Industry |
FOURTH QUARTER 2008 |
Number
of
Reporting
Units
|
Monthly Employment |
Quarterly
Average
Employment |
Total Wages |
Average
Weekly
Wage
Per
Worker |
First |
Second |
Third |
Worcester County |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT |
2,234 |
23,019 |
21,028 |
20,137 |
21,395 |
$166,449,534 |
$598 |
GOVERNMENT SECTOR - TOTAL |
69 |
3,827 |
3,733 |
3,672 |
3,744 |
43,687,165 |
898 |
Federal Government |
16 |
196 |
191 |
190 |
192 |
2,419,444 |
969 |
State Government |
6 |
337 |
335 |
330 |
334 |
3,395,144 |
782 |
Local Government |
47 |
3,294 |
3,207 |
3,152 |
3,218 |
37,872,577 |
905 |
PRIVATE SECTOR - TOTAL ALL INDUSTRIES |
2,165 |
19,192 |
17,295 |
16,465 |
17,651 |
122,762,369 |
535 |
GOODS-PRODUCING |
361 |
2,091 |
1,992 |
1,937 |
2,007 |
18,032,843 |
691 |
| Natural Resources and Mining |
|
29 |
105 |
106 |
109 |
107 |
1,040,622 |
748 |
|
295 |
1,423 |
1,323 |
1,288 |
1,345 |
12,272,885 |
702 |
|
37 |
563 |
563 |
540 |
555 |
4,719,336 |
654 |
SERVICE PROVIDING |
1,804 |
17,101 |
15,303 |
14,528 |
15,644 |
104,729,526 |
515 |
| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |
|
513 |
4,113 |
4,052 |
3,979 |
4,048 |
27,060,463 |
514 |
|
28 |
125 |
130 |
133 |
129 |
1,307,146 |
779 |
|
255 |
1,105 |
1,077 |
1,032 |
1,071 |
9,163,061 |
658 |
| Professional and Business Services |
|
245 |
1,020 |
998 |
987 |
1,002 |
10,335,157 |
793 |
| Education and Health Services |
|
157 |
2,019 |
2,046 |
2,059 |
2,041 |
18,913,836 |
713 |
|
455 |
8,011 |
6,306 |
5,637 |
6,651 |
33,548,729 |
388 |
|
151 |
708 |
694 |
701 |
701 |
4,401,134 |
483 |
|