Table 2: MALE Percent of Employment, Age & Average Weekly Wage

by Industry


Age Average Weekly Wage
Industry (Third Quarter 1995 Data) # of Males % of Employment Min Max Mean Median Min Max Mean Median
AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Production - Crops 222 68.1% 14 74 38 36 $3.08 $3,846.15 $284.91 $250.24
Agricultural Production - Livestock & Animal 853 78.5 14 92 40 38 3.08 9,853.08 326.95 269.23
Agricultural Services 482 56.9 15 74 32 30 1.25 3,307.69 291.45 210.02
Forestry 110 79.7 16 79 41 39 13.56 1,580.73 624.76 631.12
Fishing, Hunting, & Trapping Confidential
MINING
Metal Mining 496 90.8% 17 73 41 41 $7.69 $2,596.16 $790.60 $724.89
Coal Mining 3735 87.3 15 75 42 42 0.03 4,293.56 979.80 961.02
Oil & Gas Extraction 6026 89.1 15 82 39 39 0.18 7,688.12 654.33 643.52
Nonmetallic Mining & Quarrying 2902 87.5 16 90 41 42 5.55 2,663.12 965.66 1,005.58
CONSTRUCTION
Building Construction - General Contractors 2653 91.3% 15 77 35 35 $1.72 $11,538.46 $367.90 $339.06
Heavy Construction - Except Building 3789 89.1 15 85 39 37 1.85 8,956.86 480.06 450.00
Special Trade Construction 5510 89.0 15 85 36 35 0.46 16,315.38 404.20 368.11
Age Average Weekly Wage
Industry (Third Quarter 1995 Data) # of Males % of Employment Min Max Mean Median Min Max Mean Median
MANUFACTURING
NONDURABLE GOODS
Food & Kindred Products 378 66.5% 17 72 40 40 $1.54 $2,680.91 $515.54 $479.41
Textile Mill Products 7 58.3 20 58 38 39 96.29 907.69 357.38 272.32
Apparel & Other Finished Products 35 26.1 16 68 35 33 5.92 973.08 283.97 275.02
Printing & Publishing 559 43.6 16 88 40 39 1.12 18,284.03 460.72 368.80
Chemicals & Allied Products 687 75.3 18 67 40 39 21.29 13,846.15 873.47 909.47
Petroleum Refining 894 74.8 15 73 41 41 2.62 10,552.87 653.17 735.79
Rubber & Miscellaneous Plastics Products 84 48.8 17 71 38 38 1.00 21,736.23 1294.83 369.28
Leather & Leather Products 29 46.0 16 72 38 36 42.16 1,249.12 406.99 320.00
DURABLE GOODS
Lumber & Wood Products - Except Furniture 1090 87.4% 14 88 36 34 $1.63 $3,227.54 $381.18 $354.51
Furniture & Fixtures 31 81.6 19 65 34 33 14.85 753.85 298.47 285.77
Stone, Clay, Glass, & Concrete Products 664 90.1 15 74 40 39 0.93 2,363.46 537.09 543.14
Primary Metal Industries 104 69.3 18 66 37 36 11.25 2,583.23 477.49 296.73
Fabricated Metals - Except Machinery Equipment 328 81.6 16 71 38 36 1.33 2,946.46 587.23 583.34
Industrial Machinery & Computer Equipment 727 77.3 17 72 38 37 3.65 3,115.38 506.62 463.94
Electronic & Other Electric Equipment 76 45.8 19 75 38 37 30.35 6,810.79 725.67 426.62
Transportation Equipment 162 83.5 16 71 36 35 3.38 1,595.00 352.68 332.05
Instruments and Related Products 56 52.3 18 66 37 38 1.04 2,024.24 558.36 510.53
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries 91 66.9 18 66 36 32 22.02 1,507.69 354.07 298.59
Age Average Weekly Wage
Industry (Third Quarter 1995 Data) # of Males % of Employment Min Max Mean Median Min Max Mean Median
TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC UTILITIES (TPU)
TRANSPORTATION
Railroads 16 100.0% 19 35 26 26 $11.23 $623.69 $348.88 $407.92
Local & Interurban Passenger Transit 286 67.8 14 81 45 45 2.29 1,511.54 281.22 242.48
Trucking and Warehousing 2990 84.9 16 93 42 41 0.35 9,080.77 525.57 503.17
Water Transportation 16 59.3 16 64 27 19 42.15 664.03 157.14 112.83
Air Transportation 250 64.9 19 74 38 37 2.24 2,288.46 472.63 451.26
Pipelines - Except Natural Gas 183 92.9 26 64 42 41 30.38 2,237.87 896.19 862.93
Transportation Services 128 38.0 19 67 35 35 1.68 1,426.84 462.15 461.54
Communications 943 60.1 16 88 41 41 2.02 4,700.97 684.45 752.40
Electric, Gas, & Sanitary Services 2704 83.7 15 79 43 43 1.83 6,048.22 919.09 907.00
AVERAGE ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES 89,660 53.6% 14 97 38 38 $0.03 $76,923.00 $528.29 N/A


While the AVERAGE ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES is included in the table, this number also includes industries that will be covered in the June issue of TRENDS.



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