Table 46: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Northwest Region by Division 1997 and 1996

97 AVE MO EMPL 96 AVE MO EMPL CHANGE # CHANGE % 97 TOTAL PAYROLL 96 TOTAL PAYROLL CHANGE # CHANGE % 97 AWW 96 AWW CHANGE # CHANGE %
TOTAL 34,212 33,946 266 0.8 $729,704,666 $695,560,385 $34,144,281 4.9 $410 $394 $16 4.1
PRIVATE 25,101 24,620 481 2.0 $511,754,350 $478,929,193 $32,825,157 6.9 $392 $374 $18 4.8
--AGRICULTURE 830 753 78 10.3 14,236,558 13,405,267 831,291 6.2 330 342 -13 -3.7
--MINING 2,063 1,555 509 32.7 78,143,325 57,196,401 20,946,924 36.6 728 708 21 2.9
--CONSTRUCTION 2,087 2,386 -299 -12.5 47,020,292 55,571,975 -8,551,683 -15.4 433 448 -15 -3.3
--MANUFACTURING 2,025 2,132 -107 -5.0 51,609,848 51,351,461 258,387 0.5 490 463 27 5.8
--TCPU 1,610 1,529 81 5.3 49,726,696 45,548,808 4,177,888 9.2 594 573 21 3.7
--WHOLESALE TRADE 1,025 1,002 23 2.3 24,115,468 22,444,929 1,670,539 7.4 452 431 22 5.0
--RETAIL TRADE 6,769 6,848 -79 -1.2 83,703,665 80,155,378 3,548,287 4.4 238 225 13 5.6
--FIRE 1,015 969 47 4.8 29,897,409 28,891,543 1,005,866 3.5 566 574 -7 -1.3
--SERVICES 7,675 7,447 229 3.1 133,301,089 124,363,431 8,937,658 7.2 334 321 13 4.0
TOTAL GOV'T 9,111 9,326 -215 -2.3 $217,950,316 $216,631,192 $1,319,124 0.6 $460 $447 $13 3.0
--FEDERAL GOV'T 1,479 1,522 -44 -2.9 50,590,877 48,089,665 2,501,212 5.2 658 608 50 8.3
--STATE GOV'T 1,539 1,551 -12 -0.8 35,861,109 34,934,516 926,593 2.7 448 433 15 3.4
--LOCAL GOV'T 6,093 6,253 -160 -2.6 131,498,330 133,607,011 -2,108,681 -1.6 415 411 4 1.0

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