Executive Summary

A new information source, the Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program for

Idaho, shows:

• The workforce is aging. From 1992

through 2002, an increasing percentage of the workforce was 45 years and

older. The proportion of people 65

years and older who continue working

has also increased, but slightly.

• Industries in which more than 1-in-5

workers were 55 years and older in

2002 include: local/suburban transit,

motor freight transportation, and real

estate. Of these, the local/suburban

transit industry had relatively few older

workers.

• An example of an industry with a high

turnover rate for workers 55 years and

older is the building construction—

general contractors industry.

• An example of an industry with a low

turnover rate for older workers is the

legal services industry.

• Industries where workers 65 years and

over are most likely to be employed

include business services, health services, and social services.

• On average, in 2002, for workers 65

years and over, 1,180 jobs were gained

and 1,533 were lost. 

• Of the industries that employed more

than 500 workers 65 years and older,

the highest paying was health services

($2,094 a month). The industry with

the highest average monthly earnings

in 2002 for workers 65 years and older

was construction other than building

($4,104), but the number of such

workers was only 135. 

Introduction

A large wave of workers born during the

Baby Boom of 1946 to 1964 will be leaving the workforce over the next few

decades. A larger share than in past generations may "retire" to collect the pensions they earned over their work life and

then continue working part-time or in

more flexible working arrangements.1

Decision makers are looking at the economic and policy implications for a wide

range of programs and institutions,

including Social Security and Medicare;

financial markets; the housing market;

and recreation, transportation, and healthcare systems.

What the workforce of the future looks

like will depend on many factors. This

report focuses on one possible scenario

that some scholars consider to be reasonable. It assumes that Baby Boomers replicate the retirement behavior of previous

generations and that immigrant workers

do not fill all of the jobs left vacant by

these retirements. If these assumptions

prove accurate:

U.S.Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Issued November 2004

LED/OW-ID

A Profile Of Older Workers In 

Idaho

By 

Nick Carroll 

and 

Cynthia Taeuber

Sponsored by the 

National Institute on Aging

National Institutes of Health

Department of Health and 

Human Services

Local Employment Dynamics

1 The term "retirees" refers to workers who collect

pensions—who may have varied labor market experiences. Some may completely leave the labor force and

others may continue to work. Of those who continue to

work while they receive pensions, some may work fewer

than 35 hours a week, some may work only part of the

year, and others may continue in the labor force yearround and full-time. 

U S C E N S U S B U R E A U

Helping You Make Informed Decisions
The United States will lose the

services of millions of highly

skilled, experienced workers.

Because of the baby dearth that

followed the Baby Boom, there

will not be many new workers to

replace them, even as the senior

adult population grows significantly. Labor force growth is

expected to fall from 1.1 percent per year in the 1990s to

0.36 percent per year in the

period 2010 to 2020.2

Regardless of how the future

unfolds, information about the

workforce decisions made by the

Baby Boomers can be useful to a

number of groups. Decision makers in Idaho need to know which

industries and regions of the state

are likely to be most affected by

changes in the size and composition of the labor force in coming

decades. Similarly, businesses

need such information both to

make more informed plans for

transitions and to pinpoint potential problem areas and new opportunities. Older workers who want

to continue working need to know

in what industries and in what

areas of Idaho jobs are available,

how flexible businesses are about

their working arrangements, and

the level of earnings they can

expect.

The Census Bureau, together with

state partners, is developing several new sources of information to

support these needs. The Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program, one of the newest resources,

produces workforce indicators that

are updated every quarter for each

partner state and its metropolitan

areas, counties, and Workforce

Investment Areas.3 Statistics are

available without cost on the program’s Web site

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov> and

additional indicators are available

from partner states. The statistics

are historical and come from multiple, high-quality information

sources that include most of the

working population (see "Sources

and Accuracy of the Data" at the

end of this report for additional

information about coverage). 

The LED program is a partnership

between the Census Bureau and

participating states. As of July

2004, 31 states and the District of

Columbia are partners with the

Census Bureau in creating this information.4 Those 31 states and the

District of Columbia cover about 74

percent of America's workers.

Additional states are planning to

join the partnership.

This report uses Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) from

the LED program for the state of

Idaho to focus on two groups of

older workers: those who are likely to be receiving pension income

(65 and older), and the preretirement group (55-64 years old).

People in the preretirement group

may collect pensions within the

next ten years, but may or may

not continue to participate in the

labor force. 

With the LED, we can respond to

questions such as:

What changes are occurring in

the age composition of the workforce in a geographic area?

Which industries will be most

affected by the departure of

older workers from the workforce?

In what industries do older people tend to continue working

and under what circumstances?

Which industries create jobs for

older workers? Suffer the most

job losses? 

Which industries have the lowest

job turnover rates for older

workers?

How much do older workers

earn in various industry groups

and geographic areas?

As the LED statistics in this report

show, older workers in Idaho have

been an increasing proportion of

the labor force. We learn from the

LED information that older workers

tend to be employed in the same

industries that employ large numbers of younger workers, and that

the best-paid are those who work in

the construction industries. We do

not know yet whether Idaho will

undergo rapid and massive

changes, or gradual changes due to

the retirement of experienced workers of the Baby Boom generation

along with the movement of workers into and out of Idaho. We do

know that both have the potential

to affect the age distribution of the

workforce significantly. Planners in

Idaho will be able to keep an eye on

the impact of such factors and

2 U.S. Census Bureau

2 Penner, Rudolph, Pamela Perun, and

Eugene Steuerle. “Legal and Institutional

Impediments to Partial Retirement and PartTime Work by Older Workers,” The Urban

Institute, 2002. 

3 Other related information sources from the

Census Bureau include the American

Community Survey <http://www.census.gov

/acs/www> and the economic census

<http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/>.

4 As of July 2004, the partner states whose

data were being processed were: CA, CO, DE,

FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MN, MO, MT,

NC, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and

WV. Additional partner states include: AL, AR,

DC, GA, MI, and ND. This is an ongoing project

and additional states are expected to join.

Quarterly Workforce

Indicators for partner states

and detailed information

about the LED program are

available at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>. 
emerging trends by using the LED

statistics.

How is the age composition of

the workforce in Idaho

changing?

The aging of Baby Boom workers

led to an increase in the proportion

of the workforce 45 years and

older from 1992 to 2002 in Idaho.

