Employment

Employment and Earnings by Industry, 2011

Employment

Pct Dist.
in County

Earnings ($000)

Pct Dist.
In County

Avg. Earnings Per Job

Total by place of work

150,181

100.0%

$7,415,246

100.0%

$49,375

Wage and Salary

127,849

85.1%

$5,031,616

67.9%

$39,356

Farm Proprietors

634

0.4%

$43,557

0.6%

$68,702

Nonfarm Proprietors

21,698

14.4%

$1,134,745

15.3%

$52,297

Farm

785

0.5%

$49,485

0.7%

$63,038

Nonfarm

149,396

99.5%

$7,365,761

99.3%

$49,304

Private

133,602

89.0%

$6,555,476

88.4%

$49,067

  Accommodation, Food Serv.

10,660

7.1%

$193,914

2.6%

$18,191

  Arts, Ent., Recreation

2,355

1.6%

$27,874

0.4%

$11,836

  Construction

5,906

3.9%

$314,469

4.2%

$53,246

  Health Care, Social Serv.

20,302

13.5%

$1,080,872

14.6%

$53,240

  Information

1,972

1.3%

$100,999

1.4%

$51,217

  Manufacturing

15,551

10.4%

$1,411,570

19.0%

$90,770

  Professional, Tech. Serv.

7,684

5.1%

$558,104

7.5%

$72,632

  Retail Trade

16,409

10.9%

$437,005

5.9%

$26,632

  Trans., Warehousing

Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

  Wholesale Trade

6,670

4.4%

$420,433

5.7%

$63,033

  Other Private (not above)

42,014*

28.0%*

$1,758,645*

23.7%*

$41,859*

Government

15,794

10.5%

$810,285

10.9%

$51,303