services 532 $530.73   1,712 1,592 120 7.5%   1,665 1,475 190 12.9%   10.2% 9
Management of companies and enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $1,270.57   739 515 224 43.5%   705 505 200 39.6%   41.6% 1
Administrative and waste services Waste management and remediation services 562 $575.86   540 514 26 5.1%   521 487 34 7.0%   6.0% 19
Educational services Educational services 611 $616.04   27,284 25,455 1,829 7.2%   27,403 25,708 1,695 6.6%   6.9% 16
Health care and social assistance Ambulatory health care services 621 $781.68   7,669 7,210 459 6.4%   7,516 7,129 387 5.4%   5.9% 20
Arts, entertainment, and recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $233.69   2,108 2,001 107 5.4%   1,706 1,565 141 9.0%   7.2% 14
Total     $713.37   65,089 59,706 5,383 9.0%   63,600 58,126 5,474 9.4%   9.2% 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 2004 is $713.37. 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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