Executive Summary

A new information source, the Local

Employment Dynamics (LED) program for

New Mexico, shows:

• The workforce is aging. From 1996

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 only slightly.

• Industries in which more than 1-in-5

workers were 55 years and older in

2002 include: local/suburban transit,

educational services, membership

organizations, and real estate. Of

these, the educational services and real

estate industries employed more than

1,000 older workers.

• An example of an industry with a high

turnover rate for workers 55 years and

over is business services.

• An example of an industry with a low

turnover rate for older workers is the

printing and publishing industry.

• Industries where workers 65 years and

over are most likely to be employed

include health services, business services, and eating and drinking places.

• On average, in 2002, for workers 

65 years and over, 1,783 jobs were 

created and 2,072 were lost.

• The industry with the highest average

monthly earnings in 2002 for workers 

65 years and older was engineering,

accounting and research ($4,157), and

the number of such workers was 889. 

This was the only high paying industry

that employed more than 500 workers 

65 years and older.

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:

The United States will lose the services

of millions of highly skilled, experienced

U.S.Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Issued May 2004

LED/OW-NM

A Profile Of Older Workers In

New Mexico

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 year-round and full-time. 

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

Helping You Make Informed Decisions
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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico 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 February

2004, 29 states are partners with

the Census Bureau in creating this

information.4 Those 29 states

cover about 65 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

New Mexico 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 rate 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 New

Mexico 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, but the best-paid

are those who work in financial

and transportation firms with relatively few older workers. We do

not know yet whether New Mexico

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 New

Mexico. We do know that both

have the potential to affect the 

age distribution of the workforce

significantly. Planners in New

Mexico will be able to keep an eye

on the impact of such factors and

emerging trends by using the LED

statistics.

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 www.census.gov/acs/www/

and the Economic Census 

www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ2002.html.

4 As of February 2004, the partner states

whose data were being processed were: CA,

CO, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, MD, MN, MO, MT, NC,

NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV.

Additional partner states include: AR, DE, GA,

KY, ME, 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/.
How is the age composition of

the workforce in New Mexico

changing?

The aging of Baby Boom workers

led to an increase in the proportion

of the workforce 45 years and

older from 1996 to 2002 in New

Mexico. Many planners anticipate

this proportion will grow even

more rapidly over the next two

decades unless a large influx of

younger workers comes into New

Mexico. In 1996, about 73 percent

of New Mexico workers were 14-

to-44 years old (Figure 1). By

2002, that figure dropped to about

67 percent of workers. Seventeen

percent of New Mexico workers

were 45-to-54 years old in 1996

and 21 percent were in that age

group in 2002. 

The falling share of younger workers occurred across the economy

of New Mexico. The share of

workers in New Mexico who are 65

years and older, the traditional age

when most workers leave the labor

force permanently, increased

slightly, from 2.1 percent to 2.8

percent from 1996 to 2002.

Which industries will be most

affected by the aging

workforce? 

Unless there is an infusion of new

workers from outside New Mexico,

or from other New Mexico industries, the industries identified in

Figure 2 are those likely to be

most affected by the aging of the

workforce.5 If older workers seek

either more flexibility in hours or

leave these industries completely,

companies may suffer a considerable loss of skills and knowledge.

Thus, industries with a high proportion of workers near retirement

might need to plan for increased

training to respond to the loss of

older workers and their institutional knowledge. 

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

Figure 1.

New Mexico Workforce by Age Group: 1996 to 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program's Web site: 

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

(Percent of beginning-of-quarter employment)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Jan-96 Jan-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03

65+

14-44

45-54

55-64 

Skill Level

Quarters of work experience

5 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. 
Figure 2 shows that the local/suburban transit and membership

organizations industries in New

Mexico had a high proportion of

older workers — 17.7 percent and

15.8 percent respectively were 55-

64 years old. About 8 percent and

7.2 percent respectively were 65

years and older. Other industries

with a relatively high proportion of

workers 55 years and older included educational services and real

estate (both of which had 20 percent of all older workers). These

two industries have a relatively

large number of older workers,

both employing more than 1,000

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

New Mexico was 14.8 percent in

2002 (although this includes the

relatively high turnover rates of

teenagers and young adults).6 For

workers 65 years and older, it was

12.3 percent; for those 55 years

and older, 11.6 percent. 

4 U.S. Census Bureau

Figure 2.

Selected Industries With a High Proportion of 

Older Workers by Age, for New Mexico: 2002

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment 

Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table A1 and Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Total, all industries

Agricultural services

Legal services

Insurance agents and brokers

Electrical, gas and 

sanitary services

Real estate

Motor freight transportation

Engineering, accounting, 

and research

Membership organizations

Educational services

Local and suburban transit

55-64

65+

(Percent of industry's workforce. Includes only industries that employed 100 

or more workers in each age category in New Mexico.)

17.7

8.4

16.6

3.7

15.8

7.2

14.2

2.4

14.1

3.7

14.0

6.4

13.9

1.3

13.4

3.3

13.4

3.2

12.3

4.7

9.8

2.8

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

6 This is a simple average of four quarters in a calendar year.
The industries in Figure 2 with the

highest average quarterly turnover

rates for workers 55-64 years old

in 2002 were agricultural services

(24.6 percent) and motor freight

transportation (10.2 percent).

