ANNUAL AVERAGES
PRIVATE SECTOR BY DIVISION
1980-1999

                                         AVERAGE ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT                                             AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
DIVISION                     1980        1985        1997        1998        1999             1980        1985        1997        1998        1999
AGRICULTURE               16,208      21,431      28,913      30,269      31,670            9,484      13,155      21,839      22,851      23,798
MINING                     2,458       2,142       1,941       2,057       1,978           19,870      27,395      49,992      52,054      51,354
CONSTRUCTION             109,991     139,881     130,636     134,264     139,738           18,787      25,962      40,154      42,139      44,121
MANUFACTURING            779,389     705,922     480,981     475,018     463,017           17,976      25,418      46,868      49,443      51,877
TRANSPORTATION           107,324     129,902     155,760     159,780     168,150           19,022      23,097      33,479      34,875      36,769
COMMUNICATIONS            78,775      88,028      95,261      90,415      92,781           23,450      33,782      63,970      68,187      70,708
AND UTILITIES
WHOLESALE TRADE          199,300     244,815     273,014     280,896     279,804           19,350      26,522      48,143      50,808      53,119
RETAIL TRADE             475,548     557,804     596,548     602,028     615,581            8,919      11,652      18,922      19,881      20,693
FINANCE, INSURANCE       155,107     189,206     228,287     237,558     246,838           14,698      22,702      53,576      58,254      61,448
AND REAL ESTATE
SERVICES                 563,045     726,301   1,082,393   1,131,822   1,152,915           13,192      18,870      34,519      36,542      37,969
UNCLASSIFIED              19,213      27,685       6,064      16,278      55,513           13,168      17,833      33,227      35,096      39,729
TOTAL                  2,506,358   2,833,117   3,079,797   3,160,384   3,247,983           15,252      20,958      37,032      39,138      40,805