Covered Wage and Salary Employment by NAICS Classification

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COVERED WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SECTOR1
NAICS Classification System            
New Mexico 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Grand Total1 728,751 737,760 746,729 761,008 778,107 808,238
Total Private 561,879 566,254 571,747 582,832 597,209 624,370
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 11,970 12,392 12,242 11,896 11,749 11,307
  Mining 15,495 13,963 14,217 15,026 16,819 18,638
  Utilities 4,207 4,128 4,008 3,939 3,947 3,992
  Construction 47,148 45,796 47,211 50,221 54,340 59,337
  Manufacturing 41,053 38,448 36,524 35,884 36,306 37,653
  Wholesale Trade 22,644 22,637 22,215 22,191 22,778 23,512
  Retail Trade 89,937 90,265 90,915 92,427 93,977 94,331
  Transportation & Warehousing 17,096 17,070 17,190 17,712 17,708 18,144
  Information 17,147 16,856 15,995 14,808 14,540 15,852
  Finance & Insurance 22,130 22,367 22,571 22,715 22,967 22,874
  Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 9,797 10,101 10,077 10,546 10,671 11,017
  Professional & Technical Services 39,577 39,800 41,317 42,129 42,999 50,523
  Management of Companies & Enterprises 5,767 5,360 5,061 5,067 5,547 5,925
  Administrative & Waste Services 43,091 43,890 42,301 43,080 43,817 46,109
  Educational Services 5,996 5,947 5,798 6,056 6,608 6,891
  Health Care & Social Assistance 70,256 76,082 80,850 84,793 86,666 89,228
  Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 7,171 7,407 7,691 7,846 8,161 8,219
  Accommodation & Food Services 71,090 72,710 74,123 74,720 75,645 78,488
  Other Services, ex. Public Administration 19,795 20,273 20,835 21,198 21,344 21,815
  Unclassified2 516 764 605 578 623 519
Total Government 166,872 171,507 174,983 178,176 180,899 183,868
  Federal1 29,585 29,961 29,773 29,743 30,038 30,500
  State1 45,997 47,003 48,285 48,810 49,671 50,402
  Local3 91,290 94,542 96,919 99,624 101,189 102,966
*    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