Many planners anticipate this proportion will grow even more rapidly over the next two decades

unless a large influx of younger

workers comes into Idaho. In

1992, about 75 percent of Idaho

workers were 14-to-44 years old

(Figure 1). By 2002, that figure

had dropped to about 68 percent

of workers. Fifteen percent of

Idaho workers were 45-to-54 years

old in 1992 and 20 percent were in

that age group in 2002.

The falling share of younger workers occurred across the economy

of Idaho. The share of workers in

Idaho who are 65 and older, the

traditional age when most workers

leave the labor force permanently,

increased slightly, from about 2.0

percent to 2.5 percent, from 1992

to 2002.

Which industries will be most

affected by the aging

workforce? 

Unless there is an infusion of new

workers from outside Idaho, or

from other Idaho industries, the

industries identified in Figure 25

are those likely to be most affected

by the aging of the workforce.6 If

older workers seek either more

flexibility in hours or leave these

U.S. Census Bureau 3

Beginning-of-Quarter

Employment

Total number of workers 

who were employed by the

same employer in the 

reference and previous

quarters

Skill Level

Quarters of work experience

5 Workers in private households are not

shown in the text because the coverage of private households is low relative to other industries. 

6 Because the QWIs come from a mixture of

sources, they are not directly comparable with

statistics from worker-based surveys such as

the decennial census, the American Community

Survey, and the Current Population Survey.

Industries are based on the Standard Industrial

Classification (SIC) system. The LED program

will convert from the SIC system to the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

in early 2004. Some classification titles appear

to be similar but the detailed industry groups

that compose the categories may differ

between the SIC and NAICS systems. In addition, since the QWIs are updated quarterly, the

numbers in this report may differ slightly from

those on the current Web site. 

Figure 1.

Idaho Workforce by Age Group: 1992 to 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program's Web site at 

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

[Percent of beginning-of-quarter employment]

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Jul-92 Jul-93 Jul-94 Jul-95 Jul-96 Jul-97 Jul-98 Jul-99 Jul-00 Jul-01 Jul-02

65+

14-44

45-54

55-64 
industries completely, companies

may suffer a considerable loss of

skills and knowledge. Thus, industries with a high proportion of

workers near retirement might

need, for example, to plan for

increased training to respond to

the loss of older workers and their

institutional knowledge. 

Figure 2 shows that the local/suburban transit industry in Idaho had

a high proportion of older workers

— 20 percent were 55-64 years old

and 13 percent were 65 years and

older. Other industries with a relatively high proportion of workers

55 years and older included real

estate (21 percent), motor freight

transportation (20 percent), and

membership organizations (16 percent). Even though the proportions are relatively large, the

local/suburban transit and membership organizations industries

have a small number of older

workers (Appendix Table A1).

The demand for older workers

and job stability

An indicator of the degree to which

businesses need older workers is

the turnover rate of older workers

within an industry. Industries with

a history of relatively high

turnover rates may have little need

for specific skills and may find it

easy to replace employees. As a

result, firms in such industries may

be likely to pay relatively low

wages. A relatively low turnover

rate for a specific age group, such

as older workers, may indicate that

workers in that age group are relatively skilled or not readily

replaced. The LED data enable us,

for the first time, to identify the

nature of demand for older workers in particular industries. 

The job turnover rate is also a

measure of job stability. Older

workers who work in low turnover

industries may spend less time

looking for work and retraining for

new jobs. The average quarterly

turnover rate for all workers in

Idaho was 12.4 percent in 2002

(although this includes the relatively high turnover rates of teenagers

and young adults).7 For workers

65 years and older, it was 11.3

percent; for those 55 years and

older, 9.7 percent. 

The industries in Figure 2 with the

highest average quarterly turnover

rates for workers 55-64 years old

in 2002 were construction other

than building (average quarterly

turnover rate of 11.8 percent),

local and suburban transit (10.7

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Figure 2.

Idaho Industries With a High Proportion of 

Older Workers by Age: 2002

Note: Details do not cover the total workforce in these age categories.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment 

Dynamics program's Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Total, all industries

Social services

Lumber and wood products

Engineering, accounting,

and research

Printing and publishing

Membership organizations

Construction other than 

building

Food and kindred products

Real estate

Motor freight transportation

Local/suburban transit

55-64

65+

[Percent of industry's workforce. Includes only industries that employed 

100 or more workers in each age category in Idaho]

20.1

13.0

15.7

4.3

15.1

5.9

12.9 

2.1

12.6

2.3

12.1

4.3

12.0

3.5

11.8

1.6

11.0

1.9

10.8 

3.5

9.3

2.5

7 This is a simple average of four quarters in

a calendar year.
percent), and motor freight transportation (10 percent). Industries

from Figure 2 with lower average

quarterly turnover rates for this

age group include food and kindred products (4.1 percent) and

printing and publishing (4.3 percent). Average quarterly turnover

rates for 2002 for these and other

industries are shown in Appendix

Table A2. 

Of the top ten industries in Idaho

employing workers 65 years and

older in 2002 (Table 1 and Figure

3), the business services (15.0

percent) and eating and drinking

places (14.3 percent) industries

had the highest average quarterly

turnover rates; the lowest was the

general merchandise stores (8.1

percent) industry. 

Where do older workers work?

This section asks where older

workers are most concentrated

because the types of work performed by today's older workers

may indicate the work that older

people will perform in the future.

Planners might also examine the

type of work done by younger age

groups, such as those 35-44 years

old, for the changes they might

expect among older workers, given

differences in the type of education different age groups received

and changes in the needs of industries.

As shown in Figure 3, the industries where workers 65 years and

over were most likely to be

employed in Idaho in 2002 were

business services and health services (employing 8.2 and 7.3 percent of the workforce 65 years and

older, over 800 workers each), and

social services (4.5 percent).

About 46 percent of workers 65

years and older in Idaho were

employed in the ten industries

shown in Figure 3, compared with

46.8 percent of all workers. Older

and younger workers may be

employed in distinctly different

types of firms within these industries, however, and may be

assigned different tasks. 

Between 1992 and 2002, there were

substantial changes in the top ten

industries that employed the largest

number of workers 65 and older

(Table 2).8 Despite the shuffling in

rank, service industries have long

been the major employers of the oldest workers in Idaho. 