Industries from Figure 2 with lower

average quarterly turnover rates

for this age group include insurance agents/brokers and legal

services (both of which have a

turnover rate of 7.3 percent).

Average quarterly turnover rates

for 2002 for these and other industries are shown in Appendix Table

A2.

Of the top ten industries in New

Mexico employing workers 65

years and older in 2002 (Table 1

and Figure 3), the industries of

business services (20.1 percent)

and eating and drinking places

(16.5 percent) had the highest

average quarterly turnover rates;

the lowest were the wholesale

trade – durables (8.0 percent) and

miscellaneous retail (9.2 percent)

industries.

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 New Mexico in 2002

were health services (9.2 percent),

business services (7.8 percent),

and eating and drinking places (6.3

percent). Almost 50.8 percent of

the workers 65 years and older in

New Mexico were employed in the

ten industries shown in Figure 3,

compared with 52.9 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 1996 and 2002, there

were few changes in the top ten

industries that employed the

largest number of workers 65

years and older in 2002 (Table 2).7

Service industries are the major

employers of the oldest workers in

New Mexico. 

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 creation” and “job destruction.” 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 employed

a high proportion of workers 65

years and older in New Mexico in

2002, LED program data reveal

more detail. LED indicators also

tally the number of jobs gained

and lost by older workers in the

New Mexico economy.8

The LED statistics reveal that, on

average in New Mexico in 2002,

for workers 65 years and older,

1,783 jobs were created in a quarter (Appendix Table A4) and 2,072

were lost (Appendix Table A5) – on

average, a net decrease of 289

such workers employed in a quarter. The industries that created the

most jobs for workers 65 years

and older (Table 3) were eating and

drinking places, with 151 jobs created on average a quarter, followed

by business services (139 jobs),

and health services (137 jobs).

The industries that destroyed the

U.S. Census Bureau 5

Table 1.

Job Stability in New Mexico by Industry: 2002

(Top 10 industries statewide employing workers 65 and older)

Industry

Number of

workers 65

and older

Average

quarterly

turnover

rate for

workers 65

and older

(percent)

Average

quarterly

turnover

rate for

workers 14

and older

(percent)

Number of

workers 14

and older

Health services ..................... 1,478 12.4 15.3 55,580

Business services .................. 1,261 20.1 23.5 40,897

Eating and drinking places . . ......... 1,019 16.5 22.1 56,568

Engineering, accounting and research . 889 9.8 10.6 36,888

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 12.2 14.4 22,061

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 9.2 14.4 17,126

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . . . . 563 15.1 16.1 23,544

Car dealers and gas stations . . . . . . . . . 538 10.3 15.2 17,666

Hotels and other lodging places . . . . . . 494 14.2 18.2 13,706

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . 462 8.0 10.6 16,642

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A2. See Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

7 Historical statistics are consistent in the

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

8 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.
most jobs for the oldest workers

were business services (214 jobs a

quarter destroyed on average) and

eating and drinking places (162

jobs). These changes represented,

in New Mexico in 2002, an average

net loss of 75 jobs in business

services and 11 jobs in eating and

drinking places. 

What do older workers earn?

On average, full-quarter workers

65 years and older in 2002 earned

$1,998 a month in New Mexico,

and workers of all ages averaged

$2,576 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 the health

services industry, which employed

9 percent of all workers 65 years

and older in New Mexico in 2002,

the average monthly earnings were

$2,305. Workers 14 years and

older in that industry had average

monthly earnings of $2,855.

Almost 8 percent of the oldest

workers in New Mexico were

employed by the business services

industry, and they had average

monthly earnings of $1,734. Of

the top ten industries of older

workers in New Mexico in 2002,

the industry with the highest average monthly earnings was engineering, accounting, and research,

with an average of $4,157 a

month; the lowest was the eating

and drinking places industry, with

an average $1,083 a month.

Among all industry groups, the

engineering, accounting, and

research industry had the highest

average monthly earnings in 2002

for workers 65 years and older -

$4,157 - compared with $4,799 for

all workers in this industry (Table

5). The number of workers 65 and

older in this industry is relatively

large – 889 workers. Other high

paying industries include oil and

gas extraction, legal services, and

depository institutions. Of these

high paying industries, only one

industry employed 500 or more

workers 65 years and older – engineering, accounting, and research -

with average earnings of $4,157 a

month.

Summary

This report provides answers to

several key questions related to

the aging of New Mexico’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?

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

• In which industries are older

workers most likely to be

employed?

6 U.S. Census Bureau

Figure 3.

Workers 65 Years and Older in Selected Industries 

for New Mexico: 2002

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local 

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

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

(Percent of workers aged 65+ years)

Wholesale trade - durables

Hotels and other lodging places

Car dealers and gas stations

Construction - special trade

Miscellaneous retail

Social services

Engineering, accounting, 

and research

Eating and drinking places

Business services

Health services 9.2

7.8

5.5

4.8

4.4

3.5

3.3

3.1

2.9

6.3

Job Creation — New jobs are

created either by new businesses opening or by existing

firms adding new jobs.

