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