Table 1: Growing Industries Report for 2007Q4 in NAICS
NAICS (1)	SECTOR	SUBSECTOR	2007Q4 AWW (2)	Emp. 2007Q4	Emp. 2006Q4	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Emp. 2007Q3	Emp. 2006Q3	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Avg. Growth (3)	Rank (4)
221	Utilities	Utilities	$1,514.03	2,661	2,479	182	7.3%	2,653	2,491	162	6.5%	6.9%	16
237	Construction	Heavy & civil engineering construction	$1,238.26	9,617	8,727	890	10.2%	9,863	7,976	1,887	23.7%	16.9%	2
238	Construction	Specialty trade contractors	$860.02	13,254	11,741	1,513	12.9%	13,660	12,626	1,034	8.2%	10.5%	7
324	Manufacturing	Petroleum & coal products manufacturing	$1,390.05	1,090	1,004	85	8.5%	1,087	994	93	9.4%	8.9%	12
333	Manufacturing	Machinery manufacturing	$1,084.91	527	470	57	12.1%	539	459	80	17.5%	14.8%	3
423	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	$1,081.90	5,485	5,158	327	6.3%	5,477	5,112	365	7.1%	6.7%	17
424	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods	$924.70	2,965	2,796	169	6.1%	3,011	2,852	159	5.6%	5.8%	21
443	Retail Trade	Electronics & appliance stores	$587.12	759	712	47	6.7%	727	676	51	7.5%	7.1%	15
444	Retail Trade	Building material & garden supply stores	$579.80	2,934	2,767	167	6.0%	3,073	2,887	186	6.4%	6.2%	19
481	Transportation & warehousing	Air transportation	$610.62	705	651	55	8.4%	721	677	45	6.6%	7.5%	14
484	Transportation & warehousing	Truck transportation	$945.07	4,382	4,139	243	5.9%	4,397	4,142	255	6.2%	6.0%	20
488	Transportation & warehousing	Support activities for transportation	$755.49	972	877	96	10.9%	973	903	69	7.7%	9.3%	10
493	Transportation & warehousing	Warehousing & storage	$569.46	1,541	989	552	55.8%	1,518	926	591	63.8%	59.8%	1
517	Information	Telecommu-nications	$946.89	1,617	1,399	218	15.6%	1,571	1,385	187	13.5%	14.5%	4
519	Information	Other information services	$497.64	715	661	54	8.2%	724	660	64	9.6%	8.9%	11
532	Real estate & rental & leasing	Rental & leasing services	$1,023.73	2,427	2,224	203	9.1%	2,480	2,208	273	12.4%	10.7%	6
561	Administrative & waste services	Administrative & support services	$566.63	7,227	6,693	535	8.0%	8,264	7,367	897	12.2%	10.1%	8
562	Administrative & waste services	Waste management & remediation services	$792.30	725	679	46	6.8%	768	679	89	13.1%	9.9%	9
624	Health care & social assistance	Social assistance	$391.14	6,051	5,589	462	8.3%	5,819	5,397	421	7.8%	8.0%	13
711	Arts, entertainment, & recreation	Performing arts & spectator sports	$524.09	311	265	46	17.2%	538	512	26	5.1%	11.2%	5
713	Arts, entertainment, & recreation	Amusements, gambling, & recreation	$335.89	2,274	2,148	126	5.9%	3,073	2,856	217	7.6%	6.7%	18
	Total		$861.14	68,238	62,166	6,072	9.8%	70,935	63,783	7,152	11.2%	10.5%	.
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 2007Q4 is $861.14. 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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