SOUTH BAY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD - 2011

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region's non -farm employment growth rate include Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (10 percent) and Manufacturing (8.6 percent). Kings County 2006 -2016 Projection Highlights Education Services, Health Care and Social Assistance, Government, and Manufacturing sectors combined will generate an estimated 3,000 jobs, or 71 percent of all non -farm employment growth. The fastest growing non -farm industry sector is Information with an annual average growth rate of 3.3 percent. Other major industry sectors with significant growth rates are Education Services, Health Care and Social Assistance (3.1 percent), Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (2.5 percent) and Manufacturing (2.5 percent). The average annual growth rates for Natural Resources, Mining, and Construction, Wholesale Trade, and Financial Services will not exceed the 1.2 percent growth rate for the county's non -farm employment. North Central Counties Consortium 2006 -2016 Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino Counties Projection Highlights The largest amount of job growth is expected to occur in the Government sector with the addition of almost 3,200 jobs, with most occurring in the Local Government segment. Retail trade will provide the second largest amount of job growth with the addition of over 1,000 new jobs. Significant employment increases are expected in Education Services, Health Care and Social Assistance (420) and Professional and Business Services (250). The other major industry sectors are expected to make marginal employment gains except for Manufacturing, which is forecast to decline by 370 jobs during the outlook period. The fastest growing non -farm industry sector is Government with an average annual growth rate of just over 1 percent per year. Average annual growth rates in Retail Trade (0.7 percent) and Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities (0.5) will equal or exceed the 0.5 percent annual growth rate for total non- farm employment in the county. 2006 -2016 Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Highlights The largest amount of job growth is expected to occur in the Government sector with the addition of almost 1,300 jobs. Education Services, Health Care and Social Assistance, and the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utility sectors are expected to contribute 260 jobs each during the outlook period. Employment increases are also expected in Wholesale Trade (210), and Leisure and Hospitality (200). The fastest growing non -farm industry sector is Wholesale Trade with an average annual growth rate of about 2 percent per year. The Government sector follows closely with an estimated annual growth rate of about 1.5 percent. 58