Table 85: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Lincoln County 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 4,802 4,789 -14 -0.3 $116,553,272 $114,655,301 ($1,897,971) -1.6 $467 $460 -$6 -1.3
Private 3,514 3,470 -44 -1.3 $88,162,598 $84,959,907 -$3,202,691 -3.6 $483 $471 -$12 -2.4
--Agriculture 38 26 -11 -30.2 512,431 370,592 -141,839 -27.7 263 272 10 3.6
--Mining 571 477 -94 -16.4 27,213,891 20,619,623 -6,594,268 -24.2 917 831 -86 -9.4
--Construction 341 409 68 19.9 8,730,078 11,182,920 2,452,842 28.1 492 526 34 6.8
--Manufacturing 481 450 -31 -6.5 11,959,922 11,303,343 -656,579 -5.5 478 483 5 1.1
--TCPU 431 417 -14 -3.2 19,245,776 19,604,944 359,168 1.9 859 904 45 5.2
--Wholesale Trade 64 60 -4 -5.7 1,069,277 1,225,414 156,137 14.6 322 392 70 21.6
--Retail Trade 967 977 10 1.0 10,351,988 11,356,654 1,004,666 9.7 206 223 18 8.6
--FIRE 131 133 2 1.3 2,646,048 2,588,625 -57,423 -2.2 388 375 -13 -3.5
--Services 490 519 30 6.0 6,433,187 6,707,792 274,605 4.3 253 248 -4 -1.7
Total Gov't 1,289 1,319 30 2.4 $28,390,674 $29,695,394 $1,304,720 4.6 $424 $433 $9 2.2
--Federal Gov't 117 112 -5 -4.1 3,856,980 3,851,475 -5,505 -0.1 635 661 26 4.2
--State Gov't 116 115 -1 -0.5 2,860,842 3,094,726 233,884 8.2 476 517 41 8.7
--Local Gov't 1,056 1,092 36 3.4 21,672,852 22,749,193 1,076,341 5.0 395 401 6 1.5


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