Table 82: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Southwest 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 47,975 47,424 551 1.2 $1,267,258,084 $1,199,314,404 $67,943,680 5.7 $508 $486 $22 4.5
PRIVATE 38,619 37,951 668 1.8 $1,035,967,101 $972,825,012 $63,142,089 6.5 $516 $493 $23 4.6
--AGRICULTURE 438 422 16 3.7 6,571,841 5,733,791 838,050 14.6 289 261 28 10.5
--MINING 5,422 5,372 49 0.9 286,659,191 267,325,793 19,333,398 7.2 1,017 957 60 6.3
--CONSTRUCTION 3,975 3,668 307 8.4 111,856,481 97,358,928 14,497,553 14.9 541 510 31 6.0
--MANUFACTURING 2,481 2,521 -40 -1.6 101,476,539 98,101,968 3,374,571 3.4 786 748 38 5.1
--TCPU 2,938 3,040 -102 -3.3 110,203,154 108,836,451 1,366,703 1.3 721 688 33 4.8
--WHOLESALE TRADE 997 961 36 3.8 29,123,627 27,645,468 1,478,159 5.3 562 553 8 1.5
--RETAIL TRADE 9,877 9,780 96 1.0 136,387,859 129,890,827 6,497,032 5.0 266 255 10 4.0
--FIRE 1,456 1,333 124 9.3 52,866,939 38,682,988 14,183,951 36.7 698 558 140 25.1
--SERVICES 11,035 10,853 182 1.7 200,821,470 199,248,798 1,572,672 0.8 350 353 -3 -0.9
TOTAL GOV'T 9,356 9,474 -118 -1.2 $231,290,983 $226,489,392 $4,801,591 2.1 $475 $460 $16 3.4
--FEDERAL GOV'T 908 949 -41 -4.3 32,972,701 32,195,334 777,367 2.4 698 652 46 7.0
--STATE GOV'T 1,084 1,107 -23 -2.0 26,602,594 26,391,078 211,516 0.8 472 459 13 2.9
--LOCAL GOV'T 7,364 7,418 -54 -0.7 171,715,688 167,902,980 3,812,708 2.3 448 435 13 3.0

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