Table 46: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Northwest 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 34,544 35,104 560 1.6 $762,464,964 $795,229,390 $32,764,426 4.3 $424 $436 $11 2.6
Private 25,384 25,824 440 1.7 $539,520,863 $561,999,001 $22,478,138 4.2 $409 $419 $10 2.4
-Agriculture 830 881 51 6.2 15,640,917 17,594,147 1,953,230 12.5 362 384 22 5.9
-Mining 2,082 1,741 -342 -16.4 82,594,255 68,573,874 -14,020,381 -17.0 763 758 -5 -0.7
-Construction 2,260 2,669 410 18.1 52,634,238 70,476,384 17,842,146 33.9 448 508 60 13.4
-Manufacturing 1,978 1,957 -21 -1.1 51,306,627 52,065,050 758,423 1.5 499 512 13 2.6
-TCPU* 1,637 1,666 29 1.8 52,255,748 54,119,373 1,863,625 3.6 614 625 11 1.8
-Wholesale Trade 917 891 -26 -2.8 22,292,183 22,799,924 507,741 2.3 468 492 25 5.3
-Retail Trade 6,585 6,670 85 1.3 95,259,338 92,373,343 -2,885,995 -3.0 278 266 -12 -4.3
-FIRE** 1,068 1,053 -15 -1.4 26,909,800 27,930,615 1,020,815 3.8 484 510 26 5.3
-Services 8,027 8,296 269 3.4 140,627,757 156,066,291 15,438,534 11.0 337 362 25 7.4
Total Government 9,160 9,280 120 1.3 $222,944,101 $233,230,389 $10,286,288 4.6 $468 $483 $15 3.3
-Federal Government 1,473 1,532 58 3.9 51,507,949 54,099,671 2,591,722 5.0 672 679 7 1.0
-State Government 1,528 1,521 -7 -0.5 37,152,091 39,482,101 2,330,010 6.3 467 499 32 6.8
-Local Government 6,158 6,228 70 1.1 134,284,061 139,648,617 5,364,556 4.0 419 431 12 2.8

 

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

 

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