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News Release: County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 2003–2005

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EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 8:30 A.M. ET, Friday, December 29, 2006

County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 2003–2005

Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released county estimates of compensation by industry for 2003–2005. The estimates for 2003–2004 have been revised to incorporate newly available source data; the estimates for 2005 are released for the first time.

Compensation—the sum of wage and salary disbursements and supplements to wages and salaries—is a key statistic in the personal income account. The estimates of compensation by industry cover 114 industries and aggregates for 3,111 counties. In addition to the county estimates, BEA also is releasing compensation by industry for metropolitan areas, metropolitan divisions, micropolitan areas, combined statistical areas, and BEA economic areas. A sample table for Los Angeles County, California is attached. Tables for all areas for 1998–2005 can be accessed interactively at www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis.

Tables presenting the comprehensive measure of personal income for local areas—including CA05, Personal Income by Major Source and Earnings by Industry—will be released April 26, 2007.

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NOTE: The metropolitan area, metropolitan division, micropolitan area, and combined statistical area definitions used for this release incorporate the statistical area definition updates published by the Office of Management and Budget December 5, 2005 (OMB Bulletin No. 06–01).

Compensation of Employees by Industry for Los Angeles County, California, 2003–2005 [Thousands of dollars]   2003 2004 2005 D. Not shown to avoid disclosure of confidential information, but the estimates for this item are included in the total. 1. The estimates of compensation for 2003–2005 are based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2. Total average compensation per job is compensation of employees received divided by total full–time and part–time wage and salary employment. 3. "Other" consists of the wage and salary disbursements of U.S. residents employed by international organizations and foreign embassies and consulates in the United States. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Compensation of employees, received 1/ 225,089,326 238,535,790 249,222,285 Total wage and salary disbursements 184,029,912 193,748,711 201,651,773 Total supplements to wages and salaries 41,059,414 44,787,079 47,570,512  Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds 26,714,489 29,224,857 31,247,608  Employer contributions for government social insurance 14,344,925 15,562,222 16,322,904 Total average compensation per job (dollars) 2/ 52,000 55,005 57,133  Compensation of employees by industry        Farm compensation 173,407 185,810 198,329  Nonfarm compensation 224,915,919 238,349,980 249,023,956   Private compensation 188,262,135 200,230,364 209,478,022    Forestry, fishing, related activities, and other 3/ 85,935 84,471 95,693     Forestry and logging 2,609 2,162 2,517     Fishing, hunting, and trapping 5,369 6,781 8,164     Agriculture and forestry support activities 55,908 53,424 62,722     Other 3/ 22,049 22,104 22,290    Mining 576,770 778,234 728,599     Oil and gas extraction 427,952 642,267 577,972     Mining (except oil and gas) 48,943 44,692 43,518     Support activities for mining 99,875 91,275 107,109    Utilities 1,218,713 1,362,937 1,531,784    Construction 7,431,571 8,161,989 8,993,465     Construction of buildings 1,999,566 2,225,232 2,446,449     Heavy and civil engineering construction 1,135,802 1,159,440 1,246,902     Specialty trade contractors 4,296,203 4,777,317 5,300,114    Manufacturing 28,972,278 29,822,197 30,410,790     Durable goods manufacturing 18,467,700 19,120,582 19,539,777      Wood product manufacturing 207,687 215,697 211,608      Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 468,301 486,472 450,168      Primary metal manufacturing 502,445 518,219 549,858      Fabricated metal product manufacturing 2,440,094 2,466,991 2,595,384      Machinery manufacturing 1,403,869 1,377,807 1,380,945      Computer and electronic product manufacturing 5,432,191 5,877,644 6,244,945      Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing 658,437 747,477 683,670      Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts manufacturing 933,002 (D) (D)      Other transportation equipment manufacturing 3,817,583 (D) (D)      Furniture and related product manufacturing 1,128,763 1,270,299 1,211,293      Miscellaneous manufacturing 1,475,328 1,430,930 1,543,747     Nondurable goods manufacturing 10,504,578 10,701,615 10,871,013      Food manufacturing 2,328,149 2,233,071 2,278,618      Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 324,107 307,299 352,001      Textile mills 355,145 381,425 