Table 90: Sweetwater County, 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   1,282 19,070 $628,151,195 $32,939
Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing   16 52 $910,694 $17,457
-Agricultural production - crops 01-ND        
-Agricultural production - livestock 02-ND        
-Agricultural services 07 13 46 821,832 17,801
Mining   82 3,668 $211,825,704 $57,756
-Metal mining 10-ND        
-Coal mining 12-ND        
-Oil & gas extraction 13 69 1,092 54,311,641 49,744
-Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels 14 8 2,026 126,116,721 62,236
Construction   169 1,358 $43,539,848 $32,060
-General building contractors 15 36 205 6,836,219 33,334
-Heavy contractors, except building 16 36 670 23,506,079 35,088
-Special trade contractors 17 98 483 13,197,550 27,319
Manufacturing   24 1,383 $77,075,620 $55,734
-Food & kindred products 20-ND        
-Printing & publishing 27 5 111 1,427,504 12,860
-Chemicals & allied products 28-ND        
-Rubber & miscellaneous plastics products 30-ND        
-Stone, clay, glass, & concrete products 32 4 42 1,860,865 44,483
-Primary metal products 33-ND        
-Industrial machinery & equipment 35 7 26 825,675 31,355
-Miscellaneous manufacturing industries 39-ND        
Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities   113 1,530 $63,654,639 $41,616
-Railroad transportation 40-ND        
-Local & interurban passenger transit 41 6 108 1,509,988 14,046
-Trucking & warehousing 42 57 404 12,327,376 30,494
-U. S. Postal Service 43 6 138 5,124,152 37,109
-Water transportation 44-ND        
-Transportation by air 45-ND        
-Transportation services 47 6 18 423,191 23,402
-Communications 48 9 128 6,046,744 47,240
-Electric, gas, & sanitary services 49 22 639 35,352,859 55,311
Wholesale Trade   93 542 $16,647,275 $30,724
-Durable goods 50 63 310 9,894,392 31,883
-Nondurable goods 51 30 232 6,752,883 29,170
Retail Trade   253 3,538 $51,704,643 $14,615
-Building materials & garden supplies 52 15 148 4,115,380 27,869
-General merchandise stores 53 6 475 5,509,051 11,594
-Food stores 54 18 508 9,089,381 17,892
-Automotive dealers & service stations 55 57 680 15,156,366 22,292
-Apparel & accessory stores 56 9 63 815,602 13,015
-Furniture & homefurnishing stores 57 22 134 2,733,871 20,427
-Eating & drinking places 58 83 1,328 11,929,900 8,984
-Miscellaneous retail 59 45 203 2,355,092 11,625
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate   98 516 $14,218,278 $27,555
-Depository institutions 60 15 224 6,989,062 31,213
-Nondepository institutions 61-ND        
-Security & commodity brokers 62-ND        
-Insurance carriers 63 7 29 986,843 33,835
-Insurance agents, brokers, & service 64 20 57 1,267,982 22,148
-Real estate 65 44 142 2,081,695 14,660
-Holding & other investment offices 67 7 47 2,446,963 51,971
Services   393 5,394 $118,358,081 $21,944
-Hotels & other lodging places 70 23 635 7,229,995 11,393
-Personal services 72 20 127 1,663,720 13,126
-Business services 73 59 563 10,120,319 17,989
-Auto repair, services, & parking 75 46 176 3,618,642 20,560
-Miscellaneous repair services 76 19 72 2,081,404 29,077
-Motion pictures 78 5 55 293,644 5,307
-Amusement & recreation services 79 10 112 934,018 8,315
-Health services 80 70 953 27,441,137 28,810
-Legal services 81 16 57 2,014,308 35,442
-Educational services 82 30 1,943 49,309,351 25,376
-Social services 83 30 385 5,554,796 14,419
-Museums, botanical & zoological gardens 84-ND        
-Membership organizations 86 19 109 993,133 9,077
-Engineering & management services 87 37 172 6,521,287 37,970
-Private households 88 8 15 106,672 6,995
-Services, NEC** 89-ND        
Public Administration   40 1,091 $30,216,413 $27,705
-Executive, legislative & general government 91 7 761 20,232,045 26,577
-Justice, public order, & safety 92 7 21 664,551 31,030
-Finance, taxation, & monetary policy 93-ND        
-Administration of human resources 94 4 71 1,966,468 27,535
-Environmental quality & housing 95 8 142 4,980,272 35,134
-Administration of economic programs 96 11 90 2,191,749 24,421
-National security & international affairs 97-ND        

 

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

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