Ritchie - Employment & Wages
3rd Quarter 2008
Industry Units Employment Total
Wages
Average
Weekly
Wage
TOTAL, ALL INDUSTRIES 231 3,217 24,379,510 582.92
TOTAL, PRIVATE SECTOR 196 2,669 21,557,596 621.31
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 33 434 4,278,993 758.38
  21 Mining 30 434 4,278,993 758.38
    211 Oil and gas extraction* 20 243 2,137,024 676.46
      2131 Support activities for mining* 9 175 1,979,095 869.92
CONSTRUCTION 23 209 1,824,745 671.62
  23 Construction 23 209 1,824,745 671.62
    236 Construction of buildings 13 46 248,509 415.54
        23611 Residential building construction 12 44 234,765 410.46
          236115 New single-family general contractors 8 40 225,169 433.00
    321 Wood product manufacturing* 3 21 123,442 452.15
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILITIES 46 536 4,481,944 643.23
  22 Utilities* 3 21 295,953 1,084.08
  42 Wholesale trade 6 182 2,355,008 995.38
  44-45 Retail trade 32 269 1,229,771 351.69
    441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 4 20 106,394 409.23
    445 Food and beverage stores* 6 107 386,461 277.85
    446 Health and personal care stores* 3 22 192,614 673.46
    447 Gasoline stations* 6 40 109,978 211.46
    452 General merchandise stores* 4 19 74,725 302.54
    453 Miscellaneous store retailers 4 16 29,514 141.92
  48-49 Transportation and warehousing 5 64 601,212 722.62
INFORMATION 3 28 290,326 797.62
  51 Information 3 28 290,326 797.62
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES 21 106 655,961 476.00
  52 Finance and insurance 15 88 583,597 510.15
    522 Credit intermediation and related activities* 8 46 245,935 411.23
    524 Insurance carriers and related activities 7 42 337,662 618.46
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES 15 49 485,890 762.77
  54 Professional and technical services* 12 42 460,605 843.62
      5411 Legal services 5 32 411,871 990.08
EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES 17 223 1,282,339 442.31
  62 Health care and social assistance 15 217 1,243,979 441.00
    621 Ambulatory health care services 10 81 721,985 685.62
      6211 Offices of physicians* 5 53 560,963 814.15
      6213 Offices of other health practitioners 3 16 60,167 289.23
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY 15 154 364,399 182.00
  72 Accommodation and food services 13 148 346,896 180.31
      7221 Full-service restaurants* 6 57 127,696 172.31
      7222 Limited-service eating places* 6 90 210,216 179.69
OTHER SERVICES 11 33 123,236 287.23
  81 Other services, except public administration 11 33 123,236 287.23
GOVERNMENT 35 547 2,821,914 396.85
  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 8 31 263,397 653.62
  STATE GOVERNMENT 9 138 836,583 466.31
    62 Health care and social assistance 1 17 143,617 649.85
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT 18 378 1,721,934 350.38
    61 Educational services 7 274 1,227,384 344.62
    62 Health care and social assistance 1 21 111,432 408.15
*This line contains full industry detail.
Date last revised: 02/26/09