Employment dynamics and

older workers

The employment numbers in the

preceding section show only one

part of the employment picture.

Even when levels of employment in

an industry change little, enormous

change can occur in the underlying

numbers. Economists refer to the

underlying changes as "job gain"

and "job loss." Even if employment

levels in an industry stay the same,

some firms add jobs and others

eliminate jobs. So, while Figure 3

identifies the industries that

U.S. Census Bureau 5

8 Historical statistics are consistent in the

LED program, so it is possible to make comparisons of statistics over time.

Table 1.

Job Stability in Idaho by Industry: 2002

[Top 10 industries statewide employing workers 65 and older]

Industry Workers 65

and older

(number)

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

65 and older

(percent)

Average quarterly

turnover rate

for workers

14 and older

(percent)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 15.0 20.7 30,958

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 9.2 9.7 40,226

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 9.9 15.3 14,937

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 10.9 10.2 16,314

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 14.3 21.1 37,294

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 8.1 15.1 15,292

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 11.4 13.0 10,229

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 8.8 12.1 18,145

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 13.2 14.7 21,370

Car dealers/gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 8.7 11.8 12,477

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1and A2.

See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Turnover Rate — A measure

of workforce stability, the

turnover rate reflects the

movement of workers into

and out of jobs.

Turnover rate = 

(A worker who retires is

included in the turnover rate.)

* ( ) 2

1

, -1

+

t t

t t

average employment

accessions separations
employed a high proportion of workers 65 years and older in Idaho in

2002, LED program data reveal more

detail. LED indicators also tally the

number of jobs gained and lost by

older workers in the Idaho

economy.9

The LED statistics reveal that, on

average in Idaho in 2002, for workers 65 years and older, 1,180 jobs

were created a quarter (Appendix

Table A4) and 1,533 were lost

(Appendix Table A5)—on average, a

net decrease of 353 such workers

employed a quarter. The industries

that created the most jobs for workers 65 years and older (Table 3)

were business services, with 90 jobs

created on average a quarter, followed by agricultural services (74

jobs). The industries that lost the

most jobs for the oldest workers

were business services (125 jobs a

quarter lost on average), health services (83 jobs), and eating and drinking places (81 jobs). These changes

represented, in Idaho in 2002, an

average net loss of 36 jobs in business services, 42 jobs in health services, and 13 jobs in eating and

drinking places.

What do older workers earn?

On average, full-quarter workers

65 years and older in 2002 earned

$1,637 a month in Idaho, and

workers of all ages averaged

$2,517 a month (Table 4 and

Appendix Table A6).

As is the case for all workers, the

average earnings levels of older

workers vary greatly among industries. For example, in business

services, which employed 8 percent of all workers 65 years and

older in Idaho in 2002, the average

monthly earnings were $977.

Workers 14 and older in that industry had average monthly earnings

of $1,971. About 7 percent of the

oldest workers in Idaho were

employed by the health services

industry, and they had average

monthly earnings of $2,094. Of

the top ten industries of older

workers in Idaho in 2002, the

industry with the highest average

monthly earnings was health services, with an average of $2,094 a

month; the lowest was eating and

drinking places, with an average of

$890 a month.

Among all industry groups, construction other than buildings had

the highest average monthly earnings in 2002 for workers 65 years

and older—$4,104—compared with

$4,173 for all workers in this industry (Table 5). The number of workers 65 years and older in this industry is relatively small—135 workers.

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Figure 3.

Workers 65 Years and Older in Selected 

Industries, for Idaho: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local 

Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table A3. See Web site at 

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

[Percent of workers aged 65+ years]

Car dealers and gas stations

Construction - special trade

Food stores

Motor freight transportation

General merchandise stores

Eating and drinking places

Wholesale trade - nondurables

Social services

Health services

Business services 8.2

7.3

4.4

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.2

3.2

3.1

4.5

Job Gain — New jobs created

either by new businesses

opening or by existing firms

adding new jobs

Job Loss — Jobs lost to the

economy when businesses

close or reduce employment

Net Job Flow — The difference

between current and previous

beginning-of-quarter employment across all businesses

9 Job losses for older workers can happen in

two ways—a firm can actually reduce employment, or it can substitute a younger worker for

an older worker who may have taken another

job, retired, or left involuntarily.
Other high paying industries

include wholesale trade—nondurables, building construction—

general contractors, and lumber

and wood products. Only one of

these industries employed 500 or

more workers 65 years and older—

health services. This industry was

relatively high paying, with average

earnings of $2,094 a month.

Summary

This report provides answers to

several key questions related to

the aging of Idaho's workforce:

• What is the age composition of

the workforce and what are the

changes over time?

• Which industries are likely to be

affected by the aging of the

workforce?

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Table 2.

Top Ten Employers in Idaho Employing Workers 65 and Older by Rank:

1992 and 2002

1992

rank

2002

rank Industry

Number of workers 65 and older

Percent change,

1992-2002

Number of workers 14 and older,

1992 2002 2002

9 1 Business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 949 293.8 30,958

1 2 Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 842 71.5 40,226

4 3 Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 519 53.6 14,937

3 4 Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . 422 509 20.6 16,314

6 5 Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 497 78.1 37,294

18 6 General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 457 231.2 15,292

17 7 Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 443 218.7 10,229

12 8 Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 375 111.9 18,145

16 9 Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 370 155.2 21,370

8 10 Car dealers and gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 363 39.6 12,477

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 1992 and 2002, Appendix

Tables A1 and A3. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Table 3.

Job Gains and Losses Among Industry Groups in Idaho by Industry: 2002

[Average number of jobs per quarter]

Top ten industries that created jobs

for workers 65 and over Jobs created1 Jobs lost1 Net change2

Total employment

65 and older 14 and older

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 125 -36 949 30,958

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 72 2 274 7,699

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 81 -13 497 37,294

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 65 -1 370 21,370

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 69 -18 443 10,229

Hotels and other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 54 -9 281 8,000

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 61 -18 509 16,314

Amusement and recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 44 -1 205 6,975

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 83 -42 842 40,226

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 40 -2 292 5,571

1 Averages are rounded to whole numbers. 2 Computed from actual averages, not from the rounded whole numbers as shown in this

table.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1,

A4, and A5. See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Full-Quarter Employment

Total number of workers who were employed by the same employer

in the reference, previous, and subsequent quarters

Average Earnings for Full-Quarter Employees

Total earnings of all workers employed the full quarter divided by the

number of such workers 
• Which industries have the lowest turnover rates of older workers?

