MCDOWELL COUNTY - Employment & Wages 1996
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOY- MENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
MCDOWELL COUNTY 521 5,776 126,810,330 21,954
MINING 69 933 36,006,865 38,592
12 Coal Mining 67 932 35,946,617 38,569
CONSTRUCTION 22 114 3,284,148 28,808
16 Heavy Construction, exc. Building 9 85 2,879,670 33,878
MANUFACTURING 14 164 2,745,601 16,741
35 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 7 70 1,449,217 20,703
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 81 311 7,114,508 22,876
41 Local and Interurban Passenger 4 44 634,610 14,422
42 Trucking and Warehousing 56 141 3,044,345 21,591
48 Communications 9 43 1,385,703 32,225
49 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 11 70 1,676,528 23,950
WHOLESALE TRADE 15 99 2,190,202 22,123
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 9 41 595,116 14,515
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 6 58 1,595,086 27,501
RETAIL TRADE 112 1,087 12,367,429 11,377
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 7 61 1,081,358 17,727
53 General Merchandise Stores 11 201 2,020,589 10,052
54 Food Stores 29 352 3,813,654 10,834
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 19 96 1,377,958 14,353
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 9 52 942,508 18,125
58 Eating and Drinking Places 19 223 1,690,614 7,581
59 Miscellaneous Retail 13 91 1,384,735 15,216
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 31 242 6,135,354 25,352
60 Depository Institutions 8 155 3,942,692 25,436
64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 6 27 323,572 11,984
65 Real Estate 13 24 414,423 17,267
SERVICES 121 739 12,818,940 17,346
73 Business Services 10 46 722,939 15,716
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 8 20 374,937 18,746
80 Health Services 23 289 5,662,678 19,594
81 Legal Services 15 22 392,738 17,851
83 Social Services 14 172 2,387,412 13,880
86 Membership Organizations 11 43 135,131 3,142
87 Engineering & Management Services 15 82 2,137,128 26,062
GOVERNMENT 57 2,088 44,147,283 21,143
91 Federal Government 10 109 3,005,151 27,570
92 State Government 20 535 10,991,658 20,545
93 Local Government 28 1,444 30,150,474 20,879
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