1997 Economic Census of Construction

1997 Construction Industry
Employment Statistics for Establishments with Payroll
New Mexico
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                                                       No. of Employees 2/      Payroll ($000)
                                                       -------------------   -------------------   
NAICS                                                              Const.        All      Const.
Code   Kind of Business 1/                    Estab.     Total    Workers       Emps.    Workers
-----  --------------------------------      ------     ------    -------   ----------  --------
23     Construction                           4,673     39,671     31,812   $1,026,789  $747,583

233      Building, developing &
           general contracting                1,816     12,312      9,377            D   223,807
2331       Land subdivision & land devel.        76        424         65       15,963       925
2332       Residential building const.        1,353      6,297      4,955            D         D
2333       Nonresidential building const.       387      5,592      4,358            D         D
234      Heavy construction                     245      7,441      6,051            D   160,569
2341       Highway, street, bridge
             & tunnel construction               79      3,574      2,781      102,514    75,381
2349       Other heavy construction             166      3,867      3,270            D    85,189
235      Special trade contractors            2,612     19,918     16,384      478,303   363,207
2351       Plumbing, heating &
             air-conditioning contractors       600      4,824      3,893      124,143    93,895
2352       Painting & wall covering contrs.     225        625        540       11,569     8,227
2353       Electrical contractors               501      4,488      3,690      137,066   106,846
2354       Masonry, drywall, insulation
             & tile contractors                 370      3,624      3,185       70,080    58,022
2355       Carpentry & floor contractors        241      1,304      1,083       22,722    16,894
2356       Roofing, siding & sheet
             metal contractors                  150        961        791       18,656    13,249
2357       Concrete contractors                 141      1,166        990       25,718    19,302
2358       Water well drilling contractors       41        260        195        6,983     5,066
2359       Other special trade contractors      343      2,667      2,015       61,366    41,705


                                                      Number of Construction Workers
                                                 ----------------------------------------
NAICS                                            Jan. to   April to    July to    Oct. to
Code   Kind of Business 1/                         March       June      Sept.       Dec.
-----  -----------------------------------       -------   --------    -------    -------
23     Construction                               29,798     31,596     33,549     32,306

233      Building, developing &
           general contracting                     8,957      9,460      9,897      9,195
2331       Land subdivision & land devel.             52         55         62         91
2332       Residential building const.             4,429      5,096      5,303      4,991
2333       Nonresidential building const.          4,476      4,309      4,532      4,114
234      Heavy construction                        5,314      6,005      6,371      6,515
2341       Highway, street, bridge
             & tunnel construction                 2,476      2,825      3,011      2,812
2349       Other heavy construction                2,837      3,180      3,359      3,703
235      Special trade contractors                15,527     16,131     17,282     16,597
2351       Plumbing, heating &
             air-conditioning contractors          3,804      3,758      4,051      3,960
2352       Painting & wall covering contrs.          442        567        564        588
2353       Electrical contractors                  3,367      3,566      4,021      3,808
2354       Masonry, drywall, insulation
             & tile contractors                    3,043      3,138      3,461      3,096
2355       Carpentry & floor contractors           1,136      1,139      1,050      1,008
2356       Roofing, siding & sheet
             metal contractors                       793        763        872        735
2357       Concrete contractors                      868        907        983      1,204
2358       Water well drilling contractors           182        208        208        184
2359       Other special trade contractors         1,891      2,085      2,071      2,014


D    Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.  Included in higher 
     level summaries.

1/   This table shows selected types of businesses.  More detailed categories of 
     businesses may be available from the pdf file for this report that is posted 
     on the Census Bureau's web site.

2/   Number of employees is the sum of all employees during pay periods including the 
     12th of March, May, August and November divided by 4.

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.