• In which industries are older

workers most likely to be

employed?

• How much do older workers

earn?

In Idaho in 2002, the industries

that employed the highest proportions of workers 55-64 years old,

and hence were likely to be affected by retirements in the coming

decade were: local/suburban transit, motor freight transportation,

and real estate.

The local/suburban transit industry

had a high proportion of workers

65 years and older. In terms of

pay, older workers tended to fare

best in industries with relatively

few older workers and, as for all

workers, in industries such as construction.

SOURCES AND ACCURACY

OF THE DATA

Background

The U.S. Census Bureau and partner states produce Quarterly

Workforce Indicators (QWIs) for

each state, metropolitan area,

county, and Workforce Investment

Board area. QWIs for other geographic areas are available through

the state partners. 

The QWIs are updated each quarter

and annual averages are available

at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

8 U.S. Census Bureau

Table 4.

Average Monthly Earnings Among Top Ten Industries in Idaho by Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings]

Industry

Average monthly

earnings for workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings for workers

14 and older

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Total ..................................... 1,637 2,517 11,551 464,650

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 1,971 949 30,958

Health services .............................. 2,094 2,847 842 40,226

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897 1,413 519 14,937

Wholesale trade—nondurables ................ 1,329 2,511 509 16,314

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 914 497 37,294

General merchandise stores .................. 1,213 1,601 457 15,292

Motor freight transportation ................... 1,926 2,573 443 10,229

Food stores . ................................ 1,497 1,896 375 18,145

Construction—special trade ................... 1,684 2,443 370 21,370

Car dealers and gas stations .................. 1,661 2,568 363 12,477

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table A6. See

Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

Table 5.

Average Monthly Earnings of Workers in Idaho by Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings. Includes only industries that employed 100 or more workers 65 and older in Idaho]

Industry

Average monthly

earnings of workers

65 and older

(dollars)

Average monthly

earnings of workers

14 and older

(dollars)

Workers 65

and older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Construction other than building . . . ............ 4,104 4,173 135 5,829

Wholesale trade—durables ................... 2,932 3,405 350 14,821

Building construction—general contractors . ..... 2,850 2,636 138 7,442

Lumber and wood products ................... 2,642 3,121 221 11,525

Engineering, accounting, and research ......... 2,596 3,784 297 18,412

Health services .............................. 2,094 2,847 842 40,226

Motor freight transportation ................... 1,926 2,573 443 10,229

Food and kindred products ................... 1,859 2,532 352 17,036

Home furniture stores ........................ 1,702 2,083 139 5,566

Construction—special trade ................... 1,684 2,443 370 21,370

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A6.

See Web site at <http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
Overview

The QWIs are key economic indicators selected jointly by the Census

Bureau and its partner states. Each

QWI provides a critical measure of

an area's economy and is a tool to

understand changes in the core

performance of local economies. 

The QWIs are updated 7 months

after the end of a quarter, which

makes them a current and a historical time series to monitor economic change. They serve as early

indicators to states and local areas

of emerging trends and help to

identify turning points in the

dynamics of the workforce and

specific industries. 

The database covers about 98 percent of the labor force.10 The QWIs

are derived from state administrative records and basic demographic information from other existing

sources. Some information about

the workforce is not now available

in this database, including hours

and weeks worked, educational

attainment, occupation, and

whether workers worked for an

entire quarter or a part of the quarter. The Census Bureau is working

on long-term plans to include

information of this type, particularly educational and occupational

information. There are other types

of errors in administrative data,

including coding errors in personal

identifiers, coding errors in business identifiers, and errors in wage

records (see the technical documentation on 

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>). 

Because the QWIs come from a

mixture of sources, they are not

directly comparable with statistics

from worker-based surveys, such

as the decennial census, the

American Community Survey, and

the Current Population Survey.

Industries are based on the

Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) system. The LED program

will convert from the SIC system to

the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) in

early 2004. Some classification

titles appear to be similar, but the

detailed industry groups that compose the categories may differ

between the SIC and NAICS systems.

Enhanced Unemployment

Insurance (UI) wage records are the

basic data source for the QWIs.

Administrative records and the surveys differ in coverage, the timing

of data collection, and concept definitions. The QWIs are not exactly

comparable with establishment

surveys either, such as those from

the Bureau of Labor Statistics'

Quarterly Census of Employment

and Wages (QCEW) program, which

capture employment at an establishment on the 12th of the month.

The LED database can respond to a

wide variety of questions about

the workforce because it allows

multiple definitions of "employment." That is because the QWIs

are job-based statistics and different from the worker-based statistics familiar to many researchers.11

The LED database includes all jobs

held:

1. In a quarter, regardless of length

of time the job is held

2. At the beginning of a quarter (the measure used in this

report)

3. At the end of a quarter

4. For a full quarter

The measure that is closest to the

QCEW definition of employment is

the second one, jobs held at the

beginning of a quarter. This second measure has the additional

advantage that the trends are similar to those shown by worker-based

surveys such as the decennial census, although the levels differ. 

Another difference among datasets

is measurement of earnings.

According to the BLS Handbook of

Methods (1997), UI wage records

measure "gross wages and salaries,

bonuses, stock options, tips and

other gratuities, and the value of

meals and lodging, where supplied." They do not include Old Age

Survivor and Disability Insurance

(OASDI), health insurance, workers'

compensation, unemployment

insurance, private pensions, and

welfare funds. The LED database

does not include the number of

hours or weeks an employee

worked. Thus, what appears for an

industry such as retail trade to be

low average earnings in a given

year or quarter may be the result of

relatively low hourly wages, not

working many hours in the time

period, or both. In retail trade,

much of the work is part-time and

this affects the LED measure of

average earnings. 

The confidentiality of the

statistics is protected.

