Covered Wage and Salary Employment by NAICS Classification

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COVERED WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR1
NAICS Classification System            
Los Alamos County 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total1 8,624 8,962 9,139 9,156 8,914 14,589
Total Private 7,025 7,343 7,545 7,526 7,221 12,849
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting * * * * * *
  Mining 0 0 0 0 * *
  Utilities 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Construction 264 310 324 322 320 320
  Manufacturing 47 50 46 38 36 32
  Wholesale Trade 103 85 101 101 87 70
  Retail Trade 478 499 483 467 437 406
  Transportation & Warehousing 16 * * 16 * *
  Information 107 100 138 138 131 127
  Finance & Insurance 393 377 412 392 354 346
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 122 122 154 148 150 110
  Professional & Technical Services 1,442 1,408 1,466 1,441 1,235 *
  Management of Companies & Enterprises 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Administrative & Waste Services 2,296 2,477 2,524 2,469 2,453 2,339
  Educational Services 49 44 48 38 41 59
  Health Care & Social Assistance 867 905 903 985 983 950
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation * 52 82 86 99 80
  Accommodation & Food Services 522 635 561 604 602 633
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 274 256 282 280 269 255
  Unclassified2 0 * * * * *
Total Government 1,598 1,619 1,594 1,630 1,693 1,739
  Federal1 213 246 245 237 250 275
  State1 147 149 151 155 154 155
  Local3 1,239 1,224 1,198 1,239 1,289 1,309
*    Withheld to avoid disclosing confidential data.  Data that are not disclosed for individual industries are always
     included in the totals.  Therefore, the individual industries may not sum to the totals.
1   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.  In addition, data are by location of the employer's establishment and represent
     counts of workers covered by New Mexico unemployment insurance (UI) law and related statutes.  For a complete
     definition of covered employment see the attached definition sheet.
2   The unclassified category may include data for other industries that were withheld for reasons of confidentiality.
3   Beginning in 2001, employment in Native American enterprises and Tribal Government were included in the Local
     Government sector.  Prior to 2001 they were classified by kind of business, primarily in the services sector.
Note:  Figures shown here are annual averages of quarterly data.  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 was recorded in this database for the first time.  Thus, from June 2006 forward total
covered employment counts, along with employment counts in the professional & technical services and total private
sectors, are not consistent with data for prior periods.
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.
bber@unm.edu
Last Revised: 1/23/08