Job Destruction — Jobs are

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.
• How much do older workers

earn?

In New Mexico 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 and

suburban transit, educational services, and membership organizations.

The local/suburban transit, membership organizations, and real

estate industries had relatively

high proportions 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 with many highly

trained, professional employees,

such as in financial firms.

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.

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 economU.S. Census Bureau 7

Table 3.

Job Gains and Losses Among Industry Groups in New

Mexico by Industry: 2002

(Average number of jobs a quarter)

Top ten industries that

created jobs for workers

65 and over Jobs

created1

Jobs

destroyed1

Net

change2

Total employment

65 and

older

Workers Workers

14 and

older

Eating and drinking places . . . . . . . . 151 162 –11 1,019 56,568

Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 214 –75 1,261 40,897

Health services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 137 0 1,478 55,580

Agricultural services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 139 –25 370 7,802

Construction—special trade . . . . . . . 99 97 2 563 23,544

Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 66 14 782 22,061

Engineering, accounting, and

research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 91 –20 889 36,888

Hotels and other lodging places . . . 65 72 –7 494 13,706

Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 79 –19 713 17,126

Building construction—general contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 56 1 301 12,550

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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics

program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1, A4, and A5. See Web site: 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 

Table 2.

Top Ten Employers in New Mexico Employing Workers 65

and Older by Rank: 1996 and 2002

1996

rank

2002

rank Industry

Number of workers

65 and older Percent

change,

1996-

2002

Number

of workers

14 and

older,

1996 2002 2002

1 1 Health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 1,478 74.5 55,580

2 2 Business services . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 1,261 70.9 40,897

3 3 Eating and drinking places. . . . . 658 1,019 54.9 56,568

4 4 Engineering, accounting, and

research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 889 54.6 36,888

12 5 Social services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 782 116.6 22,061

5 6 Miscellaneous retail . . . . . . . . . . . 574 713 24.2 17,126

9 7 Construction—special trade . . . . 388 563 45.1 23,544

8 8 Car dealers and gas stations. . . 401 538 34.2 17,666

11 9 Hotels and other lodging

places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 494 35.0 13,706

10 10 Wholesale trade—durables . . . . 370 462 24.9 16,642

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 1996 and 2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A3. See Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
ic 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.9 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

8 U.S. Census Bureau

Table 4.

Average Monthly Earnings Among Top Ten Industries in

New Mexico by Age: 2002

(Full-quarter earnings)

Industry

Average

monthly

earnings

 of workers

65 and

older

 of workers

14 and

older

(dollars)

Average

monthly

earnings

(dollars)

Workers

65 and

older

(number)

Workers 14

and older

(number)

Total .......................... 1,998 2,576 16,137 568,175

Health services ..................... 2,305 2,855 1,478 55,580

Business services .................. 1,734 2,164 1,261 40,897

Eating and drinking places ........... 1,083 1,093 1,019 56,568

Engineering, accounting, and

research......................... 4,157 4,799 889 36,888

Social services ..................... 1,202 1,550 782 22,061

Miscellaneous retail . ................ 1,364 1,806 713 17,126

Construction—special trade .......... 2,334 2,537 563 23,544

Car dealers and gas stations......... 2,294 2,578 538 17,666

Hotels and other lodging places . . .... 1,174 1,374 494 13,706

Wholesale trade—durables .......... 2,401 3,293 462 16,642

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Appendix Table A6. See Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

Table 5.

Average Monthly Earnings of Workers in New Mexico by

Age: 2002

(Full−quarter earnings. Includes only industries that employed 100 or more workers 65 and older in New

Mexico )

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)

Engineering, accounting and research . 4,157 4,799 889 36,888

Oil and gas extraction ............... 4,044 3,859 228 10,206

Legal services ...................... 3,538 4,289 158 4,922

Depository institutions ............... 2,946 2,703 175 10,309

Construction other than building ...... 2,679 2,933 202 8,098

Insurance agents and brokers ........ 2,651 3,053 116 3,461

Electrical, gas and sanitary services . . 2,485 4,713 101 7,838

Wholesale trade—durables .......... 2,401 3,293 462 16,642

Building construction—general con−

tractors . . . ....................... 2,338 2,803 301 12,550

Construction—special trade .......... 2,334 2,537 563 23,544

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynam−

ics program, 2002, Appendix Tables A1 and A6. See Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

9 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 non-profit organizations. Selfemployed 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. TP-2002-16, January 2002, available on

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
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.10

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 workerbased 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, controlling 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 highquality 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 long-needed 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

U.S. Census Bureau 9

10 For the QWIs, a “job” is defined as

equivalent records for an employer and

employee.
on turnover, job creation, and job

destruction 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-AG9415-01.

10 U.S. Census Bureau
APPENDIX TABLES

U.S. Census Bureau 11

Table A1.

