Massachusetts

Industry wages in the State of Massachusetts grown by 14.9% since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages in the State of Massachusetts grown by a total of 14.9%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

The counties in the State of Massachusetts range, in terms of growth in average industry wages from 2001 to 2006, from 26.2% in Dukes County to a low of a 12.2% in Middlesex County.

Top ten counties in terms of industry wages in the Massachusetts
Total Industry Wages

1. Dukes County (26.2%)
2. Norfolk County (19.3%)
3. Bristol County (19.0%)
4. Suffolk County (18.2%)
5. Barnstable County (17.9%)
6. Hampshire County (17.6%)
7. Berkshire County (16.2%)
8. Plymouth County (15.4%)
9. Hampden County (15.3%)
10. Worcester County (15.1%)

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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.

Wages in the State of Massachusetts Exceed Wages in the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Massachusetts can be described as very low when analyzed with other States in the United States. The overall wages are greater than average pay in US of $40,259.

The counties in the State of Massachusetts in terms of total industry wages in the 2nd quarter of 2006, range from $64,272 in Suffolk County to a low of a $31,441 in Franklin County.

Top ten counties in terms of industry wages in the Massachusetts
Total Industry Wages

1. Suffolk County ($64,272)
2. Middlesex County ($58,034)
3. Norfolk County ($50,401)
4. Essex County ($43,172)
5. Worcester County ($41,561)
6. Plymouth County ($38,117)
7. Hampden County ($36,266)
8. Bristol County ($35,779)
9. Berkshire County ($35,411)
10. Dukes County ($35,325)

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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.

Massachusetts Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total industry employment has decreased by 3.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

The State of Massachusetts: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 392.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). The Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. industry in Massachusetts outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 23.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. (392.3 percent gain)
2. Household appliance manufacturing (201.6 percent gain)
3. Support activities for forestry (104.5 percent gain)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (92.1 percent gain)
5. Apparel knitting mills (87.1 percent gain)

The State of Massachusetts: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 71.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses in the Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry in Massachusetts outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 35.1 in percent of workers in the Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing (71.5 percent decline)
2. Inland water transportation (68.2 percent decline)
3. Communications equipment manufacturing (61.6 percent decline)
4. Rubber product manufacturing (60.2 percent decline)
5. Fiber, yarn, and thread mills (60.2 percent decline)

Out of the 284 4-digit NAICS industries, 174 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 110 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the State of Massachusetts

Given the industries in the area, the Computer systems design and related services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 15,346 jobs. The declines in the Computer systems design and related services industry make up 6.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (15,346 jobs lost)
2. Communications equipment manufacturing (10,096 jobs lost)
3. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (9,735 jobs lost)
4. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (9,400 jobs lost)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (8,910 jobs lost)

In the State of Massachusetts, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 97,431 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the State of Massachusetts

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the General medical and surgical hospitals industry has added the most employment with 20,931 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry makes up 14.7 percent of the growth in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (20,931 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (8,844 new jobs)
3. Scientific research and development services (6,792 new jobs)
4. Private households (6,747 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (6,734 new jobs)

The counties in the State of Massachusetts in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 5.7 percent job gained in Plymouth County to a low of a 7.7 percent job lost in Middlesex County.

Top six counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the Massachusetts
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Plymouth County (5.7 percent gain)
2. Barnstable County (2.7 percent gain)
3. Berkshire County (1.5 percent gain)
4. Hampshire County (1.3 percent gain)
5. Dukes County (0.6 percent gain)
6. Bristol County (0.3 percent gain)

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of Massachusetts in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 8,055 total jobs gained in Plymouth County to a low of 60,368 jobs lost in Middlesex County.

Top six counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the Massachusetts
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Plymouth County (8,055 jobs gained)
2. Barnstable County (2,108 jobs gained)
3. Berkshire County (844 jobs gained)
4. Bristol County (629 jobs gained)
5. Hampshire County (573 jobs gained)
6. Dukes County (36 jobs gained)

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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.

Massachusetts One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total One-Year Employment Growth in the State of Massachusetts

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General medical and surgical hospitals industry has added the most employment with 4,639 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry makes up 8.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (4,639 new jobs)
2. Colleges and universities (4,014 new jobs)
3. Employment services (3,231 new jobs)
4. Computer systems design and related services (3,032 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (2,314 new jobs)

In the State of Massachusetts, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 25,406 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the State of Massachusetts

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Management of companies and enterprises industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 2,931 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 8.7 percent of the total employment decline in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (2,931 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (1,932 jobs lost)
3. Computer and peripheral equipment mfg. (1,563 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (1,245 jobs lost)
5. Converted paper product manufacturing (1,105 jobs lost)

Given the 280 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 141 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 138 industries reported employment loss in the period.

