MCDOWELL COUNTY - Employment & Wages 1997
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOY- MENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
MCDOWELL COUNTY 496 5,555 127,690,159 22,986
MINING 63 879 35,842,464 40,776
12 Coal Mining 61 871 35,566,157 40,833
CONSTRUCTION 18 125 4,075,650 32,605
16 Heavy Construction, exc. Building 8 100 3,631,428 36,314
MANUFACTURING 15 117 1,785,874 15,263
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 77 296 6,875,080 23,226
41 Local and Interurban Passenger 3 34 571,101 16,797
42 Trucking and Warehousing 55 149 3,272,169 21,960
48 Communications 8 38 1,217,455 32,038
49 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 9 62 1,463,545 23,605
WHOLESALE TRADE 16 100 2,313,538 23,135
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 10 44 673,361 15,303
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 6 55 1,640,177 29,821
RETAIL TRADE 103 986 11,609,973 11,774
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 5 59 1,050,065 17,797
53 General Merchandise Stores 9 185 1,852,807 10,015
54 Food Stores 29 325 3,745,428 11,524
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 18 77 898,173 11,664
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 9 54 941,671 17,438
58 Eating and Drinking Places 18 189 1,616,037 8,550
59 Miscellaneous Retail 11 89 1,462,469 16,432
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 31 247 7,395,100 29,939
60 Depository Institutions 8 151 4,357,406 28,856
64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 6 28 335,275 11,974
65 Real Estate 14 27 558,613 20,689
SERVICES 118 802 14,580,181 18,179
73 Business Services 12 56 846,557 15,117
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 8 21 425,161 20,245
80 Health Services 24 301 6,202,266 20,605
81 Legal Services 14 20 335,534 16,776
83 Social Services 14 217 2,849,490 13,131
86 Membership Organizations 10 48 117,721 2,452
87 Engineering & Management Services 15 87 2,830,659 32,536
GOVERNMENT 56 2,002 43,207,499 21,582
91 Federal Government 8 104 2,849,622 27,400
92 State Government 19 508 10,596,450 20,859
93 Local Government 29 1,390 29,761,427 21,411
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