Table 46: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Northwest Region 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 34,212 34,544 332 1.0 $729,704,666 $762,464,964 $32,760,298 4.5 $410 $424 $14 3.5
Private 25,101 25,384 283 1.1 $511,754,350 $539,520,863 $27,766,513 5.4 $392 $409 $17 4.2
--Agriculture 830 830 -0 -0.1 14,236,558 15,640,917 1,404,359 9.9 330 362 33 9.9
--Mining 2,063 2,082 19 0.9 78,143,325 82,594,255 4,450,930 5.7 728 763 34 4.7
--Construction 2,087 2,260 173 8.3 47,020,292 52,634,238 5,613,946 11.9 433 448 15 3.4
--Manufacturing 2,025 1,978 -47 -2.3 51,609,848 51,306,627 -303,221 -0.6 490 499 9 1.8
--TCPU 1,610 1,637 27 1.7 49,726,696 52,255,748 2,529,052 5.1 594 614 20 3.4
--Wholesale Trade 1,025 917 -109 -10.6 24,115,468 22,292,183 -1,823,285 -7.6 452 468 15 3.4
--Retail Trade 6,769 6,585 -184 -2.7 83,703,665 95,259,338 11,555,673 13.8 238 278 40 17.0
--FIRE 1,015 1,068 53 5.2 29,897,409 26,909,800 -2,987,609 -10.0 566 484 -82 -14.4
--Services 7,675 8,027 352 4.6 133,301,089 140,627,757 7,326,668 5.5 334 337 3 0.9
Total Gov't 9,111 9,160 49 0.5 $217,950,316 $222,944,101 $4,993,785 2.3 $460 $468 $8 1.7
--Federal Gov't 1,479 1,473 -5 -0.3 50,590,877 51,507,949 917,072 1.8 658 672 14 2.2
--State Gov't 1,539 1,528 -11 -0.7 35,861,109 37,152,091 1,290,982 3.6 448 467 19 4.3
--Local Gov't 6,093 6,158 65 1.1 131,498,330 134,284,061 2,785,731 2.1 415 419 4 1.0


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