Table 80: Employing Units, Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage & Annual Wages for Southwest Region by Division, 1999

Employment
  Ave Units Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Average
Total 4,627 46,120 45,924 46,509 46,728 49,104 53,748 54,217 54,230 52,875 50,344 47,872 49,089 49,730
Private 4,341 36,419 36,206 36,599 36,997 38,969 43,699 45,643 45,489 42,890 40,200 37,825 38,943 39,990
-Agriculture 109 293 276 303 413 552 629 631 608 544 538 452 384 469
-Mining 177 5,021 4,933 4,911 4,981 5,023 5,120 5,081 5,015 5,041 5,046 4,982 5,032 5,016
-Construction 749 3,805 3,719 3,831 4,092 4,608 5,101 5,358 5,381 5,400 5,340 5,224 4,874 4,728
-Manufacturing 144 2,417 2,419 2,456 2,550 2,566 2,618 2,649 2,685 2,627 2,614 2,548 2,568 2,560
-TCPU* 269 2,776 2,784 2,841 2,741 2,758 2,888 2,872 2,884 2,836 2,755 2,791 2,806 2,811
-Wholesale Trade 206 892 879 890 895 886 911 926 917 906 887 893 909 899
-Retail Trade 882 9,514 9,345 9,434 9,680 10,075 11,203 11,828 11,829 10,874 10,172 9,486 9,868 10,276
-FIRE** 328 1,373 1,380 1,400 1,441 1,478 1,549 1,564 1,553 1,494 1,468 1,450 1,443 1,466
-Services 1,478 10,328 10,471 10,533 10,204 11,023 13,680 14,734 14,617 13,168 11,380 9,999 11,059 11,766
Total Government 287 9,701 9,718 9,910 9,731 10,135 10,049 8,574 8,741 9,985 10,144 10,047 10,146 9,740
-Federal Government 78 823 797 818 819 928 1,114 1,201 1,205 1,143 1,023 878 841 966
-State Government 72 1,067 1,071 1,075 1,077 1,078 1,103 1,100 1,074 1,063 1,059 1,067 1,062 1,075
-Local Government 138 7,811 7,850 8,017 7,835 8,129 7,832 6,273 6,462 7,779 8,062 8,102 8,243 7,700

Wages
  First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter   Average Wages
  Payroll AWW*** Payroll AWW Payroll AWW Payroll AWW Total Payroll Weekly Annual
Total $310,989,854 $518 $337,791,555 $521 $392,504,356 $561 $371,243,191 $582 $1,412,528,956 $546 $28,404
Private $250,668,400 $530 $270,375,094 $521 $332,473,118 $572 $303,645,205 $599 $1,157,161,817 $556 $28,936
-Agriculture 1,291,645 342 2,115,139 306 2,566,091 332 2,277,114 382 8,249,989 339 17,606
-Mining 67,192,719 1,043 70,599,929 1,077 67,174,538 1,024 72,034,239 1,104 277,001,425 1,062 55,229
-Construction 26,729,675 543 33,897,071 567 41,645,484 595 43,781,120 654 146,053,350 594 30,893
-Manufacturing 25,951,614 821 26,253,393 783 27,419,531 795 28,003,764 836 107,628,302 809 42,046
-TCPU* 26,026,996 715 27,495,946 757 27,255,440 732 30,371,314 839 111,149,696 760 39,541
-Wholesale Trade 6,619,293 574 7,842,316 672 7,541,452 633 7,675,429 659 29,678,490 635 33,004
-Retail Trade 33,702,998 275 36,763,531 274 45,095,040 301 39,724,202 310 155,285,771 291 15,112
-FIRE** 13,198,933 733 12,629,773 652 43,266,671 2,165 15,027,279 795 84,122,656 1,103 57,379
-Services 49,954,527 368 52,777,996 349 70,508,871 383 64,750,744 461 237,992,138 389 20,227
Total Government $60,321,454 $475 $67,416,461 $520 $60,031,238 $507 $67,597,986 $514 $255,367,139 $504 $26,218
-Federal Government 6,948,838 658 7,609,388 614 10,533,249 685 9,277,335 781 34,368,810 684 35,585
-State Government 7,209,672 518 7,256,916 514 7,551,703 538 7,369,691 533 29,387,982 526 27,346
-Local Government 46,162,944 450 52,550,157 510 41,946,286 472 50,950,960 482 191,610,347 479 24,886

 

* Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance & Real Estate.
*** Average Weekly Wage.

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