Average Annual Covered Wages by County

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AVERAGE ANNUAL COVERED WAGES1, 2, BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
NAICS Classification System            
Los Alamos County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total2,3 $37,779 $39,156 $41,954 $43,194 $44,336 $57,513
Total Private3 38,094 39,222 42,310 43,392 44,713 59,545
  Ag. For. Fish. & Hunting * * * * * *
  Mining 0 0 0 0 * *
  Utilities 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction 37,475 38,996 36,009 37,435 44,624 45,219
  Manufacturing 29,655 29,036 31,627 32,215 36,010 40,593
  Wholesale Trade 40,408 43,749 55,448 66,539 69,740 67,872
  Retail Trade 23,501 24,915 26,728 25,274 25,196 23,679
  Transportation & Warehousing 19,018 * * 22,484 * *
  Information 33,581 35,673 41,463 42,124 45,378 46,920
  Finance & Insurance 31,941 33,652 37,995 40,860 46,537 45,441
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 22,382 25,057 21,873 22,409 21,087 24,586
  Professional & Technical Services3 54,248 56,805 60,132 62,175 66,305 *
  Management of Companies & Enterprises 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Administrative & Waste Services 45,416 46,862 51,591 53,316 54,184 55,606
  Educational Services 39,298 35,618 36,460 39,081 41,652 42,984
  Health Care & Social Assistance 31,117 30,343 31,633 32,360 33,436 34,367
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation * 13,770 12,276 12,876 10,974 11,822
  Accommodation & Food Services 9,994 12,781 14,084 15,404 14,559 14,418
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 16,958 17,303 17,201 18,858 18,585 20,850
  Non-Classifiables4 0 * * * * *
Total Government 36,398 38,862 40,268 42,282 42,720 42,502
  Federal2 55,768 56,747 61,163 66,583 70,170 69,057
  State2 20,432 21,605 22,184 22,639 23,982 25,093
  Local 34,967 37,372 38,290 40,083 39,649 38,999
*    Withheld to avoid disclosing confidential data.  Data that are not disclosed for individual industries are always
     included in the totals. 
1   Average annual covered wages are calculated by dividing total annual wages by average employment for the year. 
     Calculations based on unrounded numbers.  Data are by location of the employer's establishment and represent
     wages covered by New Mexico unemployment insurance (UI) law and related statutes.  For a complete definition
     of covered employment see the attached definition sheet.
2   Data by industry from 2001 forward are not generally comparable with industry data for prior years posted elsewhere
     on this web site.  Prior to 2001, industry categories are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. 
     This system was replaced  with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).  The "Grand Total", along
      with the "State Government" and "Federal Government" sectors are the exceptions.  Data for these three categories
     are comparable from 1990 forward.
3    Data from 2001 through 2005 do not include employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).  Workers at
      LANL were employees of the State of California and were excluded from New Mexico and Los Alamos County
      covered employment counts because they were covered under California unemployment insurance laws. 
      However, in June 2006 Los Alamos National Security, LLC, (a group of private and public organizations) replaced
      the University of California as the management and operating contractor at LANL.  Because of this change in lab
      management, LANL was assigned to the professional & technical services sector and lab employment and wages
      were recorded in this database for the first time.  Thus, from June 2006 forward covered wages for all sectors
      combined, along with wages in the professional & technical services and total private sectors, are not consistent
      with data for prior periods. 
4   The unclassified category may include data for other industries that were withheld for reasons of confidentiality.
Source: New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau,
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.
Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM / bber@unm.edu
Last Revised: 1/23/08