Employment and Wages by Standard Industrial Classification Code: 1992

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SIC Code¹	Sector	Units Reporting	Total Annual Payroll	Average Monthly Employment	Average Annual Wage	Confidential Data
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
43	US Postal Service	1	$54,547,634	1,388	$9,299
79	Amusement and Recreation Services	1	no data	no data	no data
80	Health Services	1	$229,432	5	$45,886
87	Engineering and Management Services	1	$6,310,442	104	$60,677
93	Finance, Taxation and Monetary Policy	1	$36,905	2	$18,452
94	Administration of Human Resources	1	$4,391,806	147	$29,876
96	Administration of Economic Programs	1	$30,687,481	729	$42,095
STATE GOVERNMENT
83	Social Services	1	$221,499	6	$36,916
94	Administration of Social and Manpower Programs	1	$350,664	11	$31,878
92	Justice, Public Order and Safety	1	$12,744,852	461	$27,646
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
16	Heavy Construction, other than Building Contractors	1	$3,285,831	95	$34,587
78	Motion Pictures	1	$1,920,579	68	$28,243
80	Health Services	2	$54,631,238	1,341	$40,739
82	Educational Services	2	$59,579,153	1,908	$31,225
83	Social Services	1	$3,425,362	208	$16,468
91	Executive, Legislative and General	4	$9,694,928	348	$27,858
92	Justice, Public Order and Safety	3	$25,546,524	598	$42,719
93	Finance, Taxation and Monetary Policy	2	$2,812,930	99	$28,413
95	Environmental Policy and Urban Development	2	$5,433,361	185	$29,369
PRIVATE SECTOR
01	Agriculture Production - Crops	1	$86,920	6	$14,487
07	Agriculture Services	12	$4,951,772	132	$37,513
0	Agriculture and Mining (Total)	13	$5,138,062	138	$37,232
13	Oil and Gas Extraction					Yes
14	Nonmetallic Minerals, except Fuel					Yes
15	General Building Contractors	43	$13,292,654	345	$38,529
16	Heavy Construction, other than Building Contractors					Yes
17	Special Trade Contractors	44	$25,291,609	577	$43,832
1	Mining and Construction (Total)	91	$55,850,635	1,446	$38,624
20	Food and Kindred Products	9	$22,908,100	935	$24,500
22	Textile Mill Products					Yes
23	Apparel and Other Textile Products					Yes
25	Furniture and Fixtures					Yes
26	Paper and Allied Products					Yes
27	Printing and Publishing	58	$23,275,925	706	$32,968
28	Chemicals and Allied Products	11	$35,382,205	773	$45,772
2	Manufacturing, in part (Total)	86	$84,521,988	2,605	$32,446
30	Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products					Yes
31	Leather and Leather Products					Yes
32	Stone, Clay, and Glass Products					Yes
33	Primary Metal Industries					Yes
34	Fabricated Metal Products	6	$8,532,319	157	$54,345
35	Industrial Machinery and Equipment	14	$17,778,878	321	$55,385
36	Electronic and Other Electronic Equipment	6	$21,630,426	319	$67,806
38	Instruments and Related Products	16	$134,391,237	2,758	$48,727
39	Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries	5	$1,669,261	59	$28,292
3	Manufacturing, in part (Total)	55	$195,869,326	3,951	$49,574
41	Local and Interurban Passenger Transit	4	$261,622	15	$17,441
42	Trucking and Warehousing	22	$3,123,293	116	$26,924
44	Water Transportation					Yes
45	Transportation by Air					Yes
47	Transportation Services	43	$31,299,080	968	$32,333
48	Communications	13	$22,562,432	570	$39,583
49	Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services	5	$14,631,496	303	$48,288
4	Transportation, Communications and Utilities (Total)	89	$72,867,012	2,006	$36,324
50	Wholesale Trade - Durable Goods	157	$98,598,055	2,008	$49,102
51	Wholesale Trade - Nondurable Goods	49	$37,641,752	860	$43,769
52	Building Materials and Garden Supplies	17	$5,198,050	212	$24,519
53	General Merchandise Stores	19	$12,293,235	852	$14,428
54	Food Stores	87	$40,455,858	1,962	$20,619
55	Automotive Dealers and Service Stations	31	$4,008,653	200	$20,043
56	Apparel and Accessory Stores	100	$16,214,944	1,115	$14,542
57	Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	83	$19,579,033	1,007	$19,442
58	Eating and Drinking Places	322	$69,292,044	5,503	$12,591
59	Miscellaneous Retail	190	$31,683,987	1,624	$19,509
5	Wholesale and Retail Trade (Total)	849	$198,725,804	12,474	$15,931
60	Depository Institutions	58	$28,848,698	1,031	$27,981
61	Nondepository Institutions					Yes
62	Security and Commodity Brokers	19	$17,795,752	171	$104,068
63	Insurance Carriers	10	$8,284,445	202	$41,012
64	Insurance Agents, Brokers and Service	40	$18,898,445	458	$41,262
65	Real Estate	115	$18,761,064	606	$30,958
67	Holding and Other Investment Offices	12	$5,626,493	67	$83,977
6	Finance, Investment and Real Estate (Total)	257	$101,512,952	2,579	$39,361
70	Hotel and Other Lodging Places	14	$33,019,864	1,608	$20,534
72	Personal Services	88	$8,891,947	442	$20,117
73	Business Services	358	$523,137,190	14,770	$35,418
75	Auto Repair, Services and Parking	42	$4,427,119	209	$21,182
76	Miscellaneous Repair Services	19	$2,186,692	78	$28,034
78	Motion Pictures	32	$3,366,719	229	$14,701
79	Amusement and Recreation Services	48	$8,526,470	506	$16,850
7	Services, in part (Total)	601	$583,556,001	17,843	$32,705
80	Health Services	208	$200,593,661	6,233	$32,182
81	Legal Services	84	$11,497,696	336	$34,219
82	Educational Services	53	$815,059,363	23,841	$34,187
83	Social Services	93	$37,205,377	1,981	$18,781
84	Museums, Botanical Gardens and Zoological Gardens	3	$101,061	7	$14,437
86	Membership Organizations	65	$9,013,813	444	$20,301
87	Engineering and Management Services	493	$796,268,757	13,863	$57,438
88	Private Households	151	$2,552,962	172	$14,842
89	Services, Not Elsewhere Classified	18	$2,994,168	78	$38,386
8	Services, in part (Total)	1,168	$1,875,286,858	46,954	$39,938

1. Figures associated with single digit SIC codes sum all two digit industry sectors that start with the same number. For example, SIC 0, Agriculture and Mining (Total), sums figures for 01, Agriculture Production - Crops, and 07, Agriculture Services. Single digit SIC codes also include suppressed information associated with subsidiary two digit SIC codes. For example, SIC 1, Mining and Construction (Total), includes suppressed information from SIC 16, Heavy Construction, other than Building Contractors.

Source: Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance, 1998.

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