New Mexico Employment 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, age group . . . .................................... 378,056 118,401 55,581 16,137 568,175

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 1,394 596 365 181 2,536

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 3,492 919 368 239 5,019

Agricultural services . ........................................ 4,881 1,595 957 370 7,802

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *62 *18 *15 5 100

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ ---- -

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 *383 *212 *8 1,167

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 *853 *302 *9 1,986

Oil/gas extraction ........................................... 6,598 2,547 833 228 10,206

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 492 207 22 1,472

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 8,348 2,839 1,063 301 12,550

Construction other than building .............................. 5,225 1,827 843 202 8,098

Construction—special trade .................................. 17,047 4,275 1,659 563 23,544

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... 3,909 1,101 437 104 5,551

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

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 39 *18 5 137

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ *189 *109 *63 *10 *370

Lumber and wood products .................................. 1,093 276 120 36 1,524

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 137 65 23 619

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 203 71 *7 899

Printing/publishing .......................................... 2,434 937 484 137 3,991

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597 186 73 15 870

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 248 62 7 759

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 287 125 7 1,199

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 26 14 - 80

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 1,511 596 238 62 2,406

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 241 91 *10 860

Fabricated metal products ................................... 1,246 411 191 42 1,890

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 1,417 511 232 55 2,215

Electronic/electrical equipment . .............................. 7,163 2,220 565 71 10,018

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998 *778 *339 33 2,148

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. 1,031 581 228 30 1,870

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 1,768 568 202 59 2,596

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... ---- -

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 1,707 871 617 293 3,488

Motor freight transportation .................................. 4,534 1,989 1,116 293 7,932

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 17 7 5 52

Transportation by air ........................................ 3,369 1,076 454 61 4,959

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 86 24 *5 216

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 237 129 22 1,036

Communications . ........................................... 7,161 2,137 779 91 10,167

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 3,672 2,978 1,086 101 7,838

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 10,436 3,921 1,823 462 16,642

Wholesale trade—non-durables .............................. 6,966 2,241 1,021 317 10,545

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware ................................. 4,889 1,343 674 217 7,122

General merchandise stores ................................. *15,543 *3,662 *2,009 *786 *21,999

Food stores ................................................ 12,580 2,980 1,254 383 17,197

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 12,291 3,205 1,633 538 17,666

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 4,276 615 378 177 5,445

Home furniture stores ....................................... 4,737 1,027 570 206 6,540

Eating and drinking places ................................... 48,005 5,310 2,235 1,019 56,568

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 11,488 3,104 1,821 713 17,126
12 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A1.

New Mexico Employment 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 ....................................... 7,027 2,135 973 175 10,309

Nondepository institutions .................................... 3,041 650 230 39 3,959

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 341 223 45 1,326

Insurance carriers .......................................... 2,702 1,040 502 89 4,333

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 2,012 869 464 116 3,461

Real estate ................................................ 3,987 1,752 1,010 459 7,208

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 198 132 49 747

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 9,274 2,574 1,365 494 13,706

Personal services . . ......................................... 3,881 1,155 625 269 5,930

Business services .......................................... 28,239 7,781 3,617 1,261 40,897

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 5,017 1,058 516 259 6,850

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 1,390 437 217 63 2,107

Motion pictures ............................................. 1,709 224 100 46 2,079

Amusement and recreation services .......................... 5,251 1,183 593 255 7,282

Health services ............................................. 33,057 14,482 6,563 1,478 55,580

Legal services .............................................. 2,739 1,366 658 158 4,922

Educational services ........................................ 2,769 1,568 902 199 5,438

Social services ............................................. 13,830 4,882 2,568 782 22,061

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 106 67 37 413

Membership organizations . . ................................. 2,081 938 619 281 3,918

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 20,182 10,575 5,244 889 36,888

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573 387 275 158 1,393

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 107 54 15 344

- Represents zero.

* 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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
U.S. Census Bureau 13

Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in New Mexico 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 . . ................................................ 23.0 10.9 10.8 12.3 14.8

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 22.7 11.3 12.2 13.4 14.0

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 21.7 12.0 12.4 *13.9 16.2

Agricultural services . ........................................ 25.6 21.2 24.6 *29.7 22.2

Forestry ................................................... 37.5 *18.6 *16.3 - 23.3

Fishing, hunting, and trapping................................. ---- -

Mining

Metal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 *8.1 *12.7 *55.7 7.8

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 *2.3 *2.9 *25.1 3.3

Oil/gas extraction ........................................... 22.3 9.2 *9.8 10.6 12.6

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic ................................ *22.0 *3.6 *3.3 22.6 6.1

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 25.4 15.2 15.1 15.2 18.5

Construction other than building . . ............................ 24.6 14.5 12.1 14.5 17.5

Construction—special trade .................................. 21.8 12.9 12.7 15.1 16.1

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... 21.1 *10.2 *12.1 *21.6 13.2

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

Textile mill products ......................................... 36.8 *15.1 *12.4 - 13.5

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ 21.7 *8.4 *8.6 - 9.9

Lumber and wood products .................................. 22.0 9.0 *8.9 *15.9 13.6

