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Annual Averages, 1999 we w a WTI wg ii TT ste s oo s ch Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 1999 U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner February 2001 Bulletin 2534 TL BLAME PAGE Preface The data contained in this bulletin represent the complete gations are available at the county, Metropolitan Statistical count of employment and wages for workers covered by Area (MSA), Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment insurance programs during 1999 iz the 50 (CMSA), State, and national levels. Only State- and na- States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Vir- tional-level aggregates appear in this publication. gin Islands. These data are the product of a Federal-State Material in this publication is in the public domain and, cooperative prc: tram known as the Covered Employment with appropriaie credit, may be reproduced without per- and Wages, or ES-202, program. State Employment Secu- mission. This information is available to sensory impaired rity Agencies compiie the data from reports filed by em- individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; ployers each quarter. Tae Bureau of Labor Statistics aggre- Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. gates the data by industry and ownership. These aggre- eee J BLAIS PAGE Acknowledgments Members of the Office of Employment and Unemployment Division of Business Establishment Systems, Robert Statistics prepared this bulletin. They are Bernard J. Bell, Carlson, Chief. Michael B. Buso, James M. Grounds, David R. H. Hiles, The Bureau wishes to express its appreciation to em- Robert J. Malin, James Rice, Eli Stoltzfus, Lawrence Sao, ployers for their continued cooperation in providing es- Michael Murphy, William Kistler, and Linda Wohlford of tablishment-level data on the Multiple Worksite Report the Division of Occupational and Administrative Statistics, (MWR). The State Employment Security Agencies that col- Richard L. Clayton, Chief. Data were prepared and pro- lect the data from employers also play a major role in this cessed by Barbara Athey, David Baggett, Micah Earl, ongoing program. Their efforts in verifying, editing, and Patricia Felder, Angelo Figueroa, Stephen Lashick, Larry supplying high quality data to the Bureau of Labor Statis- Lie, Sandra Logan, William Piaskie, and Jerry Trach in the tics are essential to the accuracy of the data in this bulletin. BLANK PAGE Contents STITT hcrrsnsetcennaseeneenecneninnnnensannsennennnantnnnnnntininuinnnaneenemnenmunentennnnonisnmnnmemnnmmmnnninne peiaeeereneniamninn Charts: 1. Percent of private sector employment by major industry division, 1999 ................cccssscssseeseeeeeseeneeeenees 2. 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Private industry by major industry division: Size of establishments GD GEE, GER INE FEO cccccenserenssszesensnsszensennsncssesnsecessscessssescasvesccssccsceseecsscensensescsseseusnnsecseees 535 Appendix. Characteristics amd wees Of the Gate ........0.cscscsssccsssscvsssessssscssessessvsssecsssecosseoscosssssesssseessssesseseossossessoees 536 BLS regional offices and cooperating State agencies (inside back cover) vii introduction This publication presents 1999 annual employment and employees on nonfarm payrolls. The principal exclusions wages data as defined in the 1987 Standard Indus rial Clas- from UI! and UCFE coverage are cited in the appendix, sification Manual (SIC). These data pertain to workers cov- “Characteristics and Uses of the Data,” which follows the ered by State unemployment insurance (UI) laws and Fed- tables. eral civilian workers covered by the Unemployment Data are presented by ownership, industry, and State and Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program. The include the average number of establishments, annual av- data for both private and public sector workers are reported erage employment, total wages, and annual and average to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by the employment weekly wages per employee. National employment and wage security agencies of the SO States, the District of Columbia, totals are published for 10 broad industry divisions, 74 major Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands as part of the Covered industry groups, and almost all of the 1,005 four-digit SIC Employment and Wages, or ES-202, program. This publi- industries. Private sector data are presented by State for the cation marks the resumption of the practice of including divisions and four-digit SIC industries. State, local, and data for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the Employ- Federal Goverdnatam aere ndettail ed for selected industries. ment and Wages Bulletin, a practice that was suspended Beginning in 1991, employers reported employment and after the 1983 publication. wages on an individual establishment basis. In prior years, In 1999, employers in private industry provided State a reporting unit concept that sometimes included more than employment security agencies with quarterly tax reports on one establishment was used. Thus, the establishment counts monthly employment, quarterly total and taxable wages, presented for 1991 forward may not be strictly comparable and contributions for an average of 107.6 million wage and with reportirg unit data in pre-1991 Employment and Wages salary employees in approximately 7.6 million business es- publications. Employment data beginning in 1991 also may tablishments. Similar reports of monthly employment and not be strictly comparable with historical data due to im- quarterly wages were submitted by the Federal Government proved reporting procedures by some employers. (See the for 2.8 million civilian employees, by State governments appendix for more information.) for 4.3 million employees, and by local governments for Detailed data for New Jersey for 1999 are not available. 12.3 million employees. Covered employment reported by National totals contain New Jersey State totals based on these sources provided a virtual census (97.5 percent) of estimated fourth-quarter data for 1999. dCiavritsi on1,. Pe1r9c9e9n t distribution of private sector employment by major industry 4“Agrkicault u aen, d fishin g (6.4)\ p7ur balniscp ourttilaittiie,o sn and