Table 1: Growing Industries Report for 2007Q3 in NAICS
NAICS (1)	SECTOR	SUBSECTOR	2007Q3 AWW (2)	Emp. 2007Q3	Emp. 2006Q3	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Emp. 2007Q2	Emp. 2006Q2	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Avg. Growth (3)	Rank (4)
221	Utilities	Utilities	$1,243.52	2,653	2,491	162	6.5%	2,623	2,492	131	5.2%	5.9%	20
237	Construction	Heavy & civil engineering construction	$1,107.85	9,792	7,976	1,817	22.8%	8,702	6,865	1,837	26.8%	24.8%	2
324	Manufacturing	Petroleum & coal products manufacturing	$1,306.80	1,087	994	93	9.4%	1,048	959	89	9.3%	9.3%	11
333	Manufacturing	Machinery manufacturing	$825.11	539	459	80	17.5%	531	445	85	19.2%	18.3%	3
423	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	$959.25	5,460	5,112	348	6.8%	5,424	5,003	421	8.4%	7.6%	12
424	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods	$844.97	3,012	2,852	160	5.6%	3,019	2,818	200	7.1%	6.4%	19
443	Retail Trade	Electronics & appliance stores	$561.70	726	676	50	7.4%	749	668	81	12.1%	9.8%	10
444	Retail Trade	Building material & garden supply stores	$537.87	3,074	2,887	186	6.5%	3,057	2,875	182	6.3%	6.4%	18
452	Retail Trade	General merchandise stores	$364.48	6,878	6,416	462	7.2%	6,434	5,986	449	7.5%	7.3%	13
484	Transportation & warehousing	Truck transportation	$876.58	4,394	4,142	252	6.1%	4,253	3,920	333	8.5%	7.3%	14
488	Transportation & warehousing	Support activities for transportation	$687.31	973	903	70	7.7%	942	890	53	5.9%	6.8%	16
493	Transportation & warehousing	Warehousing & storage	$575.47	1,511	926	584	63.1%	1,300	994	306	30.7%	46.9%	1
517	Information	Telecommunications	$971.39	1,571	1,385	187	13.5%	1,551	1,370	181	13.2%	13.3%	4
519	Information	Other information services	$447.22	725	660	65	9.8%	720	656	64	9.8%	9.8%	9
532	Real estate & rental & leasing	Rental & leasing services	$804.67	2,497	2,208	289	13.1%	2,355	2,196	158	7.2%	10.2%	8
561	Administrative & waste services	Administrative & support services	$485.87	8,396	7,367	1,029	14.0%	7,807	6,993	814	11.6%	12.8%	5
562	Administrative & waste services	Waste management & remediation services	$744.69	766	679	87	12.8%	733	658	75	11.4%	12.1%	6
624	Health care & social assistance	Social assistance	$389.30	5,821	5,397	423	7.8%	5,839	5,502	338	6.1%	7.0%	15
713	Arts, entertainment, & recreation	Amusements, gambling, & recreation	$333.53	3,056	2,856	199	7.0%	2,531	2,386	145	6.1%	6.5%	17
811	Other services, except public administration	Repair & maintenance	$775.97	4,189	3,919	270	6.9%	4,457	3,915	542	13.8%	10.4%	7
	Total		$727.04	67,118	60,304	6,814	11.3%	64,075	57,591	6,484	11.3%	11.3%	.
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 2007Q3 is $727.04. 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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