Table 103: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Albany 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 13,565 13,634 69 0.5 $283,240,519 $297,495,987 $14,255,468 5.0 $402 $420 $18 4.5
Private 8,531 8,681 151 1.8 $145,445,142 $156,080,012 $10,634,870 7.3 $328 $346 $18 5.5
--Agriculture 119 137 18 14.9 1,753,360 2,218,896 465,536 26.6 284 312 29 10.1
--Mining 13 9 -5 -35.0 311,561 278,607 -32,954 -10.6 449 618 169 37.6
--Construction 674 677 3 0.4 16,876,333 17,137,818 261,485 1.5 481 487 6 1.2
--Manufacturing 669 714 45 6.8 16,270,459 17,175,421 904,962 5.6 468 462 -5 -1.1
--TCPU 231 239 9 3.7 7,060,315 7,315,416 255,101 3.6 588 588 -0 -0.1
--Wholesale Trade 179 190 10 5.8 3,832,064 4,424,647 592,583 15.5 411 448 37 9.1
--Retail Trade 3,271 3,146 -125 -3.8 35,450,051 35,941,722 491,671 1.4 208 220 11 5.4
--FIRE 387 425 38 9.8 9,258,229 11,029,892 1,771,663 19.1 460 499 39 8.5
--Services 2,988 3,145 158 5.3 54,632,770 60,557,593 5,924,823 10.8 352 370 19 5.3
Total Gov't 5,035 4,953 -82 -1.6 $137,795,377 $141,415,975 $3,620,598 2.6 $526 $549 $23 4.3
--Federal Gov't 242 237 -5 -2.2 8,837,302 8,925,407 88,105 1.0 701 724 23 3.3
--State Gov't 3,178 3,095 -83 -2.6 90,836,211 91,889,235 1,053,024 1.2 550 571 21 3.9
--Local Gov't 1,614 1,621 7 0.4 38,121,864 40,601,333 2,479,469 6.5 454 482 28 6.1

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