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Labor Force and Employment Summary
New Mexico
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% Change* % Change*
Previous Ten Yrs.
Current Previous year to Data Ago to
Current Year's Year's Current Ten Yrs. Current
Year Data Data Year Ago Year
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Civilian labor force (000s): 1/
Total 2005 935.9 914.5 2.3 798.6 17.2
Employment 2/ 2005 886.7 862.4 2.8 744.6 19.1
Unemployment 3/ 2005 49.2 52.1 -5.6 54.1 -9.1
Rate (%) 4/ 2005 5.3 5.7 - 6.8 -
Civilian nonagricultural wage & salary
employment (number of jobs in 000s): 5/
Total 2005 809.2 790.4 2.4 682.4 18.6
Natural resources and mining 2005 16.9 15.1 12.0 15.4 10.0
Construction 2005 54.3 50.3 7.9 45.7 18.6
Manufacturing 2005 36.1 36.0 0.2 42.5 -15.2
Wholesale trade 2005 22.8 22.2 2.6 23.9 -4.7
Retail trade 2005 94.0 92.2 2.0 84.3 11.5
Utilities 2005 3.9 3.9 -0.6 4.5 -12.5
Transportation and warehousing 2005 19.2 19.2 0.1 19.0 1.5
Information 2005 14.6 14.9 -1.8 12.5 16.4
Finance and insurance 2005 24.3 24.0 1.2 21.1 15.6
Real estate, rental and leasing 2005 10.7 10.3 3.1 9.7 9.8
Professional, scientific and
technical services 2005 43.1 42.1 2.3 38.6 11.7
Management of companies and enterprises 2005 5.6 5.2 6.9 4.5 24.3
Admin., support, waste management,
and remediation services 2005 43.9 42.7 2.7 30.4 44.1
Educational services 2005 12.8 12.3 4.2 7.2 79.3
Health care and social assistance 2005 92.5 90.1 2.6 60.4 53.0
Arts, entertainment and recreation 2005 8.1 7.9 2.6 7.2 12.7
Accommodation and food services 2005 75.7 74.6 1.5 65.1 16.3
Other services 2005 29.3 28.9 1.4 24.1 21.8
Government 2005 201.5 198.4 1.6 166.5 21.1
Federal 2005 30.1 29.8 1.0 31.2 -3.7
State 2005 68.4 67.3 1.7 57.6 18.8
Local 2005 103.1 101.3 1.7 77.7 32.7
Farm employment (000s):
Total 2005 24.5 23.9 2.5 21.7 13.1
Wage and salary workers 2005 7.5 6.9 8.5 6.9 8.9
Proprietors 2005 17.0 17.0 0.0 14.7 15.1
Military employment (000s): 6/
Total 2005 17.6 19.4 -9.3 27.2 -35.3
Active Duty 7/ 2005 11.0 12.0 -8.6 15.0 -27.1
Reserve and National Guard 8/ 2005 6.6 7.4 -10.9 12.2 -45.9
Selected labor force data and
demographic characteristics: 9/
Civilian unemployment rate (%): 4/
Total 2004 5.6 6.4 - 6.3 -
Men 2004 5.4 6.5 - 7.1 -
Women 2004 5.8 6.2 - 5.3 -
Hispanic 10/ 2004 7.5 7.5 - 7.6 -
Civilian labor force participation rate(%): 11/
Total 2004 63.5 64.0 - 63.8 -
Men 2004 69.9 69.2 - 72.8 -
Women 2004 57.5 59.2 - 55.3 -
Hispanic 10/ 2004 63.9 66.3 - 63.0 -
* Percent changes are based on unrounded numbers.
1/ Conceptually, persons in the civilian labor force are counted where they reside. The term "labor force"
refers to an estimate of the number of persons, 16 years and older, classified as employed or unemployed.
Persons in the Armed Forces are excluded.
2/ Employed persons are those individuals, 16 years and older, who did any work at all during the survey
week as paid employees, in their own business, profession or farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as
unpaid workers in a family-operated business. Also counted as employed are those persons who had jobs
or businesses from which they were absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management
dispute, or personal reasons. Persons in the Armed Forces are excluded. Individuals are counted only
once even though they may hold more than one job.
3/ Unemployed persons comprise all persons, 16 years and older, who did not work during the survey week
but who made specific efforts to find a job within the previous four weeks and were available for work
during the survey week (except for temporary illness). Also included as unemployed are those who did
not work at all, were available for work, but were not actively seeking work because they were a)
waiting to be called back to a job from which they were laid off; or b) waiting to report to a new job
within 30 days.
4/ The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons in a particular group calculated as a percent
of the civilian labor force for that group. For example, the Hispanic unemployment rate is the number
of unemployed Hispanics taken as a percent of the Hispanic civilian labor force. The statewide
unemployment rate for all races is the number of unemployed New Mexicans taken as a percent of the New
Mexico civilian labor force.
5/ Nonagricultural wage and salary employment refers to the number of persons on individual employer
payrolls. Double job holders are counted twice and the data are by place of work. The data exclude
self-employed persons, unpaid volunteers or family workers, domestic workers in individual households
and the Armed Forces. However, civilian Department of Defense workers are counted.
6/ These military employment figures are for Federal Fiscal Years, which run from October 1 to September 30.
7/ The active duty military personnel counts include those based ashore and exclude those temporarily shore-
based, in a transient status, or afloat. Reserve/National Guard personnel called to active duty under
Title 10, United States Code 12304, are not included in the active duty military personnel counts. There
are a few cases where personnel are reported by the parent installation and shown there instead of their
actual operating location. There are also cases where personnel on temporary duty as of Sept. 30 are
reported at the installation where they are temporarily assigned.
8/ Reserve and National Guard personnel include only the Ready Reserve, which consists of the Selected
Reserve, the Individual Ready Reserve and the Inactive National Guard.
9/ Labor force data by selected demographics are based on the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey
and are subject to sampling error. Unlike the general labor force data seen at the top of this table,
data by demographic characteristics are not revised. Because of this and other reasons, labor force data
by demographics may not be completely consistent with the more general data. For additional information
and selected error ranges, see the Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment published by the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
10/ Persons of Hispanic origin can be of any race.
11/ The civilian labor force participation rate is the number of persons in the civilian labor force of a
particular group calculated as a percent of the civilian non-institutional population for that group.
For example, the Hispanic labor force participation rate is the number of Hispanics in the civilian
labor force taken as a percent of the Hispanic civilian non-institutional population. The civilian
non-institutional population consists of persons 16 years and over who are not inmates of an institution
(e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged, etc.) and who are not on active duty in the Armed
Services.
Note: The broad employment categories listed in this table (civilian labor force employment, nonagricultural
wage and salary, farm, and military) are not completely consistent with each other and are not additive.
Sources: New Mexico Dept. of Labor, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau, Table A and Current Employment
Statistics; U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Internet release, April 2005; U.S. Dept.
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, selected issues;
and U.S. Dept. of Defense, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, Atlas/Data Abstract for the
United States and Selected Areas, selected issues.
Table prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.