1997 Economic Census of Construction

1997 Construction Industry
Detailed Statistics for Establishments with Payroll
New Mexico
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No. of establishments in business during the year          $4,673

Total no. of employees                                     39,671

No. of construction workers in March                       29,798
No. of construction workers in May                         31,596
No. of construction workers in August                      33,549
No. of construction workers in November                    32,306
Average no. of construction workers                        31,812

No. of other employees in March                             8,104
No. of other employees in May                               7,702
No. of other employees in August                            7,935
No. of other employees in November                          7,696
Average no. of other employees                              7,859

Payroll, all employees                                 $1,026,789
   Payroll, construction workers                         $747,583
   Payroll, other employees                              $279,206

Fringe benefits, all employees                           $201,853
   Legally required expenditures                         $152,530
   Voluntary expenditures                                 $49,323

Value of business done                                 $4,785,138
   Value of construction work                          $4,746,068
     Value of construction work 
     subcontracted in from others                      $1,403,969

   Other business receipts                                $39,071

Net value of construction                              $3,572,722

Value added                                            $2,144,161

Selected costs                                         $2,640,977
   Cost of materials, components, and supplies         $1,396,614
   Cost of construction work 
     subcontracted out to others                       $1,173,346

   Cost of selected power, fuels, and lubricants          $71,017
     Cost of electricity                                   $9,617
     Cost of natural gas and manufactured gas              $3,259
     Cost of gasoline and diesel fuel                     $53,465
        Cost of on-highway use of gasoline and die        $36,436
        Cost of off-highway use of gasoline and di        $17,029
     Cost of all other fuels and lubricants                $4,676

Rental cost for machinery, equipment and buildings        $81,470
   Rental cost for machinery and equipment                $60,463
   Rental cost for buildings                              $21,007

Selected purchased services                               $92,174
   Purchased communication services                       $28,290
   Cost of repairs to buildings & other structures         $4,954
   Cost of repairs to machinery and equipment             $58,931

Value of construction work                             $4,746,068
   Value of construction work on 
     government owned projects                         $1,413,163
   Value of construction work on 
     privately owned projects                          $3,332,905

Beginning-of-year gross book value of 
  depreciable assets                                     $724,631
   Capital expenditures other than land                   $92,089
   Retirements and disposition of 
     depreciable assets                                   $30,242

End-of-year gross book value of depreciable assets       $786,478

Depreciation charges during year                          $82,818

No. of establishments with inventories                      1,175

Value of construction work for
  establishments with inventories                      $1,569,907
    End of 1997, inventories of materials and supp        $59,064
    End of 1996, inventories of materials and supp        $67,518

No. of establishments with no inventories                   1,747

Value of construction work for
  establishments with no inventories                   $2,092,264

No. of establishments not reporting inventories             1,752

Value of construction work for establishments not      $1,083,896


1/    Dollars in thousands.

Note:  Data on relative standard error of estimate are available 
in the full report.  This report can be downloaded in pdf from 
the Census Bureau's web site at
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/97EC23.HTM.

Source:  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 
1997 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series, Construction, 
New Mexico.

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