Table 100: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Southeast 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 56,239 57,476 1,237 2.2 $1,300,581,378 $1,375,383,394 $74,802,016 5.8 $445 $460 $15 3.5
Private 37,833 39,081 1,248 3.3 $785,244,857 $844,834,086 $59,589,229 7.6 $399 $416 $17 4.2
-Agriculture 760 786 25 3.3 13,783,873 14,886,770 1,102,897 8.0 349 364 16 4.5
-Mining 193 184 -9 -4.9 5,795,205 5,330,815 -464,390 -8.0 578 559 -19 -3.3
-Construction 3,303 3,533 231 7.0 82,073,848 93,374,998 11,301,150 13.8 478 508 30 6.3
-Manufacturing 2,795 2,775 -20 -0.7 80,750,869 82,403,622 1,652,753 2.0 556 571 15 2.8
-TCPU* 2,668 2,901 233 8.7 87,637,421 96,523,989 8,886,568 10.1 632 640 8 1.3
-Wholesale Trade 1,354 1,330 -24 -1.8 39,708,950 40,646,023 937,073 2.4 564 588 24 4.2
-Retail Trade 12,409 12,493 84 0.7 168,060,372 179,261,691 11,201,319 6.7 260 276 16 6.0
-FIRE** 2,841 2,370 -471 -16.6 76,713,608 68,139,787 -8,573,821 -11.2 519 553 34 6.5
-Services 11,511 12,710 1,200 10.4 230,720,711 264,266,391 33,545,680 14.5 385 400 14 3.7
Total Government 18,406 18,395 -11 -0.1 $515,336,521 $530,549,308 $15,212,787 3.0 $538 $555 $16 3.0
-Federal Government 2,897 2,890 -7 -0.2 109,585,040 109,785,051 200,011 0.2 728 731 3 0.4
-State Government 6,701 6,677 -23 -0.3 200,974,931 208,675,462 7,700,531 3.8 577 601 24 4.2
-Local Government 8,809 8,828 19 0.2 204,776,550 212,088,795 7,312,245 3.6 447 462 15 3.3

 

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

 

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