| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | profile of economic regions of residence with relatively low and relatively high layoff rates, averages of 2003 to 2013 |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | tercile |  |  |
| 4 |  | lower | middle | upper |
| 5 |  | number |  |  |
| 6 | economic regions | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 7 |  | thousands |  |  |
| 8 | average number of employees aged 18 to 64 | 360 | 171 | 59 |
| 9 |  | percent |  |  |
| 10 | layoff rate | 4.7 | 6.8 | 12.6 |
| 11 | hiring rate | 19.9 | 21.1 | 23.8 |
| 12 | percentage of employees |  |  |  |
| 13 | with 24 months of tenure or less | 32.9 | 32.1 | 33.9 |
| 14 | aged 18 to 34 years | 38.7 | 37.5 | 33.9 |
| 15 | aged 50 to 64 years | 24.2 | 25.0 | 27.2 |
| 16 | in agriculture, fishing, forestry and hunting | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 17 | in accommodation and food services | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 18 | in construction | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 19 | in manufacturing | 12.1 | 12.4 | 11.7 |
| 20 | in small firms | 19.7 | 20.4 | 24.5 |
| 21 | in large firms | 49.0 | 48.6 | 44.2 |
| 22 | in full-time jobs | 84.4 | 84.6 | 84.7 |
| 23 | in temporary jobs | 11.1 | 12.3 | 18.0 |
| 24 | in term or contract jobs | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| 25 | in seasonal jobs | 2.6 | 3.3 | 6.8 |
| 26 |  | 2014 dollars |  |  |
| 27 | earnings and employment insurance benefits of employees |  |  |  |
| 28 | average annual wages per job held by employees | 31,773 | 29,931 | 26,023 |
| 29 | average annual wages per employee | 45,260 | 43,064 | 37,602 |
| 30 | average employment insurance income received by employees | 790 | 1,117 | 2,167 |

Question: how many ers were sorted on the basis of the average annual layoff rate over the 2003-to-2013 period and grouped into those in the upper-, middle- and bottom-third of the layoff rate distribution.
Answer: 69

Question: what are the average annual layoff rates fo ers in lower, middle, upper groups, respectively?
Answer: 12.6, 6.8, 4.7

Question: how many ers in the upper-third of the layoff rate distribution?
Answer: 23

Question: which group of the layoff rate distribution was less populous? the bottom third or upper third group?
Answer: upper

Question: how many dollars did the employees who lived in regions with relatively high layoff rates earned on average during the 2003-to-2013 period?
Answer: 37602