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to protecting the confidentiality of the data in

the LED files. Technically, the

approach to avoid disclosure of individual information is to combine cell

suppression methodology with the

addition of statistical noise, controlU.S. Census Bureau 9

11 For the QWIs, a "job" is defined as equivalent records for an employer and employee.

10 The database for each state covers about

98 percent of nonagricultural, private wage,

and salaried employment. Most state and local

government employees are included, but many

federal workers are not (depending on the

state). The remaining 2 percent are railroad

workers and workers for some nonprofit organizations. Self-employed workers and independent contractors are not in the covered universe.

See U.S. Census Bureau, David W. Stevens and

Julia Lane, "Employment That Is Not Covered By

State Unemployment," Technical Paper No. TP2002-16, January 2002, available on

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
ling key measures to county

employment levels as reported by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In

plainer English, the statistical techniques the Census Bureau uses

mean that the actual statistics are

not shown if the numbers in a cell

are small. Rather, the statistics that

are shown are "fuzzy," that is, close

to the actual information but not

exact.

Only Census Bureau employees or

individuals who have Special Sworn

Status are permitted to work with

the data. Everyone who has access

to Title 13 data must have an official

security clearance based on a background check, including fingerprinting. Additionally, they are subject to

a fine of up to $250,000, up to five

years in jail, or both, if confidential

information is disclosed. The

Census Bureau and state data custodians review all projects before

release to avoid disclosure of confidential information. 

More detailed information about the

confidentiality protection system is

available under the "Confidentiality"

menu at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>. 

Why the Census Bureau

produces the LED statistics

The Census Bureau and the state

partners are committed to protecting the integrity of information and

producing the highest quality statistics. We accomplish this by

ensuring that the LED program is

consistent with the Census

Bureau's legal authority and mission, that the methodologies used

are the best alternatives, and that

the LED program produces demonstrated benefits. 

The state partners and the Census

Bureau both benefit from the LED

program. The state partners fulfill

their mandate to provide high

quality regional labor market information and the Census Bureau

improves the economic and demographic survey estimates and intercensal population estimates.

Specifically, the LED program supports Census Bureau research on

improving the quality, use, and

analysis of its census, survey, and

estimation-based data products.

Estimates of the employed population by demographic, geographic,

and industrial detail enhance the

Census Bureau's existing agencywide programs. In particular, estimates of workers in each county

and industry, in conjunction with

statistical information about

employers, will provide longneeded and critical but previously

unavailable information for key

programs such as the demographic

survey estimates and the intercensal population estimates program. Census Bureau programs

will benefit from new information

on turnover, job gain and job loss

by age and sex, and information

on the employment of individuals

in each county. 

More information about the benefits of the LED program may be

found on the LED Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Research for and production of this

report were supported under an

interagency agreement with the

Behavioral and Social Research

Program, National Institute on Aging,

Agreement No. Y1-AG-9415-01.

10 U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau 11

Table A1.

Employment in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total. . . ................................................ 316,616 93,411 43,071 11,551 464,650

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 4,684 1,461 724 414 7,283

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 3,964 868 447 292 5,571

Agricultural services . ........................................ 5,508 1,345 572 274 7,699

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 105 43 10 470

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 *7 *8 *3 62

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 220 116 12 645

Coal mining . . . ............................................. ---- -

Oil and gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 *8 *6 - 34

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785 320 177 40 1,321

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 4,957 1,705 642 138 7,442

Construction other than building . . . ........................... 3,492 1,468 734 135 5,829

Construction—special trade .................................. 15,948 3,678 1,374 370 21,370

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products .................................. 10,204 4,289 2,192 352 17,036

Tobacco products ........................................... ---- -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 *14 *4 - 52

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 73 21 8 302

Lumber and wood products .................................. 7,080 2,957 1,267 221 11,525

Furniture and fixtures ....................................... 1,029 360 146 20 1,555

Paper and allied products .................................... 1,165 *921 *317 11 2,417

Printing and publishing ...................................... 3,014 1,158 594 175 4,940

Chemicals . . . .............................................. 1,067 578 *233 *29 1,907

Petroleum refining .......................................... ---- -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 359 149 31 1,481

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 *27 *14 *6 122

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878 368 175 37 1,458

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 78 40 11 303

Fabricated metal products ................................... 1,812 720 306 48 2,886

Industrial and commercial machinery .......................... 6,222 2,565 755 95 9,635

Electronic and electrical equipment ........................... 10,983 *2,645 *793 63 14,483

Transportation equipment .................................... 1,457 480 195 31 2,161

Measuring and analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 238 92 15 941

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 188 72 17 829

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . .................................... ---- -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 410 338 219 1,681

Motor freight transportation .................................. 5,571 2,610 1,605 443 10,229

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 46 33 5 280

Transportation by air ........................................ *2,072 715 234 29 3,050

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 *9 4 - 23

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 280 111 31 1,129

Communications . ........................................... 4,339 1,421 472 45 6,275

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services .......................... 1,938 1,304 501 76 3,819

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 9,521 3,388 1,563 350 14,821

Wholesale trade—nondurables ............................... 10,511 3,591 1,702 509 16,314

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers ...................... 4,534 1,315 627 196 6,672

General merchandise stores ................................. 11,084 2,361 1,390 457 15,292

Food stores . ............................................... 13,203 3,113 1,454 375 18,145

Car dealers and gas stations ................................. 8,717 2,249 1,148 363 12,477

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 2,595 364 225 95 3,278

Home furniture stores ....................................... 4,131 869 427 139 5,566

Eating and drinking places ................................... 32,607 2,999 1,191 497 37,294

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 7,319 2,116 1,073 357 10,864

APPENDIX TABLES
12 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A1.

