Average Annual Covered Wages by County

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AVERAGE ANNUAL COVERED WAGES1 BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR2,3
NAICS Classification System            
New Mexico 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total2,3 $28,783 $29,397 $30,170 $31,377 $32,601 $34,573
Total Private3 27,753 28,145 28,919 30,062 31,335 33,414
  Ag. For. Fish. & Hunting 15,534 16,151 16,907 17,917 19,493 20,956
  Mining 46,894 47,621 48,769 51,546 54,951 61,072
  Utilities 54,318 54,409 54,147 56,999 59,777 61,300
  Construction 30,183 30,001 30,554 31,318 32,969 34,903
  Manufacturing 38,100 37,712 39,493 40,643 41,838 44,055
  Wholesale Trade 36,404 37,258 38,301 39,867 41,199 44,003
  Retail Trade 20,752 21,159 21,664 22,589 23,028 23,868
  Transportation & Warehousing 30,680 31,439 31,829 34,160 35,615 37,718
  Information 32,852 31,867 33,172 34,908 36,790 37,843
  Finance & Insurance 35,564 37,495 39,184 40,043 41,936 44,613
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 24,779 29,813 25,882 27,312 28,363 30,433
  Professional & Technical Services3 49,859 50,958 53,003 54,744 56,908 60,746
  Management of Companies & Enterprises 40,911 42,146 41,904 46,860 48,998 48,587
  Administrative & Waste Services 22,490 23,005 24,663 25,946 26,576 27,684
  Educational Services 23,637 24,667 24,947 25,793 26,643 27,962
  Health Care & Social Assistance 28,507 29,387 30,040 31,033 32,297 33,941
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 16,223 16,328 16,744 16,908 17,258 17,520
  Accommodation & Food Services 11,173 11,510 11,727 12,150 12,645 13,116
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 20,582 21,231 21,534 22,287 23,323 24,553
  Non-Classifiables4 32,101 29,473 38,943 40,181 42,589 45,472
Total Government 32,252 33,532 34,258 35,679 36,781 38,509
  Federal2 47,029 49,305 51,370 54,427 56,650 59,129
  State2 32,942 34,406 34,839 36,637 37,760 40,365
  Local 27,116 28,099 28,713 29,613 30,402 31,493
*    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