NICHOLAS COUNTY - Employment & Wages 1997
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOY- MENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
NICHOLAS COUNTY 699 7,948 165,783,409 20,858
MINING 22 569 22,318,769 39,224
12 Coal Mining 21 568 22,292,103 39,246
CONSTRUCTION 75 443 13,316,624 30,060
15 General Building Contractors 31 135 3,508,144 25,986
16 Heavy Construction, exc. Building 11 212 8,312,175 39,208
17 Special Trade Contractors 32 96 1,496,305 15,586
MANUFACTURING 54 1,008 22,225,356 22,048
24 Lumber and Wood Products 35 537 11,228,956 20,910
27 Printing and Publishing 3 34 344,964 10,146
35 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 9 163 4,920,746 30,188
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 69 459 10,833,211 23,601
42 Trucking and Warehousing 55 321 7,006,885 21,828
48 Communications 6 37 1,011,911 27,348
49 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 4 42 1,451,824 34,567
WHOLESALE TRADE 43 297 7,955,884 26,787
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 28 195 5,545,858 28,440
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 15 103 2,410,026 23,398
RETAIL TRADE 160 2,069 25,349,184 12,251
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 14 158 2,508,144 15,874
53 General Merchandise Stores 11 306 3,728,886 12,185
54 Food Stores 19 504 6,100,369 12,103
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 42 334 4,939,604 14,789
56 Apparel and Accessory Stores 3 20 183,474 9,173
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 12 63 889,696 14,122
58 Eating and Drinking Places 36 549 4,618,702 8,412
59 Miscellaneous Retail 24 135 2,380,309 17,631
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 41 217 4,139,975 19,078
60 Depository Institutions 7 127 2,314,706 18,226
65 Real Estate 20 56 1,133,201 20,235
SERVICES 182 1,147 18,318,397 15,970
70 Hotels and Other Lodging Places 13 133 1,489,105 11,196
72 Personal Services 11 34 444,709 13,079
73 Business Services 12 38 535,731 14,098
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 21 68 961,434 14,138
76 Miscellaneous Repair Services 10 33 663,536 20,107
80 Health Services 34 394 7,642,802 19,397
81 Legal Services 12 44 760,518 17,284
83 Social Services 11 176 2,249,940 12,783
86 Membership Organizations 10 33 105,431 3,194
87 Engineering & Management Services 27 144 3,031,810 21,054
88 Private Households 17 33 245,966 7,453
GOVERNMENT 49 1,720 41,067,695 23,876
91 Federal Government 15 127 4,038,920 31,802
92 State Government 13 159 3,377,633 21,242
93 Local Government 21 1,434 33,651,142 23,466
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