| 2005 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll in New Mexico | |||||||||
| by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Portions | |||||||||
| Annual | Number of Establishments | ||||||||
| Annual | Payroll | by Employment-size Class | |||||||
| Total No. | No. of | Payroll | per | 100 or | |||||
| Estab. | Emp. 2/ | ($000) | Emp. | 1-19 | 20-49 | 50-99 | More | ||
| Metropolitan Portion | 30,227 | 422,622 | $13,618,103 | $32,223 | 25,975 | 2,727 | 924 | 601 | |
| Albuquerque MSA 3/ | 18,818 | 291,769 | 9,706,210 | 33,267 | 15,938 | 1,807 | 629 | 444 | |
| Farmington MSA 4/ | 2,761 | 37,244 | 1,239,975 | 33,293 | 2,369 | 261 | 82 | 49 | |
| Las Cruces MSA 5/ | 3,540 | 44,883 | 1,087,844 | 24,237 | 3,067 | 306 | 111 | 56 | |
| Santa Fe MSA 6/ | 5,108 | 48,726 | 1,584,074 | 32,510 | 4,601 | 353 | 102 | 52 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Portion | 14,779 | 172,627 | 4,553,017 | 26,375 | 13,058 | 1,179 | 348 | 194 | |
| NEW MEXICO | 45,006 | 595,249 | $18,171,120 | $30,527 | 39,033 | 3,906 | 1,272 | 795 | |
| 1/ These counts of businesses include only those establishments that had employees. Businesses are defined as establishments | |||||||||
| rather than firms. An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial | |||||||||
| operations are performed. In general, the following types of establishments are excluded: government (except for government | |||||||||
| operated hospitals), railroads, those businesses consisting only of self-employed persons and agricultural production. | |||||||||
| Additionally, domestic servants are excluded. | |||||||||
| 2/ Number of employees for week including March 12. | |||||||||
| 3/ Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties. | |||||||||
| 4/ San Juan County. | |||||||||
| 5/ Dona Ana County. | |||||||||
| 6/ Santa Fe County. | |||||||||
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 2005. | |||||||||
| Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico. | |||||||||