Employment-losing industries by 2 digit SIC
1997, Montgomery County
Rank | Industry | 2-Digit SIC | Jobs | One Year Change in Employment | Average Weekly Wages | Average Annual Wages | |
Absolute | Percentage: 97Q2 X 96Q2 | ||||||
1 | Business Services | 73 | 44,887 | 3,390 | 8.2% | $726 | $37,766 |
2 | Health Services | 80 | 31,251 | 1,273 | 4.2% | $702 | $36,526 |
3 | Engineering & Management Services | 87 | 30,221 | 1,206 | 4.2% | $949 | $49,360 |
4 | Special Trade Contractors | 17 | 13,605 | 811 | 6.3% | $659 | $34,272 |
5 | Miscellaneous Retail | 59 | 10,824 | 803 | 8.0% | $342 | $17,780 |
6 | Amusement & Recreation Services | 79 | 5,879 | 738 | 14.4% | $305 | $15,848 |
7 | General Merchandise Stores | 53 | 6,404 | 637 | 11.0% | $335 | $17,424 |
8 | Printing And Publishing | 27 | 6,337 | 582 | 10.1% | $775 | $40,316 |
9 | Eating And Drinking Places | 58 | 21,365 | 555 | 2.7% | $259 | $13,485 |
10 | Food Stores | 54 | 10,631 | 475 | 4.7% | $408 | $21,207 |
11 | Instruments And Related Products | 38 | 3,704 | 391 | 11.8% | $1,060 | $55,120 |
12 | Social Services | 83 | 10,465 | 341 | 3.4% | $382 | $19,865 |
13 | Insurance Carriers | 63 | 5,495 | 302 | 5.8% | $927 | $48,195 |
14 | Depository Institutions | 60 | 5,620 | 299 | 5.6% | $679 | $35,309 |
15 | Nondepository Institutions | 61 | 2,517 | 293 | 13.2% | $954 | $49,587 |
16 | Nonclassifiable Establishments | 99 | 615 | 273 | 79.8% | $553 | $28,747 |
17 | Hotels And Other Lodging Places | 70 | 7,084 | 242 | 3.5% | $747 | $38,862 |
18 | Educational Services | 82 | 5,026 | 242 | 5.1% | $534 | $27,787 |
19 | Chemicals And Allied Products | 28 | 979 | 218 | 28.6% | $1,153 | $59,935 |
20 | Personal Services | 72 | 4,773 | 207 | 4.5% | $359 | $18,657 |
21 | Apparel And Accessory Stores | 56 | 4,286 | 177 | 4.3% | $267 | $13,901 |
22 | Electric, Gas, And Sanitary Services | 49 | 482 | 168 | 53.5% | $694 | $36,094 |
23 | Food & kindred Products | 20 | 962 | 114 | 13.4% | $671 | $34,867 |
24 | Miscellaneous Repair Services | 76 | 962 | 80 | 9.1% | $582 | $30,272 |
25 | Transportation Services | 47 | 815 | 78 | 10.6% | $517 | $26,882 |
26 | Membership Organizations | 86 | 4,268 | 67 | 1.6% | $640 | $33,304 |
27 | Local And Interurban Passenger Transit | 41 | 317 | 63 | 24.8% | $371 | $19,291 |
28 | Auto Repair, Services, And Parking | 75 | 3,122 | 61 | 2.0% | $544 | $28,306 |
29 | Electronic & Other Electric Equipment | 36 | 4,580 | 56 | 1.2% | $929 | $48,333 |
30 | Trucking And Warehousing | 42 | 2,151 | 54 | 2.6% | $441 | $22,940 |
31 | Rubber And Misc. Plastics Products | 30 | 110 | 38 | 52.8% | $651 | $33,846 |
32 | Holding And Other Investment Offices | 67 | 304 | 35 | 13.0% | $1,086 | $56,489 |
33 | Water Transportation | 44 | 149 | 34 | 29.6% | $1,116 | $58,047 |
34 | Apparel & other Textiles | 23 | 75 | 23 | 44.2% | $425 | $22,080 |
35 | Private Households | 88 | 5,550 | 16 | 0.3% | $233 | $12,122 |
36 | Industrial Machinery And Equipment | 35 | 291 | 15 | 5.4% | $795 | $41,345 |
37 | Furniture & Fixtures | 25 | 58 | 14 | 31.8% | $409 | $21,290 |
38 | Stone, Clay, And Glass Products | 32 | 334 | 14 | 4.4% | $799 | $41,568 |
39 | Heavy Construction | 16 | 1,274 | 8 | 0.6% | $657 | $34,157 |
40 | Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries | 39 | 60 | 6 | 11.1% | $545 | $28,351 |
41 | Legal Services | 81 | 3,027 | 3 | 0.1% | $896 | $46,595 |
42 | Museums, Botanical, Zoological Gardens | 84 | 64 | 2 | 3.2% | $257 | $13,358 |
43 | Services, Nec | 89 | 185 | 0 | 0.0% | $1,043 | $54,217 |
44 | Lumber & Wood Products | 24 | 195 | (4) | (2.0%) | $552 | $28,725 |
45 | Fabricated Metal Products | 34 | 179 | (4) | (2.2%) | $765 | $39,759 |
46 | Automotive Dealers & Service Stations | 55 | 7,424 | (8) | (0.1%) | $653 | $33,945 |
47 | Motion Pictures | 78 | 1,550 | (10) | (0.6%) | $376 | $19,563 |
48 | Building Materials & Garden Supplies | 52 | 2,603 | (13) | (0.5%) | $407 | $21,155 |
49 | Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service | 64 | 3,021 | (13) | (0.4%) | $831 | $43,224 |
50 | General Building Contractors | 15 | 6,993 | (18) | (0.3%) | $751 | $39,070 |
51 | Agricultural Services | 7 | 4,066 | (19) | (0.5%) | $405 | $21,045 |
52 | Real Estate | 65 | 9,769 | (23) | (0.2%) | $624 | $32,472 |
53 | Agricultural Production - Crops | 1 | 184 | (27) | (12.8%) | $426 | $22,177 |
54 | Security And Commodity Brokers | 62 | 2,033 | (30) | (1.5%) | $1,302 | $67,724 |
55 | Wholesale Trade--Nondurable Goods | 51 | 2,959 | (129) | (4.2%) | $719 | $37,395 |
56 | Communication | 48 | 6,519 | (224) | (3.3%) | $1,078 | $56,044 |
57 | Wholesale Trade--Durable Goods | 50 | 9,728 | (355) | (3.5%) | $1,033 | $53,740 |
58 | Furniture And Home Furnishings Stores | 57 | 4,851 | (443) | (8.4%) | $536 | $27,879 |
59 | Agricultural Production - Livestock | 2 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
60 | Forestry | 8 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
61 | Oil & Gas Extraction | 13 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
62 | Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels | 14 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
63 | Textile Mill Products | 22 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
64 | Paper & Allied Products | 26 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
65 | Petroleum And Coal Products | 29 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
66 | Leather And Leather Products | 31 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
67 | Primary Metal Industries | 33 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
68 | Transportation Equipment | 37 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
69 | Transportation By Air | 45 | CONFIDENTIAL | ||||
NOTE: ( ) denotes a negative value
Source: Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Research and Technology Center. Revised 05, 2000 |