Average Annual Covered Wages by County


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AVERAGE ANNUAL COVERED WAGES1, 2, BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
NAICS Classification System            
Otero County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total2 $23,451 $24,411 $24,533 $24,804 $25,798 $27,900
Total Private 20,642 21,612 22,448 22,679 23,402 24,254
  Ag. For. Fish. & Hunting 17,427 19,938 18,148 18,217 18,300 22,916
  Mining 13,092 * * * 11,268 14,342
  Utilities 31,857 33,436 34,820 35,245 38,740 38,961
  Construction 23,628 23,621 25,973 29,206 28,626 27,961
  Manufacturing 21,334 25,298 26,211 26,856 29,713 25,732
  Wholesale Trade 18,734 16,841 19,141 19,234 18,950 21,133
  Retail Trade 16,568 17,671 18,363 18,623 19,387 20,140
  Transportation & Warehousing 28,786 31,070 31,447 32,765 30,664 31,271
  Information 30,075 30,626 30,302 31,152 31,173 33,277
  Finance & Insurance 24,205 24,986 26,183 27,257 28,405 28,328
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 16,256 16,706 16,896 17,493 18,800 20,412
  Professional & Technical Services 30,594 33,627 36,931 39,539 41,615 36,343
  Management of Companies & Enterprises 29,789 28,130 27,814 27,829 27,203 27,565
  Administrative & Waste Services 26,770 23,848 25,165 19,875 19,470 21,782
  Educational Services 18,196 28,628 29,246 28,554 26,736 25,411
  Health Care & Social Assistance 24,720 25,411 26,517 28,019 29,588 31,116
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 5,099 5,985 7,108 6,375 6,675 7,024
  Accommodation & Food Services 9,187 9,130 9,395 9,997 10,550 11,082
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 12,637 13,335 14,133 17,043 17,798 18,716
  Non-Classifiables3 7,530 * * * 14,310 14,948
Total Government 28,054 28,863 27,763 28,257 29,700 34,037
  Federal2 36,157 38,770 40,276 41,626 43,103 45,279
  State2 26,980 27,387 27,862 29,262 30,479 32,426
  Local 23,528 23,768 21,768 22,095 23,101 28,502
*    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