Ritchie - Employment & Wages
4th Quarter 2008
Industry Units Employment Total
Wages
Average
Weekly
Wage
TOTAL, ALL INDUSTRIES 228 3,136 26,643,097 653.54
TOTAL, PRIVATE SECTOR 194 2,586 21,731,692 646.46
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 33 415 4,249,449 787.69
  21 Mining 30 415 4,249,449 787.69
    211 Oil and gas extraction* 20 227 2,375,668 805.00
      2131 Support activities for mining* 9 169 1,683,788 766.38
CONSTRUCTION 21 196 1,594,359 625.69
  23 Construction 21 196 1,594,359 625.69
    236 Construction of buildings* 12 41 227,749 427.31
          236115 New single-family general contractors 8 38 219,404 444.15
    321 Wood product manufacturing* 3 21 130,641 478.54
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILITIES 47 525 4,678,716 685.54
  22 Utilities* 3 21 241,834 885.85
  42 Wholesale trade 6 180 2,519,530 1,076.69
  44-45 Retail trade 33 265 1,262,514 366.46
    444 Building material and garden supply stores* 4 44 331,812 580.08
    445 Food and beverage stores* 6 105 402,934 295.15
    446 Health and personal care stores* 3 24 196,890 631.08
    447 Gasoline stations* 6 36 111,183 237.54
    452 General merchandise stores* 4 19 77,447 313.54
  48-49 Transportation and warehousing 5 58 654,838 868.46
INFORMATION 3 28 259,400 712.62
  51 Information 3 28 259,400 712.62
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 21 101 631,982 481.31
  52 Finance and insurance 15 86 572,044 511.69
    522 Credit intermediation and related activities* 8 47 243,653 398.77
    524 Insurance carriers and related activities 7 39 328,391 647.69
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES 14 54 595,132 847.77
  54 Professional and technical services* 11 47 569,246 931.69
      5411 Legal services 5 39 529,135 1,043.69
EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES 16 222 1,372,858 475.69
  62 Health care and social assistance 14 215 1,312,273 469.54
    621 Ambulatory health care services 10 87 719,950 636.54
      6211 Offices of physicians* 5 58 518,482 687.62
      6213 Offices of other health practitioners 3 14 59,320 325.92
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY 16 135 387,780 220.92
  72 Accommodation and food services 14 131 372,322 218.62
        72211 Full-service restaurants* 6 56 134,509 184.77
OTHER SERVICES 11 31 146,580 363.69
  81 Other services, except public administration 11 31 146,580 363.69
GOVERNMENT 34 550 4,911,405 686.92
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 8 31 307,952 764.15
  STATE GOVERNMENT 8 121 751,475 477.77
    62 Health care and social assistance 1 18 138,174 590.46
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT 18 399 3,851,978 742.62
    61 Educational services 7 293 3,298,492 866.00
    62 Health care and social assistance 1 22 129,373 452.38
*This line contains full industry detail.
Date last revised: 05/28/09