Table 81: Southwest Region, Average Employing Units, Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, Average Annual Wage by Division & 2-Digit SIC, All Ownerships, 1999


  SIC* Ave Emp Units Ave Monthly Empl Total Payroll Ave Ann Wage
Total, All Industries   4,627 49,730 $1,412,528,956 $28,404
Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing   112 484 $8,591,408 $17,766
-Agricultural production - crops 01 5 15 262,407 17,207
-Agricultural production - livestock 02 28 137 2,364,333 17,289
-Agricultural services 07 78 332 5,964,668 17,988
Mining   177 5,016 $277,001,425 $55,229
-Metal mining 10-ND        
-Coal mining 12-ND        
-Oil & gas extraction 13 156 2,134 104,109,187 48,778
-Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 14 15 2,039 126,375,005 61,984
Construction   754 5,008 $154,356,363 $30,819
-General building contractors 15 269 1,556 46,998,508 30,201
-Heavy contractors, except building 16 92 1,483 53,072,177 35,783
-Special trade contractors 17 394 1,969 54,285,678 27,569
Manufacturing   144 2,560 $107,628,302 $42,046
-Food & kindred products 20 14 187 3,535,739 18,933
-Apparel & other textile products 23 9 98 1,441,831 14,700
-Lumber & wood products 24 19 115 2,576,703 22,455
-Furniture & fixtures 25-ND        
-Paper & allied products 26-ND        
-Printing & publishing 27 33 340 5,955,630 17,538
-Chemicals & allied products 28 11 1,198 72,756,905 60,711
-Petroleum & coal products 29-ND        
-Leather & leather products 30-ND        
-Stone, clay, glass, & concrete products 32 10 108 3,739,257 34,676
-Primary metal industries 33-ND        
-Fabricated metal products 34 8 119 3,642,945 30,699
-Industrial machinery & equipment 35-ND        
-Electronic & other electric equipment 36-ND        
-Transportation equipment 37-ND        
-Instruments & related products 38-ND        
-Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 39 7 39 572,309 14,801
Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities   308 3,167 $122,670,065 $38,731
-Railroads 40-ND        
-Local & interurban passenger transit 41 13 169 2,407,138 14,272
-Trucking & warehousing 42 135 705 20,275,608 28,763
-U. S. Postal Service 43 27 263 9,245,253 35,120
-Water transportation 44-ND        
-Transportation by air 45 23 276 7,227,330 26,170
-Pipelines, except natural gas 46-ND        
-Transportation services 47 20 161 4,690,182 29,071
-Communications 48 32 449 18,467,731 41,146
-Electric, gas, & sanitary services 49 53 1,072 57,839,469 53,946
Wholesale Trade   207 907 $29,826,436 $32,900
-Durable goods 50 119 474 16,608,455 35,051
-Nondurable goods 51 88 433 13,217,981 30,544
Retail Trade   882 10,276 $155,285,771 $15,112
-Building materials & garden supplies 52 52 469 11,716,164 24,981
-General merchandise stores 53 20 1,123 14,032,464 12,494
-Food stores 54 57 1,318 22,672,597 17,203
-Automotive dealers & service stations 55 146 1,766 34,811,735 19,718
-Apparel & accessory stores 56 65 429 6,713,613 15,646
-Furniture & homefurnishing stores 57 78 392 7,654,664 19,540
-Eating & drinking places 58 259 3,741 39,646,946 10,598
-Miscellaneous retail 59 207 1,038 18,037,588 17,370
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate   336 1,490 $84,479,222 $56,682
-Depository institutions 60 36 532 15,777,456 29,680
-Nondepository institutions 61 20 37 1,324,398 36,202
-Security & commodity brokers 62 24 65 12,055,299 186,904
-Insurance carriers 63 17 101 3,700,161 36,575
-Insurance agents, brokers, & service 64 56 166 4,789,105 28,937
-Real estate 65 157 509 10,487,397 20,621
-Holding & other investment offices 67 27 83 36,345,406 440,550
Services   1,556 17,922 $393,668,292 $21,966
-Hotels & other lodging places 70 170 4,080 59,304,937 14,537
-Personal services 72 74 425 6,043,095 14,227
-Business services 73 218 1,325 30,864,455 23,301
-Auto repair, services, & parking 75 109 417 8,942,348 21,440
-Miscellaneous repair services 76 60 165 4,689,495 28,508
-Motion pictures 78 27 164 1,685,616 10,289
-Amusement & recreation services 79 137 1,506 27,612,864 18,338
-Health services 80 197 2,894 80,920,207 27,960
-Legal services 81 74 205 10,896,275 53,217
-Educational services 82 66 4,358 104,896,159 24,067
-Social services 83 86 1,123 17,391,918 15,494
-Museums, botanical & zoological gardens 84-ND        
-Membership organizations 86 44 242 3,282,311 13,549
-Engineering & management services 87 208 810 31,953,963 39,453
-Private households 88 66 118 2,156,464 18,288
-Services, NEC** 89-ND        
Public Administration   153 2,901 $79,021,672 $27,239
-Executive, legislative & general government 91 26 1,711 45,293,359 26,469
-Justice, public order, & safety 92 25 65 2,291,705 35,212
-Finance, taxation, & monetary policy 93-ND        
-Administration of human resources 94 17 326 7,019,296 21,504
-Environmental quality & housing 95 39 636 20,403,120 32,101
-Administration of economic programs 96 38 148 3,539,346 23,874
-National security & international affairs 97-ND        

 

* Standard Industrial Classification Code.
** Not Elsewhere Classified.

 

Table of Contents | Labor Market Information |