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San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area industry wages have increased by 13.9% percent since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area by a total of 13.9%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of California and less than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind California, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA when analyzed can be described as very high when analyzed with other Metro Areas in the United States. The overall wages are 12.6 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $45,358. The average pay was less than the national industry average of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 116,840 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 139 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 88 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 50 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the General medical and surgical hospitals industry has grown the most with 12,511 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry makes up 15.5 percent of the total growth in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (12,511 new jobs)
2. Private households (7,228 new jobs)
3. Management and technical consulting services (6,742 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (5,831 new jobs)
5. Outpatient care centers (4,112 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Management of companies and enterprises industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 17,845 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 11.9 percent of the total employment decline in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (17,845 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (12,487 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (9,833 jobs lost)
4. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (9,620 jobs lost)
5. ISPs and web search portals (9,354 jobs lost)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 6.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in California, which went through a gain of 2.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Sound recording industries industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 70.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the industry reported a loss of 45 percent. The losses in the Sound recording industries industry in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 29 percent in terms of employees in the Sound recording industries industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Sound recording industries (70.2 percent decline)
2. ISPs and web search portals (61 percent decline)
3. Business, computer and management training (53.5 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (48.7 percent decline)
5. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (47.9 percent decline)

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 107.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry took a gain of 61 percent. The Other general merchandise stores industry in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 31.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (107.2 percent gain)
2. Outpatient care centers (75.8 percent gain)
3. Home health care services (58.5 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (44.9 percent gain)
5. Office administrative services (44.2 percent gain)

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont One-Year Industry Employment Change

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The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 33.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined slower than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 72.7 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (33.2 percent decline)
2. Fabric mills (29.5 percent decline)
3. Water, sewage and other systems (23.6 percent decline)
4. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (22.6 percent decline)
5. Specialty food stores (21.2 percent decline)

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other transportation equipment manufacturing industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 201.7 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where the industry took a gain of 1.3 percent. The Other transportation equipment manufacturing industry in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other transportation equipment manufacturing (201.7 percent gain)
2. Monetary authorities - central bank (139.8 percent gain)
3. Support activities for water transportation (89.8 percent gain)
4. Seafood product preparation and packaging (49.8 percent gain)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (24.6 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2 percent.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 3,595 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 7.2 percent of the total growth in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (3,595 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (3,231 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (3,038 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (2,433 new jobs)
5. Architectural and engineering services (2,226 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Software publishers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,330 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Software publishers industry make up 7.9 percent of the total employment decline in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Software publishers (1,330 jobs lost)
2. Telecommunications resellers (1,313 jobs lost)
3. Specialty food stores (1,306 jobs lost)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (1,292 jobs lost)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (1,005 jobs lost)

In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 39,620 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 191 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 80 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 110 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

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The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $65,382, representing a 9.9 percent decline. The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 1 of 7 metro area in percent of decline for household income in California. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ranks 81 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median income in the US.

Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area was reported to have a very high median income for all households of $72,568 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 23.4 percent higher than the median in California of $55,567 and the income level is 32.3 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic Householders in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA recorded a median income of $59,272, this median household income is 18.3 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $76,805 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 5.8 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont reported an income level of $57,034, which was 21.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $80,600. This median is 11.1 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 35.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $47,019.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area may be understood as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 18.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, having 10.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The rate of poverty in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro has increased by 1.2 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 8.7 percent to 9.9 percent.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic category. This group felt a decline of 35.7 percent from 2000 to 2005. The American Indian and Alaska Native population group was least impacted by the household income decline in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, seeing a 30.7 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area

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In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 48.4 percent of the White Alone, 22.4 percent of Black or African American, 48.6 percent of the Asian alone and 16 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area may to understood as having a very highly-educated working age population, with 43.2 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported in American Community Survey of 2005. The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA has a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of California's proportion of 29.6 percent and a higher percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 4.4 percent. By 2005, 44.4 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 7.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 42 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

The American Community Survey reported that in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 44.4 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 44.4 percent (Men) versus 42 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 42 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

Since the year 2000, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 6.0 percent to a total of 43.2 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

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In terms of total land area, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area encompasses a total area of 2473 square miles. The land areas has a very high average area density of 1,679 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar metro areas, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (2,664 per sq. mile ), New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (2,787 per sq. mile ), Olympia (315 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Trenton-Ewing (1,621 per sq. mile ), Honolulu (1,509 per sq. mile ), Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk (1,443 per sq. mile ).

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area had a population of 4,152,688 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the 2000 total population of 4,136,868. This growth signifies an increase of 0.4 percent. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ranks 15 of 26 MSAs when calculating total change in population for California and the metro area ranks 131 of 361 metro areas by growth in MSA population in the United States.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very high number of individuals migrated into the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area, with 198,685 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont totals 14 percent of the total migration into the State of California. This percent of international migration is very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 46.7 percent White, 8.7 percent African American, 21.5 percent Asian, and 19.4 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 49.6 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of California percent of 53.4. Since 2000, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont has increased the percent of minority makeup when 46.9 percent of the people were minorities.

The Census Bureau estimates in 2005 the median age in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area to be 38.0 years of age. The median in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is greater than the median in California of 34.4. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.6 years old. With 1.1 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont can be understood as being made up of a relatively high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.3 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 11 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other metro areas throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

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Throughout the State of California, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is positioned 24 of the 26 metro areas in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The metropolitan statistical area (msa) ranks 284 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the real estate market was made up of 1,668,342 homes in the year 2005. This MSA has gone through a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding in all 46,308 residential structures since 2001, a change of 2.9 percent.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $655,300, reported by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the overall California 2005 home median value of $477,700 and greater than median home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont may be described as having an extremely high percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 72.5 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

The owner-occupied dwellings in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California have increased sharply from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $301,800, or 85.4 percent, from their 2000 median values of $353,500.

There seems to be a limited amount of real estate that is affordable in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California. In 2005, only 3.7 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for San Francisco, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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Management of companies and enterprises is the industry with the largest establishments in San Francisco Metropolitan Area (MSA), averaging 59 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 40 and greater than the California average of 54 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

In San Francisco, Retail Trade, Professional and technical services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 12.2 percent of total employment in the Metro Area, making up 206,065 employees. The Professional and technical services and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 10.7 and 10.5 percent of industry employment.

An industry with high wages in San Francisco is the finance and insurance industry with an average annual wage of $112,762. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the annual average wages in the industry have grown by 3.9 percent or $4,273. The State of California holds a similar pattern in the finance and insurance sector, standing near the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in the San Francisco MSA. The sector faced a loss of 30,405 jobs during the period, or 18 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 26.7 percent of all employment losses in the Metro Area.

Educational services is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in San Francisco, with an industry growth of 12.8 percent. This is less than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of California underwent a employment change in the industry of 13.7 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

In San Francisco, Professional and technical services, Management of companies and enterprises and Information industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Professional and technical services sector in the county has a location quotient of 1.67. The level of employment in the Professional and technical services sector is 1.67 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that San Francisco may be an exporter of products or services of Professional and technical services.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).