Average Annual Covered Wages by County


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AVERAGE ANNUAL COVERED WAGES1, 2, BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
NAICS Classification System            
McKinley County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total2 $26,137 $26,512 $26,591 $27,370 $28,500 $29,756
Total Private 22,984 23,045 22,763 23,421 24,083 25,247
  Ag. For. Fish. & Hunting * 0 * * 0 0
  Mining 62,503 65,140 63,197 66,735 73,088 72,301
  Utilities * * * * 55,122 59,615
  Construction 22,684 23,900 26,551 26,033 31,070 33,522
  Manufacturing 27,908 26,987 28,130 32,916 33,108 37,557
  Wholesale Trade 21,811 21,201 22,032 23,615 24,893 25,776
  Retail Trade 19,085 19,702 20,265 21,071 21,211 21,183
  Transportation & Warehousing 34,372 33,707 32,060 32,153 32,056 34,376
  Information 22,821 24,686 24,370 23,106 23,068 25,063
  Finance & Insurance 25,994 25,220 27,356 27,582 25,728 26,025
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 34,790 24,041 16,484 17,224 17,658 19,334
  Professional & Technical Services 26,122 29,273 27,185 28,655 29,264 31,083
  Management of Companies & Enterprises * * * 41,038 32,801 41,516
  Administrative & Waste Services 18,296 17,455 19,487 19,673 19,709 21,333
  Educational Services 26,639 28,151 27,236 29,358 29,266 28,184
  Health Care & Social Assistance 24,657 25,056 24,397 24,094 24,596 26,358
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 8,597 7,905 9,037 9,457 10,621 11,143
  Accommodation & Food Services 9,876 9,948 10,085 10,610 10,672 11,087
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 17,099 17,870 17,277 18,017 18,501 18,124
  Non-Classifiables3 4,969 * 0 * * *
Total Government 32,126 33,239 33,450 34,679 36,907 37,904
  Federal2 41,706 41,550 44,038 46,824 48,987 50,427
  State2 27,815 28,977 29,346 30,569 31,403 33,852
  Local 26,684 28,499 27,909 27,975 30,290 31,344
*    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   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