The State of Massachusetts: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Apparel knitting mills industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 167.3 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2).. The Apparel knitting mills industry in Massachusetts outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 10.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Apparel knitting mills (167.3 percent gain)
2. Telecommunications resellers (26.4 percent gain)
3. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (23.4 percent gain)
4. Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (22.5 percent gain)
5. Support activities for air transportation (20.4 percent gain)

The state of Massachusetts: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 48 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. The losses in the Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. industry in Massachusetts outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 0.9 percent in terms of employees in the Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy mfg. (48 percent decline)
2. Fiber, yarn, and thread mills (38.7 percent decline)
3. Support activities for rail transportation (32.5 percent decline)
4. Alumina and aluminum production (29.2 percent decline)
5. General rental centers (24.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of Massachusetts in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 9,924 total jobs gained in Middlesex County to a low of 387 jobs lost in Barnstable County.

Top nine counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the Massachusetts
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Middlesex County (9,924 jobs gained)
2. Suffolk County (7,591 jobs gained)
3. Norfolk County (2,694 jobs gained)
4. Essex County (1,928 jobs gained)
5. Worcester County (1,651 jobs gained)
6. Berkshire County (560 jobs gained)
7. Hampshire County (106 jobs gained)
8. Hampden County (80 jobs gained)
9. Plymouth County (73 jobs gained)

The counties in the State of Massachusetts in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 1.6 percent job gained in Suffolk County to a low of a 1.3 percent job lost in Franklin County.

Top nine counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the Massachusetts
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Suffolk County (1.6 percent gain)
2. Middlesex County (1.4 percent gain)
3. Berkshire County (1.0 percent gain)
4. Norfolk County (0.9 percent gain)
5. Essex County (0.8 percent gain)
6. Worcester County (0.6 percent gain)
7. Hampshire County (0.2 percent gain)
8. Plymouth County (0.0 percent gain)
9. Hampden County (0.0 percent gain)

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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 the State of Massachusetts

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According to the 2000 Census, the counties in the State of Massachusetts range, in terms of rate a poverty, from a high of 19 percent in Suffolk County to a low of 4.6 percent in Norfolk County.

Top ten counties in terms of poverty rate in the State of Massachusetts
Total Percent of Population Living Below Poverty

1. Suffolk County (19 percent)
2. Hampden County (14.7 )
3. Bristol County (10 percent)
4. Berkshire County (9.5 percent)
5. Franklin County (9.4 percent)
6. Hampshire County (9.4 percent)
7. Worcester County (9.2 percent)
8. Essex County (8.9 percent)
9. Nantucket County (7.5 percent)
10. Dukes County (7.3 percent)

Compared to other States throughout the nation, the State of Massachusetts had a relatively high household income of $59,087 (2005 Dollars). This median is 16.8 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The states median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $57,184, posting a 3.2 percent decline. The State of Massachusetts ranks 39 of 46 states in terms of the decline in household income across the nation.

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in the State of Massachusetts, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Hispanic category. This category saw a decline of 30.9 percent since 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Massachusetts, encountering a 52.4 percent increase in median income, since the values reporting the 2000 Decennial Census.

Evaluated with other States across the nation, the State of Massachusetts can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 9.3 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 29.8 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Massachusetts, reporting 12.5 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The poverty rate in the State of Massachusetts has increased by 1.0 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 9.3 percent to 10.3 percent.

According to the 2000 Census, the counties in the State of Massachusetts range, in terms of total household income, from a high of $74,215 in Norfolk County to a low of $45,685 in Berkshire County.

Top ten counties in highest household income in the State of Massachusetts
Total Annual Household Income (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars)

1. Norfolk County ($74,215)
2. Middlesex County ($71,161 )
3. Plymouth County ($65,070)
4. Nantucket County ($64,961)
5. Essex County ($60,344)
6. Worcester County ($56,013)
7. Hampshire County ($53,935)
8. Barnstable County ($53,742)
9. Dukes County ($53,304)
10. Bristol County ($50,890)

In the State of Massachusetts, White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $61,361 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.8 percent greater than the median in 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Massachusetts reported an income level of $43,068, which was 27.1 percent less than the median for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 33.2 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $39,461. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $59,989. This median income level is 1.5 percent greater than the all households reported median in the state. Hispanic households in Massachusetts, as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,941, this income level is 45.9 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

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

Higher Education in the State of Massachusetts

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Massachusetts can be considered to have a very highly-educated population, with 36.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The State of Massachusetts has a higher percent of population with a BA or Higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

From 2000, the State of Massachusetts has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 36.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the national percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Census Decennial, the counties in the State of Massachusetts range, in terms of percent of population (over 25) with a Bachelors Degree or Higher, from a high of 43.6 percent in Middlesex County to a low of 19.8 percent in Bristol County.

The ten most highly-educated counties in Massachusetts
Percent of the population (over 25) holding a bachelors degree or higher

1. Middlesex County (43.6 percent)
2. Norfolk County (43 percent)
3. Nantucket County (38.4 percent)
4. Dukes County (38.4 percent)
5. Hampshire County (38 percent)
6. Barnstable County (33.6 percent)
7. Suffolk County (32.4 percent)
8. Essex County (31.2 percent)
9. Franklin County (29 percent)
10. Plymouth County (27.8 percent)

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 37.8 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 4.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 36 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the State of Massachusetts, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 37.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in the Massachusetts have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 37.8 percent (Men) versus 36 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

In the State of Massachusetts as reported in the American Community Survey of the year 2005, 37.8 percent of the White Alone, 21 percent of Black or African American, 56.2 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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