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An Enhanced Quality of Life for Rural Americans: Rural Gallery

Nonmetro Jobs and Earnings by Industry, 2005

 
Jobs
Share of jobs
Earnings per job
 
Millions
Percent
Dollars
Total
26.26
100.0
31,596
 Farm
1.60
6.1
16,743
 Nonfarm
24.66
93.9
32,563
  Forestry, fishing, and other*
0.38
1.5
23,819
  Mining
0.32
1.2
66,897
  Utilities
0.13
0.5
82,716
  Construction
1.70
6.5
30,976
  Manufacturing
3.15
12.1
49,268
  Wholesale trade
0.68
2.6
41,283
  Retail trade
3.04
11.6
21,316
  Transportation and warehousing
0.80
3.1
39,552
  Information services
0.28
1.1
37,757
  Finance and insurance
0.74
2.8
32,901
  Real estate
0.79
3.0
16,082
  Professional and technical services
0.85
3.3
33,399
  Management of companies and enterprises
0.12
0.4
55,360
  Administrative and waste services
0.98
3.7
18,091
  Education services
0.31
1.2
22,090
  Health services
2.42
9.3
32,078
  Arts, entertainment, and recreation
0.40
1.5
14,636
  Accomodations and food services
1.73
6.6
14,277
  Other services
1.54
5.9
17,682
  Government
4.19
16.0
43,842
*Other is jobs at foreign government facilities located within the United States.
Note: These industries do not directly match BEA data prior to 2001 that were based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) industries.
Source: Calculated by ERS using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

 

 

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Updated date: June 27, 2007