Table 1: Growing Industries Report for 2008Q4 in NAICS
NAICS (1)	SECTOR	SUBSECTOR	2008Q4 AWW (2)	Emp. 2008Q4	Emp. 2007Q4	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Emp. 2008Q3	Emp. 2007Q3	Emp. Change	Pct. Change	Avg. Growth (3)	Rank (4)
211	Mining	Oil & gas extraction	$1,704.17	4,717	4,394	322	7.3%	4,800	4,336	464	10.7%	9.0%	9
212	Mining	Mining, except oil & gas	$1,499.44	9,875	9,318	558	6.0%	9,924	9,372	552	5.9%	5.9%	13
213	Mining	Support activities for mining	$1,459.80	15,763	13,976	1,787	12.8%	15,313	13,804	1,509	10.9%	11.9%	5
335	Manufacturing	Electrical equipment & appliance manufacturing	$964.19	293	158	135	85.8%	277	172	105	61.4%	73.6%	1
423	Wholesale trade	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods	$1,213.54	5,955	5,488	467	8.5%	5,927	5,477	451	8.2%	8.4%	11
443	Retail Trade	Electronics & appliance stores	$690.01	866	759	107	14.1%	844	727	117	16.1%	15.1%	3
481	Transportation & warehousing	Air transportation	$618.10	792	705	87	12.3%	786	721	65	9.0%	10.6%	6
486	Transportation & warehousing	Pipeline transportation	$1,537.36	775	723	52	7.2%	766	687	79	11.5%	9.4%	7
523	Finance & insurance	Securities, commodity contracts, investments	$1,721.01	550	500	50	10.1%	538	471	67	14.2%	12.2%	4
524	Finance & insurance	Insurance carriers & related activities	$827.12	2,120	1,935	185	9.5%	2,097	1,932	165	8.6%	9.1%	8
562	Administrative & waste services	Waste management & remediation services	$893.52	868	728	140	19.2%	881	768	113	14.7%	17.0%	2
622	Health care & social assistance	Hospitals	$952.87	11,353	10,593	760	7.2%	11,197	10,584	613	5.8%	6.5%	12
624	Health care & social assistance	Social assistance	$413.51	6,609	6,065	545	9.0%	6,329	5,819	510	8.8%	8.9%	10
	Total		$1,200.45	60,537	55,342	5,195	9.4%	59,679	54,867	4,811	8.8%	9.1%	.
1. Includes both public and privately owned firms.
2. The Average Weekly Wage (AWW) is calculated by dividing the total wage for the industry group by the total number of jobs for the industry group and the number of weeks in the observed quarter. To give some context to this number, the AWW for all growing industries in 2008Q4 is $1,200.45. The reader should also be aware that, AWW's at the industry Group Level are susceptible to wage bias due to sample size, occupational distributions, seasonal pay and bonuses, and keying error.
3. The percentage for Average Growth is defined as: (percent growth current quarter + percent growth previous quarter)/2.
4. Rank is based on the magnitude of the percent Average growth relative to the magnitude of all other growing industries.
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