KANAWHA COUNTY - Employment & Wages 1998
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOY- MENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
KANAWHA COUNTY 6,148 110,486 3,163,207,113 28,629
AGRICULTURE 60 343 5,706,158 16,636
07 Agricultural Services 58 340 5,597,631 16,463
MINING 64 1,926 103,078,196 53,519
12 Coal Mining 20 1,220 74,350,220 60,942
13 Oil and Gas Extraction 43 698 28,591,410 40,961
CONSTRUCTION 647 5,034 155,845,247 30,958
15 General Building Contractors 234 1,429 36,924,964 25,839
16 Heavy Construction, exc. Building 64 1,183 48,204,836 40,747
17 Special Trade Contractors 349 2,422 70,715,447 29,197
MANUFACTURING 156 8,631 426,059,049 49,363
20 Food and Kindred Products 7 348 10,204,177 29,322
23 Apparel and Other Textile Products 7 27 336,991 12,481
24 Lumber and Wood Products 23 244 5,207,957 21,344
27 Printing and Publishing 34 813 21,223,312 26,104
28 Chemicals and Allied Products 20 4,981 313,675,593 62,974
32 Stone, Clay, and Glass Products 9 148 3,681,111 24,872
34 Fabricated Metal Products 15 1,384 50,808,170 36,711
35 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 19 327 10,383,862 31,754
38 Instruments and Related Products 10 71 2,134,958 30,069
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries 8 22 301,740 13,715
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 280 7,300 301,943,757 41,362
41 Local and Interurban Passenger 9 63 841,850 13,362
42 Trucking and Warehousing 109 1,168 32,857,122 28,131
44 Water Transportation 9 302 10,145,554 33,594
45 Transportation By Air 12 562 18,416,993 32,770
47 Transportation Services 18 122 3,160,759 25,907
48 Communications 69 2,700 110,081,754 40,771
49 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 54 2,383 126,439,725 53,059
WHOLESALE TRADE 552 5,962 207,804,662 34,854
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 424 4,886 173,256,521 35,459
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 129 1,076 34,548,141 32,107
RETAIL TRADE 1,248 20,089 297,425,104 14,805
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 54 767 16,198,490 21,119
53 General Merchandise Stores 44 2,756 39,798,569 14,440
54 Food Stores 139 3,016 40,259,721 13,348
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 181 2,535 65,585,281 25,871
56 Apparel and Accessory Stores 92 1,031 11,985,918 11,625
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 104 910 17,844,850 19,609
58 Eating and Drinking Places 387 7,014 73,104,326 10,422
59 Miscellaneous Retail 248 2,060 32,647,949 15,848
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 591 7,067 225,995,518 31,978
60 Depository Institutions 84 2,154 60,637,070 28,150
61 Nondepository Institutions 31 197 6,906,590 35,058
62 Security and Commodity Brokers 27 255 23,385,785 91,708
63 Insurance Carriers 55 1,439 57,777,352 40,151
64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 138 1,730 46,420,718 26,832
65 Real Estate 230 1,161 23,979,495 20,654
67 Holding and other Investment Offices 26 131 6,888,508 52,584
SERVICES 2,345 33,267 853,993,517 25,670
70 Hotels and Other Lodging Places 31 1,140 15,780,142 13,842
72 Personal Services 143 989 15,088,960 15,256
73 Business Services 305 6,260 94,326,667 15,068
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 164 937 18,959,663 20,234
76 Miscellaneous Repair Services 51 249 8,174,549 32,829
78 Motion Pictures 31 278 4,107,743 14,776
79 Amusement & Recreation Services 56 914 13,171,596 14,410
80 Health Services 527 12,668 424,214,081 33,487
81 Legal Services 207 1,872 61,667,033 32,941
82 Educational Services 31 805 20,848,791 25,899
83 Social Services 112 2,916 51,019,385 17,496
86 Membership Organizations 163 1,117 24,417,148 21,859
87 Engineering & Management Services 278 2,723 96,422,066 35,410
88 Private Households 242 343 4,556,334 13,283
GOVERNMENT 201 20,861 585,239,972 28,054
Federal Government 57 2,441 98,806,165 40,477
State Government 90 10,121 281,567,742 27,820
Local Government 55 8,299 204,866,065 24,685
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