| West Piedmont Planning District Localities | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Annual Average Employment by Industry by Place of Work | ||||||||||||||||
| Franklin | % of | Henry | % of | Patrick | % of | Pittsylvania | % of | Danville | % of | Martinsville | % of | West | % of | % of | ||
| County | Total | County | Total | County | Total | County | Total | City | Total | City | Total | Piedmont | Total | Virginia | Total | |
| Agriculture | 204 | 1.3% | 68 | 0.4% | 179 | 3.4% | 237 | 1.9% | D | N/A | D | N/A | 698 | 0.8% | 12,472 | 0.3% |
| Mining | D | N/A | 0 | 0.0% | D | N/A | D | N/A | D | N/A | D | N/A | D | N/A | 9,209 | 0.3% |
| Utilities | D | N/A | D | N/A | D | N/A | 66 | 0.5% | 157 | 0.6% | 83 | 0.6% | 396 | 0.4% | 18,509 | 0.5% |
| Construction | 1,467 | 9.6% | 829 | 5.1% | 195 | 3.7% | 1,324 | 10.9% | 598 | 2.2% | 200 | 1.5% | 4,613 | 5.1% | 251,339 | 6.8% |
| Manufacturing | 3,376 | 22.1% | 6,369 | 38.8% | 1,856 | 35.1% | 2,875 | 23.6% | 4,764 | 17.3% | 1,688 | 12.8% | 20,928 | 23.3% | 286,579 | 7.8% |
| Transportation/Warehousing | 278 | 1.8% | 1,116 | 6.8% | 174 | 3.3% | 272 | 2.2% | 460 | 1.7% | 149 | 1.1% | 2,448 | 2.7% | 129,758 | 3.5% |
| Wholesale Trade | 505 | 3.3% | 607 | 3.7% | 137 | 2.6% | 667 | 5.5% | 651 | 2.4% | 92 | 0.7% | 2,659 | 3.0% | 121,346 | 3.3% |
| Retail Trade | 2,205 | 14.4% | 1,381 | 8.4% | 537 | 10.1% | 1,457 | 12.0% | 4,184 | 15.2% | 3,057 | 23.3% | 12,821 | 14.3% | 434,324 | 11.8% |
| Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate | 486 | 3.2% | 407 | 2.5% | 96 | 1.8% | 262 | 2.2% | 1,246 | 4.5% | 519 | 3.9% | 3,016 | 3.4% | 191,435 | 5.2% |
| Services | D | N/A | D | N/A | D | N/A | 4,377 | 36.0% | 14,318 | 52.1% | D | N/A | 38,721 | 43.1% | 1,986,012 | 54.1% |
| State Government | 89 | 0.6% | 91 | 0.6% | 27 | 0.5% | 339 | 2.8% | 288 | 1.0% | 154 | 1.2% | 989 | 1.1% | 43,286 | 1.2% |
| Local Government | 284 | 1.9% | 321 | 2.0% | 146 | 2.8% | 265 | 2.2% | 751 | 2.7% | 507 | 3.9% | 2,274 | 2.5% | 81,728 | 2.2% |
| Federal Government | 8 | 0.1% | D | N/A | 5 | 0.1% | 19 | 0.2% | 40 | 0.1% | 11 | 0.1% | 84 | 0.1% | 99,794 | 2.7% |
| Nonclassifiable | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5,618 | 0.2% |
| Total Employment | 15,274 | 100.0% | 16,415 | 100.0% | 5,294 | 100.0% | 12,165 | 100.0% | 27,467 | 100.0% | 13,145 | 100.0% | 89,759 | 100.0% | 3,671,407 | 100.0% |
| "D" indicates disclosure suppression. Data is included only in the total. Figures may not always total correctly due to the rounding process. It should be noted that beginning in 2005, the Government and Service employment | ||||||||||||||||
| sectors have changed reporting methods as some Public Administrative employment such as teachers may have shifted to the Service sector. Therefore, there may be noticeable differences in these numbers from prior | ||||||||||||||||
| years compared to the 2005 figures. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: Virginia Workforce Connection, Labor Market Statistics - Covered Employment and Wages Program, Virginia Employment Commission, Economic Information Services, Richmond, VA. | ||||||||||||||||