Employment in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ....................................... 4,813 1,668 797 76 7,353

Nondepository institutions .................................... 1,486 366 158 21 2,031

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 264 155 27 1,102

Insurance carriers .......................................... 2,545 1,002 416 49 4,013

Insurance agents and brokers ................................ 1,729 821 477 95 3,122

Real estate ................................................ 2,487 1,071 680 263 4,500

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 85 *40 17 300

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 5,744 1,281 695 281 8,000

Personal services . . ......................................... 2,899 772 439 172 4,282

Business services .......................................... 22,804 4,890 2,317 949 30,958

Car repair, services, and parking .............................. 4,183 863 413 281 5,739

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 1,172 336 162 55 1,725

Motion pictures ............................................. 1,312 109 37 17 1,475

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... 5,287 1,015 470 205 6,975

Health services ............................................. 25,411 9,725 4,250 842 40,226

Legal services .............................................. 1,931 776 350 59 3,115

Educational services ........................................ 1,658 934 593 89 3,273

Social services ............................................. 9,798 3,008 1,612 519 14,937

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 *26 21 15 136

Membership organizations . . ................................. 1,738 677 351 123 2,888

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 10,856 5,080 2,179 297 18,412

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 184 112 57 705

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 96 44 9 383

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://www.lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002. See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
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Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002

[In percent]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total .................................................. 15.1 7.9 8.1 11.3 12.4

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 23.3 14.8 16.2 21.8 19.6

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 15.3 10.5 10.4 13.6 13.9

Agricultural services . ........................................ 19.8 12.6 14.4 22.9 17.7

Forestry ................................................... 28.5 *13.4 *12.2 - 21.4

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ *9.7 *5.8 - - *14.8

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 3.8 *7.0 *9.0 6.8

Coal mining ................................................ ---- -

Oil and gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 - - - 15.5

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic ............................ 12.1 7.4 8.3 *16.8 10.4

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 19.0 12.5 12.0 12.6 16.3

Construction other than building . ............................. 16.0 11.3 11.8 13.4 13.9

Construction—special trade .................................. 16.6 10.7 10.9 13.2 14.7

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 4.6 4.1 9.4 7.3

Tobacco products ........................................... ---- -

Textile mill products ......................................... - *4.7 - - 9.4

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 10.9 *7.0 *5.1 - 10.3

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 4.7 5.7 12.3 7.6

Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 4.5 5.0 *3.0 7.5

Paper and allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 *1.2 *3.7 *12.1 2.1

Printing and publishing ...................................... 10.5 5.3 4.3 7.3 8.0

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 3.6 5.9 *10.2 5.5

Petroleum refining .......................................... ---- -

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 13.0 7.5 7.0 *6.6 10.7

Leather and leather products ................................. *6.4 *4.5 - - *6.3

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 13.6 9.1 7.7 *8.0 11.2

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 *3.8 *5.0 - 6.4

Fabricated metal products ................................... 13.4 10.3 9.0 *7.8 12.0

Industrial and commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 3.6 5.3 9.5 5.1

Electronic and electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 2.8 3.6 *6.2 3.3

Transportation equipment .................................... 10.8 5.8 6.0 *6.5 8.9

Measuring and analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 3.7 *1.4 - 6.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 5.5 *3.8 *4.7 7.6

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . .................................... ---- -

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 13.8 11.9 10.7 9.8 12.1

Motor freight transportation .................................. 14.9 11.4 10.0 11.4 13.0

Water transportation ........................................ 18.3 *9.3 *14.5 *17.2 15.1

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 5.0 *8.5 *10.4 6.8

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. ---- -

Transportation services ...................................... 10.8 7.5 *6.0 *5.4 9.3

Communications . ........................................... 12.1 5.8 6.5 7.4 10.0

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 1.6 3.9 9.9 3.7

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 5.8 5.7 8.4 8.3

Wholesale trade—nondurables ............................... 12.9 6.4 5.9 10.9 10.2

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers ...................... 13.9 8.8 9.0 11.1 12.0

General merchandise stores ................................. 17.6 10.9 8.9 8.1 15.1

Food stores . ............................................... 14.6 7.3 7.6 8.8 12.1

Car dealers and gas stations ................................. 14.1 7.9 8.0 8.7 11.8

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 22.0 9.0 9.0 *7.1 18.4

Home furniture stores ....................................... 14.8 7.4 6.4 8.0 12.3

Eating and drinking places . . ................................. 22.7 13.3 12.0 14.3 21.1

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 17.5 9.1 8.8 10.1 14.3
14 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

[In percent]

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 4.5 4.3 6.5 7.5

Nondepository institutions .................................... 15.0 10.9 14.2 *16.7 14.1

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 5.0 5.3 *5.6 7.3

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 4.7 4.5 *6.8 6.6

Insurance agents and brokers ................................ 10.1 6.3 5.8 8.0 8.3

Real estate ................................................ 16.6 9.4 8.2 9.5 12.7

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 *5.6 *4.4 *7.5 9.5

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 22.0 15.1 13.7 14.5 19.4

Personal services . . ......................................... 18.7 10.1 10.0 10.2 15.5

Business services .......................................... 23.1 16.3 16.0 15.0 20.7

Car repair, services, and parking .............................. 15.7 8.2 8.6 9.4 13.1

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 14.5 8.4 8.3 *5.6 12.2

Motion pictures ............................................. 24.9 *8.8 *8.9 *3.3 22.3

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... 29.2 18.5 19.0 22.2 25.4

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 6.7 6.7 9.2 9.7

Legal services .............................................. 10.6 5.4 5.0 4.4 8.3

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 5.8 4.6 *10.0 8.4

Social services ............................................. 18.5 11.4 9.4 9.9 15.3

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. *14.1 *7.0 *7.9 *10.4 *14.6

Membership organizations . . ................................. 14.8 8.0 6.9 8.0 11.4

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 13.4 4.4 5.6 10.9 8.7

Private households ......................................... 17.3 11.0 12.1 *11.6 14.1

Services, not classified ...................................... 12.3 9.7 *14.0 - 12.0

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://www.lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002. See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
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Table A3.

Idaho Employment by Industry and Age: 1992 and 2002

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1992 2002 1992 2002

Total . . ......................................................... 325,491 453,099 6,783 11,551

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ......................................... 9,107 6,869 430 414

Agricultural production—livestock . ..................................... 2,536 5,279 89 292

Agricultural services . ................................................. 4,784 7,425 137 274

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 459 *8 10

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 59 - *3

Mining

Metal mining ........................................................ 1,479 633 10 12

Coal mining ......................................................... - - - -

Oil and gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 33 - -

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic ..................................... 1,088 1,281 15 40

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . ............................. 4,539 7,304 60 138

Construction other than building . . . .................................... 5,136 5,694 *77 135

Construction—special trade ........................................... 11,053 21,000 145 370

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products ........................................... 17,515 16,684 271 352

Tobacco products .................................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 51 - -

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 295 *5 8

Lumber and wood products ........................................... 13,963 11,304 149 221

Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 1,535 8 20

Paper and allied products ............................................. 2,884 2,404 *8 11

Printing and publishing ............................................... 4,626 4,765 114 175

Chemicals . . . ....................................................... 4,586 1,878 25 *29

Petroleum refining ................................................... 5 - - -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901 1,450 8 31

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 116 *3 *6

Stone, clay, and glass ................................................ 1,081 1,421 14 37

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 291 - 11

Fabricated metal products ............................................ 2,099 2,838 27 48

Industrial and commercial machinery ................................... 8,350 9,541 71 95

Electronic and electrical equipment .................................... 6,696 14,420 *9 63

Transportation equipment ............................................. 1,412 2,131 *8 31

Measuring and analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 926 *6 15

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 812 11 17

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . ............................................. - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939 1,462 56 219

Motor freight transportation ........................................... 7,478 9,786 139 443

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 277 7 5

Transportation by air ................................................. 1,363 3,021 18 29

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 21 - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 1,098 *21 31

Communications . .................................................... 3,427 6,231 29 45

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services ................................... 3,595 3,743 81 76

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables ........................................... 10,354 14,471 232 350

Wholesale trade—nondurables ........................................ 13,774 15,805 422 509

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers ............................... 4,236 6,477 129 196

General merchandise stores .......................................... 8,673 14,834 138 457

Food stores . ........................................................ 13,068 17,769 177 375

Car dealers and gas stations .......................................... 11,449 12,115 260 363

Apparel and accessory stores ......................................... 2,889 3,184 120 95

Home furniture stores ................................................ 3,091 5,427 120 139

Eating and drinking places ............................................ 26,458 36,797 279 497

Miscellaneous retail .................................................. 7,372 10,507 281 357
16 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A3.

Idaho Employment by Industry and Age: 1992 and 2002 — Con.

[Beginning-of-quarter employment]

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1992 2002 1992 2002

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ................................................ 7,145 7,278 82 76

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928 2,009 6 21

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 1,075 7 27

Insurance carriers ................................................... 2,826 3,964 28 49

Insurance agents and brokers ......................................... 2,398 3,028 69 95

Real estate ......................................................... 2,919 4,238 217 263

Holding/other investment offices . . . .................................... *1,021 283 39 17

Services

Hotels/other lodging places ........................................... 6,710 7,719 171 281

Personal services . . .................................................. 3,253 4,110 125 172

Business services ................................................... 10,598 30,010 241 949

Car repair, services, and parking ....................................... 3,259 5,458 135 281

Miscellaneous repair services ......................................... 1,295 1,671 36 55

Motion pictures ...................................................... 1,143 1,458 16 17

Amusement and recreation . .......................................... 4,421 6,771 133 205

Health services ...................................................... 24,518 39,385 491 842

Legal services ....................................................... 2,354 3,056 48 59

Educational services ................................................. 1,753 3,184 48 89

Social services ...................................................... 5,844 14,417 338 519

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 120 8 15

Membership organizations ............................................ 2,517 2,765 107 123

Engineering, accounting, and research ................................. 13,532 18,115 168 297

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 648 52 57

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 374 5 9

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002. See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 17

Table A4.

Composition of Job Gain in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 35,872 5,923 2,838 1,180

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 1,379 301 166 112

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 82 50 38

Agricultural services . ........................................ 1,269 206 104 74

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 19 6 5

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 *2 *1 *1

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7 2 1

Coal mining . . . ............................................. - - - -

Oil and gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *2 - -

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 19 16 5

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 1,086 222 83 25

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 119 65 21

Construction—special trade .................................. 2,971 464 166 64

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 139 53 33

Tobacco products ........................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 *1 - -

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7 2 1

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 136 52 24

Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 8 4 1

Paper and allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 *1 - -

Printing and publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 37 16 9

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 7 *8 2

Petroleum refining .......................................... - - - -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 15 7 2

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 *1 1 *1

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 22 7 4

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 1 -

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 26 9 4

Industrial and commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 42 18 7

Electronic and electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 *18 *10 2

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 28 13 3

Measuring and analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7 3 1

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 10 3 -

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . .................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 28 27 12

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 208 124 51

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5 5 2

Transportation by air ........................................ *144 26 15 3

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 18 7 1

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 34 9 4

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 24 13 7

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844 161 71 24

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 174 75 43

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 78 45 16

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 95 54 17

Food stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 134 62 23

Car dealers and gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 128 68 23

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 41 20 10

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 65 26 10

Eating and drinking places ................................... 4,391 351 132 68

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 1,068 172 85 33
18 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A4.

Composition of Job Gain in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 49 25 2

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 32 16 3

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 14 7 2

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 31 11 3

Insurance agents and brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 39 25 7

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 100 59 23

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7 *1 2

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 147 85 45

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 93 61 27

Business services .......................................... 2,811 458 235 90

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 71 34 19

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 31 12 5

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 11 4 1

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... 1,481 203 98 43

Health services ............................................. 1,773 357 159 41

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 39 18 3

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 52 26 5

Social services ............................................. 1,223 226 112 35

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 *3 3 1

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 51 24 11

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 1,037 179 103 26

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 24 12 8

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14 5 1

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002. See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
U.S. Census Bureau 19

Table A5.

Composition of Job Loss in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 33,123 6,322 3,431 1,533

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 1,285 289 163 119

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 80 48 40

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115 186 93 72

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 17 9 4

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 *2 *1 -

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 11 12 2

Coal mining . . . ............................................. - - - -

Oil and gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 *2 *2 -

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 21 14 7

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 1,018 236 88 25

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 140 87 25

Construction—special trade .................................. 2,667 442 187 65

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 148 103 44

Tobacco products ........................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 *1 *1 -

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 2 1

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 123 87 34

Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 17 9 2

Paper and allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 *13 *19 2

Printing and publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 52 29 14

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 20 *16 4

Petroleum refining .......................................... - - - -

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 13 5 3

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 *2 1 -

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 24 11 5

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 2 -

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 28 12 5

Industrial and commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 97 55 11

Electronic and electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 *54 *25 4

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 24 12 3

Measuring and analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 2 2

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 11 4 2

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . .................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 43 37 23

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 233 162 69

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 5 6 1

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *118 30 18 5

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. - - - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 16 6 4

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 56 28 5

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 19 25 7

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 183 94 34

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 216 104 61

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 78 45 23

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 85 49 26

Food stores . ............................................... 1,020 163 102 40

Car dealers and gas stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 148 84 36

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 35 22 10

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 53 32 15

Eating and drinking places ................................... 4,215 383 154 81

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 1,005 185 98 48
20 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A5.

