Monroe - Employment & Wages
1st Quarter 2009
Industry Units Employment Total
Wages
Average
Weekly
Wage
TOTAL, ALL INDUSTRIES 257 2,086 15,911,975 586.77
TOTAL, PRIVATE SECTOR 214 1,319 8,688,093 506.69
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 21 121 788,482 501.23
  11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 20 52 283,367 419.15
    113 Forestry and logging* 14 25 157,920 485.92
CONSTRUCTION 56 149 1,008,961 520.92
  23 Construction 56 149 1,008,961 520.92
    236 Construction of buildings 19 46 268,446 448.92
        23611 Residential building construction 17 43 245,418 439.00
          236115 New single-family general contractors 13 36 195,358 417.46
    237 Heavy and civil engineering construction 3 17 266,680 1,206.69
    238 Specialty trade contractors 34 86 473,835 423.85
      2381 Building foundation and exterior contractors 11 27 124,666 355.15
      2383 Building finishing contractors 6 28 195,491 537.08
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILITIES 49 185 867,101 360.54
  44-45 Retail trade 34 151 616,876 314.23
    441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 4 24 122,185 391.62
    444 Building material and garden supply stores 6 21 129,207 473.31
      4442 Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores 3 14 100,646 553.00
    446 Health and personal care stores* 3 19 134,451 544.31
    447 Gasoline stations* 7 24 66,730 213.85
    452 General merchandise stores* 3 15 50,669 259.85
  48-49 Transportation and warehousing 8 21 160,581 588.23
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 11 57 386,513 521.62
  52 Finance and insurance 7 51 375,690 566.62
    522 Credit intermediation and related activities* 3 39 323,632 638.31
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES 20 57 251,579 339.54
  54 Professional and technical services* 15 31 122,397 303.69
      5419 Other professional and technical services* 3 14 51,151 281.08
  56 Administrative and waste services 5 26 129,182 382.23
EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES 15 208 948,040 350.62
  62 Health care and social assistance 15 208 948,040 350.62
      6213 Offices of other health practitioners 3 15 72,005 369.23
    624 Social assistance 6 64 167,491 201.31
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY 15 62 169,962 210.85
  71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation* 3 19 66,926 270.92
  72 Accommodation and food services 12 43 103,036 184.31
      7221 Full-service restaurants* 8 38 89,837 181.85
OTHER SERVICES 17 55 156,199 218.46
  81 Other services, except public administration 17 55 156,199 218.46
GOVERNMENT 43 767 7,223,882 724.46
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 15 212 2,940,044 1,066.77
  STATE GOVERNMENT 7 59 460,496 600.38
    62 Health care and social assistance 1 7 54,884 603.15
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT 21 496 3,823,342 592.92
    61 Educational services 6 335 2,881,076 661.54
    62 Health care and social assistance 2 72 466,637 498.54
*This line contains full industry detail.
Date last revised: 08/27/09