Furniture/fixtures . . . ......................................... 25.1 *12.2 9.7 10.2 13.9

Paper/allied products ........................................ 25.0 *8.0 *8.9 - 10.6

Printing/publishing .......................................... 22.9 8.6 6.8 7.0 11.0

Chemicals ................................................. 16.0 *8.7 *14.8 14.4 11.9

Petroleum refining .......................................... 15.2 *2.4 - 1.6 5.8

Rubber and plastics ......................................... *13.1 *5.7 *5.6 1.3 7.1

Leather and leather products ................................. 17.0 10.0 - - 8.0

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 21.2 *6.0 *6.1 *11.3 9.7

Primary metal industries ..................................... 22.0 *15.5 *20.6 *175.8 15.6

Fabricated metal products ................................... 17.2 6.1 *6.2 *10.5 8.8

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 18.7 8.6 7.9 *12.3 10.3

Electronic and electrical equipment ........................... 15.7 4.4 *5.1 13.4 5.0

Transportation equipment .................................... 34.0 *6.1 *8.4 *15.2 9.9

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. 16.1 *6.8 *6.5 *22.3 9.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 22.7 9.1 *10.2 *11.0 12.2

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

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

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 25.9 *15.8 *17.3 *16.2 17.3

Motor freight transportation .................................. 25.8 11.5 10.2 10.1 14.1

Water transportation ........................................ 50.0 22.4 - - 32.5

Transportation by air ........................................ 17.5 6.0 7.3 *9.1 8.0

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 *3.0 - *0.9 5.2

Transportation services ...................................... 16.4 9.9 *9.6 *21.6 12.0

Communications . ........................................... 23.8 *8.0 8.6 *8.2 11.7

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 19.7 *3.2 *4.2 *10.6 4.7

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 18.8 8.7 8.1 8.0 10.6

Wholesale trade—non-durables .............................. 21.7 9.0 9.1 8.2 12.3

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware ................................. 19.5 10.7 10.1 10.1 13.8

General merchandise stores ................................. *20.2 *7.5 *6.3 *6.2 *12.2

Food stores . ............................................... 22.4 10.5 9.7 10.8 15.4

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 23.4 11.3 10.3 10.3 15.2

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 25.9 10.9 9.3 *9.7 19.4

Home furniture stores ....................................... 22.2 *11.2 *10.0 *9.6 16.2

Eating and drinking places ................................... 25.2 14.8 13.5 16.5 22.1

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 21.5 10.5 9.3 9.2 14.4
14 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A2.

Average Quarterly Turnover Rates in New Mexico 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 ....................................... 19.5 6.1 6.0 *7.0 9.4

Nondepository institutions .................................... 25.6 *17.7 *18.0 17.5 19.3

Security and commodity brokers .............................. 16.0 *6.2 *6.8 *4.6 8.7

Insurance carriers .......................................... 19.8 *9.6 *8.7 *8.9 11.5

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 20.9 7.8 7.3 *11.7 10.8

Real estate ................................................ 22.8 10.7 10.0 9.6 13.5

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... 22.7 *9.6 *9.3 12.7 12.0

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 24.4 14.1 11.9 14.2 18.2

Personal services . . ......................................... 23.3 13.6 13.0 *15.1 17.1

Business services .......................................... 29.8 20.0 19.2 20.1 23.5

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 21.7 10.4 11.1 *12.1 14.9

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 20.2 9.3 *10.0 *11.5 12.6

Motion pictures ............................................. 27.0 *14.3 *18.9 *21.5 24.5

Amusement and recreation . . . ............................... 26.7 *15.7 16.3 *15.9 20.9

Health services ............................................. 22.4 12.9 12.5 12.4 15.3

Legal services .............................................. 19.8 7.7 7.3 *7.1 10.0

Educational services ........................................ 27.2 9.8 8.6 *8.2 11.8

Social services ............................................. 24.7 11.4 10.7 12.2 14.4

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. 27.3 *11.8 *10.7 *15.1 15.0

Membership organizations . . ................................. 26.3 10.8 10.5 11.0 14.2

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 20.1 8.4 8.7 9.8 10.6

Private households ......................................... *24.0 11.1 11.3 11.6 13.5

Services, not classified ...................................... 12.3 *9.3 *10.7 − 10.4

- Represents zero.

* 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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
U.S. Census Bureau 15

Table A3.

New Mexico Employment by Industry and Age: 1996 and 2002

(Beginning-of-quarter employment)

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1996 2002 1996 2002

Total . . ......................................................... 513,323 552,038 11,122 16,137

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ......................................... 3,422 2,355 132 181

Agricultural production—livestock . ..................................... 3,077 4,779 101 239

Agricultural services . ................................................. 8,471 7,432 272 370

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 *95 *5 5

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ......................................... - - - -

Mining

Metal mining ........................................................ 2,505 1,158 *18 *8

Coal mining ......................................................... 1,959 1,976 *12 *9

Oil/gas extraction .................................................... 9,486 9,978 195 228

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic ......................................... 2,036 1,450 21 22

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . ............................. 12,209 12,250 192 301

