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 Table IV
PIERCE COUNTY
Annual Average Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment
2003 and 2008 Projections

 

Percent Change

1998

2003

2008

1998-2003

2003-2008

TOTAL

233,900

259,500

281,700

10.9%

8.6%

MANUFACTURING

25,400

26,500

27,400

4.3%

3.4%

  Durable Goods

15,000

15,400

15,800

2.7%

2.6%

      Lumber & Wood Products

4,000

4,100

4,200

2.5%

2.4%

      Stone, Clay & Glass

1,400

1,500

1,500

7.1%

0.0%

      Primary & Fabricated Metals

2,100

2,200

2,300

4.8%

4.5%

      Industrial Machinery & Equipment

3,000

3,400

3,600

13.3%

5.9%

      Transportation Equipment

2,700

2,200

2,200

-18.5%

0.0%

         Aircraft and Parts

1,900

1,500

1,500

-21.1%

0.0%

  Nondurable Goods

10,400

11,100

11,600

6.7%

4.5%

      Food & Kindred Products

2,200

2,300

2,300

4.5%

0.0%

      Textiles, Apparel & Leather

1,500

1,500

1,400

0.0%

-6.7%

      Paper & Allied Products

1,200

1,200

1,200

0.0%

0.0%

      Printing & Publishing

2,300

2,500

2,600

8.7%

4.0%

      Petroleum, Coal, Plastics

2,600

3,100

3,500

19.2%

12.9%

MINING & QUARRYING

200

200

200

0.0%

0.0%

  Construction

13,600

14,800

16,000

8.8%

8.1%

      General Building Contractors

3,300

3,800

4,200

15.2%

10.5%

      Heavy Construction, Ex. Buildings

2,200

2,300

2,600

4.5%

13.0%

      Special Trade Contractors

8,100

8,700

9,200

7.4%

5.7%

TRANS., COMMUNICATION & UTILITIES

8,900

9,200

9,500

3.4%

3.3%

  Transportation

6,900

7,000

7,200

1.4%

2.9%

      Trucking And Warehousing

3,300

3,400

3,400

3.0%

0.0%

      Water Transportation

1,400

1,300

1,300

-7.1%

0.0%

  Communications

1,100

1,200

1,200

9.1%

0.0%

  Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services

900

1,000

1,100

11.1%

10.0%

WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE

58,000

63,900

68,000

10.2%

6.4%

  Wholesale Trade

11,900

12,700

13,300

6.7%

4.7%

      Durable Goods

6,800

7,400

7,900

8.8%

6.8%

      Nondurable Goods

5,100

5,300

5,400

3.9%

1.9%

  Retail Trade

46,100

51,200

54,700

11.1%

6.8%

      Building Materials & Garden Supplies

1,600

1,600

1,700

0.0%

6.3%

      General Merchandise

5,400

6,200

6,800

14.8%

9.7%

      Food Stores

6,500

7,300

7,900

12.3%

8.2%

      Automotive Dealers & Service Stations

5,500

6,200

6,500

12.7%

4.8%

      Apparel & Accessory Stores

1,700

1,800

1,900

5.9%

5.6%

      Eating & Drinking Places

17,400

19,300

20,300

10.9%

5.2%

FINANCE, INS. & REAL ESTATE

12,600

13,900

15,100

10.3%

8.6%

      Finance

6,600

7,300

8,100

10.6%

11.0%

      Insurance

2,900

3,100

3,300

6.9%

6.5%

      Real Estate

3,100

3,500

3,700

12.9%

5.7%

SERVICES

68,200

79,300

88,900

16.3%

12.1%

      Hotels & Lodging

1,400

1,500

1,600

7.1%

6.7%

      Personal Services

2,700

3,000

3,200

11.1%

6.7%

      Business Services

9,100

10,800

12,200

18.7%

13.0%

      Amusement & Recreation

4,900

6,000

6,800

22.4%

13.3%

      Health Services

20,800

24,100

27,500

15.9%

14.1%

         Nursing & Personal Care

3,700

3,700

3,700

0.0%

0.0%

         Hospitals

7,700

8,500

9,400

10.4%

10.6%

      Educational Services

6,500

7,600

8,200

16.9%

7.9%

      Social Services

7,800

9,600

11,500

23.1%

19.8%

      Engineering & Management Services

3,200

3,500

3,800

9.4%

8.6%

GOVERNMENT

47,000

51,700

56,600

10.0%

9.5%

  Federal

9,500

9,100

8,700

-4.2%

-4.4%

  State

10,300

11,800

13,700

14.6%

16.1%

      State Education

3,200

3,800

4,500

18.8%

18.4%

  Local

27,200

30,800

34,200

13.2%

11.0%

      Local Education

16,400

18,000

19,400

9.8%

7.8%

Description of process: The base year 1998 estimates for the projections come from annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax data, and from estimates of railroad and other not covered employment by the state and federal UI programs.  The projected employment increases were estimated using a combination of five types of forecasting models with some individual industry adjustments. These projections were made before final benchmarking of the 1998 annual estimates was completed by the Regional Labor Economists.  As a result, the 1998 numbers indicated in these tables may differ from the benchmarked estimates which will be published later this year.

LMEA 1/2000

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