Table 85: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Lincoln County, Southwest Region by Division, 1998 and 1999


  Average Employment Change Total Payroll Change Average Weekly Wage Change
  1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number %
Total 4,789 5,083 295 6.2 $114,655,301 $125,625,932 $10,970,631 9.6 $460 $475 $15 3.2
Private 3,470 3,723 254 7.3 $84,959,907 $93,944,325 $8,984,418 10.6 $471 $485 $14 3.0
-Agriculture 26 29 3 11.5 370,592 375,213 4,621 1.2 272 247 -25 -9.2
-Mining 477 448 -29 -6.1 20,619,623 20,647,535 27,912 0.1 831 886 55 6.6
-Construction 409 633 224 54.7 11,182,920 19,542,224 8,359,304 74.8 526 594 68 12.9
-Manufacturing 450 462 12 2.6 11,303,343 10,938,425 -364,918 -3.2 483 455 -27 -5.7
-TCPU* 417 405 -12 -3.0 19,604,944 19,164,608 -440,336 -2.2 904 910 7 0.7
-Wholesale Trade 60 54 -6 -10.0 1,225,414 1,256,637 31,223 2.5 392 446 54 13.9
-Retail Trade 977 1,031 54 5.5 11,356,654 12,113,246 756,592 6.7 223 226 2 1.1
-FIRE** 133 139 6 4.6 2,588,625 2,743,753 155,128 6.0 375 380 5 1.4
-Services 519 522 2 0.4 6,707,792 7,162,684 454,892 6.8 248 264 16 6.3
Total Government 1,319 1,360 41 3.1 $29,695,394 $31,681,607 $1,986,213 6.7 $433 $448 $15 3.5
-Federal Government 112 111 -1 -1.3 3,851,475 3,566,562 -284,913 -7.4 661 620 -41 -6.2
-State Government 115 120 5 4.6 3,094,726 3,429,980 335,254 10.8 517 548 31 6.0
-Local Government 1,092 1,129 37 3.4 22,749,193 24,685,065 1,935,872 8.5 401 420 20 4.9


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

 

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