Construction other than building . . . .................................... 7,834 7,895 146 202

Construction - special trade ........................................... 22,003 22,981 388 563

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ................................................ 4,744 5,447 77 104

Tobacco product ..................................................... - - - -

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 132 4 5

Apparel from fabrics ................................................. 1,873 *361 *17 *10

Lumber and wood products ........................................... 1,820 1,489 36 36

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 595 15 23

Paper/allied products ................................................. *379 891 6 *7

Printing/publishing ................................................... 4,448 3,855 124 137

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 856 13 15

Petroleum refining ................................................... *649 752 *3 7

Rubber and plastics .................................................. 1,446 1,192 *9 7

Leather and leather products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 75 *3 -

Stone, clay, and glass ................................................ 2,726 2,345 58 62

Primary metal industries .............................................. 1,409 848 14 *10

Fabricated metal products ............................................ 1,291 1,847 27 42

Industrial/commercial machinery ....................................... 2,349 2,160 41 55

Electronic/electrical equipment . ....................................... 10,559 9,947 46 71

Transportation equipment ............................................. 3,029 2,114 31 33

Measuring/analyzing instruments ...................................... *3,053 1,840 15 30

Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................................... 3,233 2,538 51 59

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport .................................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit ................................................ 2,601 3,195 153 293

Motor freight transportation ........................................... 6,738 7,640 191 293

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 45 5 *5

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,110 4,899 38 61

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 210 - 5

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110 1,014 37 22

Communications . .................................................... 6,633 10,077 64 91

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ................................ 7,927 7,736 79 101

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables ........................................... 15,007 16,179 370 462

Wholesale trade—non-durables ....................................... 11,521 10,228 288 317

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware .......................................... 5,922 6,906 172 217

General merchandise stores .......................................... 16,087 *21,213 *421 *786

Food stores . ........................................................ 18,796 16,813 254 383

Car dealers, gas stations ............................................. 17,399 17,129 401 538

Apparel and accessory stores ......................................... 4,607 5,268 162 177

Home furniture stores ................................................ 5,937 6,334 146 206

Eating and drinking places ............................................ 51,044 55,550 658 1,019

Miscellaneous retail .................................................. 16,469 16,413 574 713
16 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A3.

New Mexico Employment by Industry and Age: 1996 and 2002 — Con.

(Beginning-of-quarter employment)

Industry

Under 65 65 and older

1996 2002 1996 2002

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Depository institutions ................................................ 10,151 10,134 142 175

Nondepository institutions ............................................. 2,951 3,920 34 39

Security/commodity brokers ........................................... 1,063 1,282 31 45

Insurance carriers ................................................... 3,677 4,244 84 89

Insurance agents/brokers ............................................. 3,446 3,345 85 116

Real estate ......................................................... 7,329 6,749 407 459

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 699 35 49

Services

Hotels/other lodging places ........................................... 13,490 13,212 366 494

Personal services . . .................................................. 5,505 5,660 229 269

Business services ................................................... 28,215 39,636 738 1,261

Car repair, services, and parking ...................................... 6,392 6,591 185 259

Miscellaneous repair services ......................................... 2,454 2,045 58 63

Motion pictures ...................................................... 2,036 2,034 30 46

Amusement and recreation services . .................................. 7,257 7,027 177 255

Health services ...................................................... 45,568 54,102 847 1,478

Legal services ....................................................... 4,835 4,763 123 158

Educational services ................................................. 3,963 5,239 87 199

Social services ...................................................... 13,655 21,279 361 782

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 376 *13 37

Membership organizations . . .......................................... 7,626 3,637 263 281

Engineering, accounting, and research ................................. 29,657 36,000 575 889

Private households .................................................. 1,467 1,234 152 158

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 329 *20 15

- Represents zero.

* 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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
U.S. Census Bureau 17

Table A4.

Composition of Job Creation in New Mexico by Industry and Age: 2002

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

65 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 47,617 10,136 4,813 1,783

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 116 62 40

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 93 41 33

Agricultural services . ........................................ 1,317 430 272 114

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 *2 2

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ................................ - - - -

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 *6 *3 *1

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 *3 *1 -

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797 206 77 26

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 11 4 4

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 1,546 347 140 57

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 165 67 25

Construction—special trade .................................. 2,833 528 206 99

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 128 79 32

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

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7 *2 -

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 *6 *1 *1

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 23 8 6

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 16 5 1

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 6 3 1

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 50 24 7

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 12 5 2

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2 1 1

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5 1 -

Leather and leather products ................................. 5 2 1 -

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 27 10 7

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 1 -

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 21 11 4

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 24 13 5

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 35 14 2

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 *22 *7 1

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 73 23 4

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 52 15 8

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 49 37 21

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 188 99 33

Water transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10 2 2 1

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 60 29 6

Pipelines, except natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5 1 - -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 21 16 4

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 65 25 4

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 57 23 8

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 1,034 228 98 32

Wholesale trade—nondurables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 158 74 25

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 110 57 25

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 *126 *65 *30

Food stores . ............................................... 1,232 189 90 34

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 1,351 249 112 40

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 67 31 15

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 139 80 25

Eating and drinking places ................................... 6,622 614 253 151

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 1,576 284 158 60
18 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A4.

