BBER-UNM: Business Establishments

1998 Business Establishments 1/, Employees and Annual Payroll in New Mexico

					Annual	Number of Establishments
		Total		Annual	Payroll	by Employment-size Class
		No.	No. of	Payroll	per				100 or
NAICS Industry		Estab.	Emp. 2/	($000)	Emp.	1-19	20-49	50-99	More
Total All Industries		42,608	540,186	$13,133,707	$24,313	37,254	3,544	1,125	685

	Forestry, fishing, hunting
	& agricultural support	93	447	$9,574	$21,418	90	2	1	0
	Mining	577	15,489	625,572	40,388	443	78	22	34
	Utilities	227	6,180	283,330	45,846	174	28	16	9
	Construction	4,913	42,164	1,061,850	25,184	4,456	316	98	43
	Manufacturing	1,584	40,561	1,216,861	30,001	1,279	176	58	71
	Wholesale trade	2,228	21,672	652,200	30,094	1,962	200	44	22
	Retail trade	7,376	89,883	1,569,283	17,459	6,501	529	215	131
	Transportation
	& warehousing	1,053	13,899	337,345	24,271	900	100	35	18
	Information	801	13,281	415,584	31,292	670	96	18	17
	Finance & insurance	2,508	21,847	679,563	31,106	2,294	150	47	17
	Real estate &
	rental & leasing	1,918	8,990	188,676	20,987	1,849	53	10	6
	Professional, scientific
	& technical services	4,147	35,771	1,514,635	42,343	3,888	177	48	34
	Management of companies
	& enterprises	193	8,000	460,792	57,599	141	30	9	13
	Administrative & support
	& waste management
	& remediation services	1,816	32,347	669,284	20,691	1,560	134	71	51
	Educational services	445	8,620	156,425	18,147	349	52	23	21
	Health care & social
	assistance	3,737	76,641	1,995,230	26,033	3,154	329	131	123
	Arts, entertainment
	& recreation	584	11,372	170,811	15,020	494	56	18	16
	Accommodation &
	foodservices	3,846	65,149	672,950	10,329	2,758	828	212	48
	Other services (except
	public administration)	4,195	26,279	418,964	15,943	3,943	197	45	10
	Auxiliaries (not shown in
	sector 55)	55	1,195	29,842	24,972	39	11	4	1
	Unclassified 3/	312	399	4,936	12,371	310	2	0	0

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/ Unclassified establishments include establishments, typically new businesses, that cannot be classified in any
major industry group because of insufficient information.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, New Mexico, 1998.

Table Prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.