Table 118: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Central 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 40,440 41,265 825 2.0 $1,003,777,833 $1,043,577,332 $39,799,499 4.0 $477 $486 $9 1.9
Private 32,511 33,150 639 2.0 $794,195,512 $822,292,122 $28,096,610 3.5 $470 $477 $7 1.5
-Agriculture 555 629 74 13.4 8,949,016 10,037,237 1,088,221 12.2 310 307 -3 -1.1
-Mining 3,085 2,668 -417 -13.5 127,829,190 112,249,766 -15,579,424 -12.2 797 809 12 1.6
-Construction 2,639 2,759 120 4.6 73,779,892 80,251,332 6,471,440 8.8 538 559 22 4.0
-Manufacturing 2,153 2,132 -21 -1.0 64,921,999 66,324,723 1,402,724 2.2 580 598 18 3.2
-TCPU* 2,296 2,307 11 0.5 79,414,480 81,578,608 2,164,128 2.7 665 680 15 2.2
-Wholesale Trade 2,563 2,555 -8 -0.3 82,286,878 83,390,638 1,103,760 1.3 618 628 10 1.6
-Retail Trade 8,217 8,384 167 2.0 112,989,783 119,962,243 6,972,460 6.2 264 275 11 4.1
-FIRE** 1,509 1,486 -24 -1.6 43,174,307 45,022,977 1,848,670 4.3 550 583 33 6.0
-Services 9,495 10,230 735 7.7 200,849,967 223,474,598 22,624,631 11.3 407 420 13 3.3
Total Government 7,929 8,115 186 2.3 $209,582,321 $221,285,210 $11,702,889 5.6 $508 $524 $16 3.2
-Federal Government 859 879 21 2.4 37,636,271 38,067,179 430,908 1.1 843 832 -10 -1.2
-State Government 1,325 1,338 14 1.1 35,937,293 37,779,870 1,842,577 5.1 522 543 21 4.0
-Local Government 5,746 5,897 152 2.6 136,008,757 145,438,161 9,429,404 6.9 455 474 19 4.2

 

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

 

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