Table 100: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Southeast Region by Division 1997 and 1998


  1997 Average Employment 1998 Average Employment Change Number Change % 1997 Total Payroll 1998 Total Payroll Change Number Change % Avg. Wkly Wage 1997 Avg. Wkly Wage 1998 Change Number Change %
Total 55,686 56,239 554 1.0 $1,224,944,420 $1,300,581,378 $75,636,958 6.2 $423 $445 $22 5.1
Private 37,272 37,833 561 1.5 $730,016,424 $785,244,857 $55,228,433 7.6 $377 $399 $22 6.0
--Agriculture 758 760 2 0.2 12,663,258 13,783,873 1,120,615 8.8 321 349 28 8.6
--Mining 193 193 0 0.2 5,144,447 5,795,205 650,758 12.6 514 578 64 12.5
--Construction 3,280 3,303 23 0.7 76,572,619 82,073,848 5,501,229 7.2 449 478 29 6.4
--Manufacturing 2,681 2,795 114 4.2 74,796,754 80,750,869 5,954,115 8.0 537 556 19 3.6
--TCPU 2,540 2,668 128 5.0 80,543,649 87,637,421 7,093,772 8.8 610 632 22 3.6
--Wholesale Trade 1,299 1,354 55 4.2 36,529,516 39,708,950 3,179,434 8.7 541 564 23 4.3
--Retail Trade 12,471 12,409 -62 -0.5 158,452,689 168,060,372 9,607,683 6.1 244 260 16 6.6
--FIRE 2,685 2,841 156 5.8 68,523,421 76,713,608 8,190,187 12.0 491 519 29 5.8
--Services 11,365 11,511 146 1.3 216,790,071 230,720,711 13,930,640 6.4 367 385 19 5.1
Total Gov't 18,414 18,406 -7 -0.0 $494,927,996 $515,336,521 $20,408,525 4.1 $517 $538 $22 4.2
--Federal Gov't 2,888 2,897 9 0.3 105,545,068 109,585,040 4,039,972 3.8 703 728 25 3.5
--State Gov't 6,760 6,701 -60 -0.9 193,980,154 200,974,931 6,994,777 3.6 552 577 25 4.5
--Local Gov't 8,766 8,809 44 0.5 195,402,774 204,776,550 9,373,776 4.8 429 447 18 4.3


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