375,904      Textile product mills 280,806 267,372 264,986      Apparel manufacturing 2,084,625 2,187,234 2,203,821      Leather and allied product manufacturing 112,926 122,223 137,319      Paper manufacturing 730,017 704,675 719,459      Printing and related support activities 1,333,217 1,376,602 1,386,401      Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 583,932 649,300 720,867      Chemical manufacturing 1,495,059 1,544,328 1,560,572      Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 876,595 928,086 871,065    Wholesale trade 13,038,824 13,819,833 14,887,922    Retail trade 14,326,979 15,075,264 15,664,088     Motor vehicle and parts dealers 2,759,782 2,862,148 3,029,336     Furniture and home furnishings stores 589,169 625,145 656,418     Electronics and appliance stores 986,145 1,045,134 1,134,483     Building material and garden supply stores 860,555 970,638 1,038,599     Food and beverage stores 2,605,560 2,691,041 2,790,589     Health and personal care stores 1,163,585 1,174,888 1,187,696     Gasoline stations 315,271 352,536 350,727     Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,442,507 1,717,613 1,736,126     Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 680,620 716,173 680,777     General merchandise stores 1,554,224 1,579,762 1,674,558     Miscellaneous store retailers 1,031,335 834,927 848,248     Nonstore retailers 338,226 505,259 536,531    Transportation and warehousing 8,255,978 8,491,074 8,697,552     Air transportation 1,737,570 1,721,427 1,541,563     Rail transportation 280,284 295,405 301,839     Water transportation 91,858 94,001 100,731     Truck transportation 1,483,529 1,467,473 1,483,347     Transit and ground passenger transportation 399,295 387,552 444,325     Pipeline transportation 64,515 65,058 69,882     Scenic and sightseeing transportation 30,474 11,243 11,447     Support activities for transportation 2,464,844 2,609,207 2,838,690     Couriers and messengers 926,615 995,740 1,020,417     Warehousing and storage 776,994 843,968 885,311    Information 18,431,309 20,597,975 20,958,425     Publishing industries, except Internet 1,655,651 1,696,908 1,653,783     Motion picture and sound recording industries 11,578,094 13,193,176 13,222,584     Broadcasting, except Internet 1,847,596 2,035,500 2,165,191     Internet publishing and broadcasting 228,525 219,465 279,549     Telecommunications 2,129,907 2,299,887 2,299,903     ISPs, search portals, and data processing 935,031 1,093,101 1,269,094     Other information services 56,505 59,938 68,321    Finance and insurance 15,219,090 16,631,781 18,155,368     Monetary authorities - central bank 63,613 61,912 69,479     Credit intermediation and related activities 5,695,147 5,905,751 6,673,492     Securities, commodity contracts, investments 4,394,895 5,265,902 5,892,805     Insurance carriers and related activities 4,888,772 5,234,609 5,294,452     Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles 176,663 163,607 225,140    Real estate and rental and leasing 3,925,186 4,236,018 4,547,567     Real estate 2,807,708 3,082,094 3,358,866     Rental and leasing services 951,974 1,041,108 1,075,334     Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets 165,504 112,816 113,367    Professional and technical services 20,447,916 21,540,780 23,070,894    Management of companies and enterprises 6,063,179 6,531,816 6,783,195    Administrative and waste services 8,807,134 8,979,423 9,448,102     Administrative and support services 8,403,682 8,510,925 8,926,377     Waste management and remediation services 403,452 468,498 521,725    Educational services 3,759,594 3,977,446 4,225,074    Health care and social assistance 17,973,256 19,139,171 19,987,367     Ambulatory health care services 8,473,842 8,938,960 9,461,736     Hospitals 5,835,682 6,413,030 6,760,829     Nursing and residential care facilities 1,879,314 1,939,033 1,830,140     Social assistance 1,784,418 1,848,148 1,934,662    Arts, entertainment, and recreation 6,697,653 7,223,975 7,019,208     Performing arts and spectator sports 5,466,784 5,917,549 5,647,479     Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks 182,758 183,465 196,362     Amusement, gambling, and recreation 1,048,111 1,122,961 1,175,367    Accommodation and food services 6,279,186 6,695,613 7,009,010     Accommodation 1,170,638 1,276,185 1,334,045     Food services and drinking places 5,108,548 5,419,428 5,674,965    Other services, except public administration 6,751,584 7,080,367 7,263,919     Repair and maintenance 1,558,869 1,640,412 1,752,649     Personal and laundry services 1,499,718 1,553,816 1,601,514     Membership associations and organizations 2,560,187 2,676,914 2,690,391     Private households 1,132,810 1,209,225 1,219,365   Government and government enterprises 36,653,784 38,119,616 39,545,934    Federal, civilian 4,407,297 4,741,066 4,827,746    Military 838,463 898,753 1,007,324    State and local 31,408,024 32,479,797 33,710,864     State government 4,364,452 4,551,720 4,624,793     Local government 27,043,572 27,928,077 29,086,071