Composition of Job Creation in New Mexico 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 73 37 8

Nondepository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 67 25 5

Security and commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 14 9 1

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 181 74 10

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 57 32 15

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 158 85 44

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 16 12 5

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 1,485 286 159 65

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 167 90 44

Business services .......................................... 3,700 871 379 139

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803 120 56 25

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 43 20 4

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 40 19 8

Amusement and recreation services .......................... 1,224 188 101 51

Health services ............................................. 4,290 1,412 622 137

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 87 44 13

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 102 57 14

Social services ............................................. 1,782 449 234 80

Museums, galleries, and gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 12 11 5

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 114 66 32

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 1,852 530 275 71

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 55 32 15

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9 9 2

- Represents zero.

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

http://www.lchd-test.net/factsheets/index.php.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
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Table A5.

Composition of Job Destruction in New Mexico by Industry and Age: 2002

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

65 years

and older

Total . . ......................................................... 41,825 9,660 5,205 2,072

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 99 60 34

Agricultural production—livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 100 41 34

Agricultural services . ................................................. 1,301 476 332 139

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 3 1

Fishing, hunting, and trapping ......................................... - - - -

Mining

Metal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 *47 *26 *3

Coal mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 *20 *21 *1

Oil/gas extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 165 66 24

Mining/quarrying—nonmetallic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 19 9 4

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . ............................. 1,474 376 156 56

Construction other than building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737 196 93 30

Construction—special trade ........................................... 2,537 532 233 97

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 124 79 32

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

Textile mill products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6 *2 1

Apparel from fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 *8 *4 *1

Lumber and wood products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 21 11 7

Furniture/fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 11 3 3

Paper/allied products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 11 5 -

Printing/publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 70 32 10

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 11 10 2

Petroleum refining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 2 1

Rubber and plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 13 7 1

Leather and leather products .......................................... 2 2 - -

Stone, clay, and glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 34 17 7

Primary metal industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 50 18 *1

Fabricated metal products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 22 15 6

Industrial/commercial machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 33 20 6

Electronic/electrical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 92 34 8

Transportation equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 *59 *36 5

Measuring/analyzing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 14 7 3

Miscellaneous manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 39 22 7

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport .................................................... - - - -

Local/suburban transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 78 65 37

Motor freight transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 145 85 34

Water transportation ................................................. 2 3 2 1

Transportation by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 36 19 6

Pipelines, except natural gas .......................................... 2 1 1 -

Transportation services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 22 14 5

Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 137 69 8

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 71 45 12

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968 249 137 41

Wholesale trade—non-durables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 178 99 32

Retail Trade

Building materials, hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 98 50 27

General merchandise stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 *105 *70 *33

Food stores . ........................................................ 1,270 225 109 47

Car dealers, gas stations ............................................. 1,261 263 149 64

Apparel and accessory stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 61 35 20

Home furniture stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 84 49 20

Eating and drinking places ............................................ 5,866 622 268 162

Miscellaneous retail .................................................. 1,536 285 169 79
20 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A5.

Composition of Job Destruction in New Mexico 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 83 51 14

Non-depository institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 54 25 5

Security/commodity brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 16 14 4

Insurance carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 49 31 6

Insurance agents/brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 56 37 15

Real estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 154 90 48

Holding/other investment offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 15 12 5

Services

Hotels/other lodging places ........................................... 1,186 252 145 72

Personal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 135 81 44

Business services ................................................... 4,030 1,008 518 214

Car repair, services, and parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 106 59 25

Miscellaneous repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 37 21 8

Motion pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 46 25 12

Amusement and recreation services ................................... 1,032 164 83 50

Health services ...................................................... 2,877 1,015 503 137

Legal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 94 44 14

Educational services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 116 68 18

Social services ...................................................... 1,209 292 161 66

Museums, galleries, gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 8 7 5

Membership organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 89 67 37

Engineering, accounting, research ..................................... 1,354 452 308 91

Private households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 46 37 24

Services, not classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9 6 3

- Represents zero.

* 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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.
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Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in New Mexico by Industry and Age: 2002

(Full-quarter employment; in dollars)

Industry 45-54 years 55-64 years

65 years

and older

14 years

and older

Total . . ................................................ 3,313 3,208 1,998 2,576

Agriculture

Agricultural production—crops ................................ 1,784 1,579 1,390 1,588

Agricultural production—livestock . ............................ 2,036 1,914 1,722 1,909

Agricultural services . ........................................ 1,956 1,523 1,120 1,631

Forestry ................................................... 1,855 *1,239 *1,129 1,510

Fishing, hunting, and trapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - 2,114

Mining

Metal mining ............................................... *4,594 *4,650 *7,556 4,372

Coal mining ................................................ *6,142 *6,133 *6,209 5,952

Oil/gas extraction ........................................... 4,574 4,158 4,044 3,859

Mining/quarrying—non-metallic ............................... 3,801 3,708 2,012 3,475