Composition of Job Loss in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

Industry 14-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 52 29 7

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 33 20 4

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 13 9 2

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 33 15 5

Insurance agents and brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 40 30 10

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 95 60 31

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 *3 2

Services

Hotels/other lodging places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 145 93 54

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 80 48 28

Business services .......................................... 2,725 480 252 125

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 74 38 27

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 32 15 5

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 9 3 2

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... 1,349 188 98 44

Health services ............................................. 1,576 421 227 83

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 43 19 4

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 49 22 10

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116 243 122 52

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 *3 3 3

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 55 26 12

Engineering, accounting, and research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971 200 123 38

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 24 14 10

Services, not elsewhere classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 8 4 -

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002 See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
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Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002

[Full-quarter earnings, in dollars]

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 3,198 2,941 1,637 2,517

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 2,051 2,032 1,377 1,811

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 2,147 2,175 1,659 1,945

Agricultural services . ........................................ 2,277 1,941 1,264 1,797

Forestry ................................................... 3,155 3,277 882 2,509

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ *1,719 *1,048 *468 1,070

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... 4,469 5,162 1,222 4,293

Coal mining ................................................ - - - -

Oil and gas extraction ....................................... *3,355 *10,144 - 4,200

Mining and quarrying—nonmetallic ............................ 3,849 4,602 2,920 3,441

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 3,090 3,317 2,850 2,636

Construction other than building . . . ........................... 5,280 5,761 4,104 4,173

Construction—special trade .................................. 2,861 2,601 1,684 2,443

Manufacturing

Food and kindred products .................................. 2,900 2,806 1,859 2,532

Tobacco products ........................................... - - - -

Textile mill products ......................................... *2,216 *2,018 - 1,833

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 1,738 1,772 1,050 1,652

Lumber and wood products .................................. 3,635 3,907 2,642 3,121

Furniture and fixtures ....................................... 2,760 2,590 2,527 2,442

Paper and allied products .................................... *5,094 *5,594 *6,513 4,730

Printing and publishing ...................................... 2,752 2,721 1,465 2,351

Chemicals ................................................. 4,459 *3,495 1,954 3,776

Petroleum refining .......................................... *2,411 *2,731 *2,409 2,698

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 2,375 2,209 2,392 2,157

Leather and leather products ................................. *1,384 *2,339 1,090 1,682

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 3,444 3,284 2,236 2,924

Primary metal industries ..................................... 2,992 3,336 1,530 2,791

Fabricated metal products ................................... 2,728 2,922 1,866 2,492

Industrial and commercial machinery .......................... *6,433 *5,274 3,156 5,536

Electronic and electrical equipment ........................... *4,442 *3,526 *2,705 *4,210

Transportation equipment .................................... 3,372 3,088 2,723 2,908

Measuring and analyzing instruments ......................... 2,513 3,161 *4,035 2,561

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 2,722 2,503 *3,382 2,276

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transportation . . .................................... - *7,124 - *7,124

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 1,374 1,226 796 1,174

Motor freight transportation .................................. 2,810 2,663 1,926 2,573

Water transportation ........................................ 2,448 *3,093 *999 2,140

Transportation by air ........................................ *3,669 3,719 2,277 2,966

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. *6,913 *5,526 - 6,394

Transportation services ...................................... 2,539 2,410 2,219 2,431

Communications . ........................................... 3,551 3,501 2,423 3,004

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services .......................... *5,180 *5,171 1,649 4,909

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 3,936 3,630 2,932 3,405

Wholesale trade—nondurables ............................... 3,124 2,806 1,329 2,511

Retail Trade

Building materials and hardware dealers ...................... 2,481 2,421 1,640 2,148

General merchandise stores ................................. 1,856 1,723 1,213 1,601

Food stores . ............................................... 2,648 2,255 1,497 1,896

Car dealers and gas stations ................................. 3,105 2,732 1,661 2,568

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 1,633 1,374 1,110 1,109

Home furniture stores ....................................... 2,483 2,270 1,702 2,083

Eating and drinking places ................................... 1,244 1,187 890 914

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 2,053 1,642 1,044 1,636
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Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in Idaho by Industry and Age: 2002 — Con.

[Full-quarter earnings, in dollars]

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ....................................... 3,405 3,120 2,322 2,689

Nondepository institutions .................................... 4,399 3,610 *2,084 3,910

Security and commodity brokers .............................. 7,521 6,387 *6,436 5,798

Insurance carriers .......................................... 4,014 3,729 3,160 3,269

Insurance agents and brokers ................................ 3,641 3,289 2,849 3,022

Real estate ................................................ 2,346 2,395 1,440 2,084

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... *3,779 *4,997 *6,531 3,481

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 1,579 1,480 1,056 1,309

Personal services . . ......................................... 1,588 1,524 818 1,346

Business services .......................................... 2,306 1,980 977 1,971

Car repair, services, and parking .............................. 2,281 2,138 900 1,992

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 2,436 2,223 1,187 2,196

Motion pictures ............................................. 1,457 1,139 578 890

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... *2,172 1,490 913 1,261

Health services ............................................. 3,457 3,455 2,094 2,847

Legal services .............................................. 5,106 4,557 2,278 3,688

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,119 3,575 1,973 2,856

Social services ............................................. 1,709 1,534 897 1,413

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. *1,408 *1,243 *600 1,289

Membership organizations . . ................................. 2,177 2,248 1,151 1,743

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ *4,539 4,600 2,596 3,784

Private households ......................................... 1,802 1,447 845 1,608

Services, not classified ...................................... 3,190 *3,507 *2,196 2,813

- The value equals zero or is suppressed because it does not meet standards for publication.

* The value has been significantly distorted to protect confidentiality. A description of the confidentiality protection system is available at

<http://lehd-test.net/factsheets/index.php>.

Note: Earnings for workers 65 years and older may reflect lump sum distributions.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and Idaho Commerce and Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002. See Web site at

<http://lehd.dsd.census.gov>.
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