Construction

Building construction—general contractors . .................... 3,317 3,482 2,338 2,803

Construction other than building . . . ........................... 3,446 3,345 2,679 2,933

Construction—special trade .................................. 3,060 3,031 2,334 2,537

Manufacturing

Food/kindred products ....................................... 2,451 2,364 1,767 2,158

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

Textile mill products ......................................... *1,855 *1,830 *1,208 1,911

Apparel from fabrics ........................................ *1,869 *1,758 *1,255 *1,706

Lumber and wood products .................................. 2,552 3,152 *1,570 2,152

Furniture/fixtures ............................................ 2,620 2,687 2,154 2,253

Paper/allied products ........................................ 2,959 4,194 *8,819 3,096

Printing/publishing .......................................... 3,070 3,083 1,945 2,550

Chemicals . . . .............................................. 3,662 *4,188 2,170 3,248

Petroleum refining .......................................... *5,477 *4,967 *22,725 4,768

Rubber and plastics ......................................... 3,033 *3,210 *2,572 2,710

Leather and leather products ................................. 1,301 1,337 *513 1,558

Stone, clay, and glass ....................................... 3,060 3,141 2,926 2,632

Primary metal industries ..................................... 3,627 3,477 *1,400 2,851

Fabricated metal products ................................... 3,212 3,255 2,998 2,668

Industrial/commercial machinery .............................. 3,252 3,209 2,317 2,850

Electronic/electrical equipment . .............................. 5,335 4,510 4,023 4,905

Transportation equipment .................................... *4,784 *5,504 *4,499 4,574

Measuring/analyzing instruments ............................. 3,682 4,281 3,518 3,347

Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................. 2,234 2,592 1,767 1,958

Transportation, Communication, and Utilities

Railroad transport ........................................... *4,734 *4,647 - 3,982

Local/suburban transit ....................................... 1,508 1,363 1,188 1,418

Motor freight transportation .................................. 3,194 3,117 *3,394 2,911

Water transportation ........................................ *2,187 *1,874 951 1,621

Transportation by air ........................................ 3,373 3,272 2,509 2,814

Pipelines, except natural gas ................................. 4,388 4,396 3,306 3,918

Transportation services ...................................... 2,391 2,082 1,470 2,083

Communications . ........................................... 3,573 3,497 2,282 2,891

Electrical, gas, and sanitary services . . . ....................... 5,421 5,270 2,485 4,713

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale trade—durables .................................. 3,885 3,728 2,401 3,293

Wholesale trade—non-durables .............................. 3,548 3,369 1,927 2,995

Retail Trade ................................................

Building materials, hardware ................................. 2,594 2,440 1,857 2,150

General merchandise stores ................................. *1,874 *1,682 *1,299 *1,607

Food stores . ............................................... 2,207 2,138 1,564 1,776

Car dealers, gas stations .................................... 3,188 3,003 2,294 2,578

Apparel and accessory stores ................................ 1,938 1,615 1,302 1,430

Home furniture stores ....................................... 2,744 2,527 1,570 2,057

Eating and drinking places ................................... 1,500 1,426 1,083 1,093

Miscellaneous retail ......................................... 2,238 2,109 1,364 1,806
22 U.S. Census Bureau

Table A6.

Average Monthly Earnings in New Mexico 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 ....................................... 3,592 3,515 2,946 2,703

Nondepository institutions .................................... 3,935 3,901 2,165 3,004

Security/commodity brokers .................................. 6,082 *7,884 *9,190 5,450

Insurance carriers .......................................... 4,163 4,333 *1,936 3,497

Insurance agents/brokers .................................... 3,821 3,838 2,651 3,053

Real estate ................................................ 2,887 2,493 1,647 2,369

Holding/other investment offices . . . ........................... 3,652 3,461 *2,994 3,053

Services

Hotels/other lodging places .................................. 1,488 1,402 1,174 1,374

Personal services . . ......................................... 1,585 1,587 978 1,465

Business services .......................................... 2,620 2,469 1,734 2,164

Car repair, services, and parking ............................. 2,410 2,234 1,146 2,083

Miscellaneous repair services ................................ 2,872 2,697 1,478 2,572

Motion pictures ............................................. 1,767 1,643 *653 1,003

Amusement and recreation services .......................... 1,819 1,584 1,108 1,325

Health services ............................................. 3,561 3,628 2,305 2,855

Legal services .............................................. 5,314 6,218 3,538 4,289

Educational services ........................................ 2,473 2,638 1,643 2,232

Social services ............................................. 1,814 1,822 1,202 1,550

Museums, galleries, and gardens ............................. 2,400 2,028 925 1,850

Membership organizations . . ................................. 2,248 2,158 990 1,863

Engineering, accounting, and research ........................ 5,581 5,910 4,157 4,799

Private households ......................................... 1,583 1,380 1,117 1,463

Services, not classified ...................................... *4,191 3,988 *5,634 3,418

- Represents zero.

* 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 the New Mexico Department of Labor, Local Employment Dynamics program, 2002, Web site: http://lehd.dsd.census.gov.

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

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