Employment & Wages by Industrial Sector
ROANOKE MSA
Covered Employment and Weekly Wage, by Place of Work, by 3-Digit NAICS Industry, Roanoke, Virginia.
Second Quarter, 2008
 | | End of Quarter
Employment | |
Industry | Number of
Establishments | # | % | Average
Weekly
Wage/Employee |
| TOTAL | 8,742 | 156,904 | 100.0 | $692 |
| Utilities | 23 | 828 | .5 | 921 |
| Construction | 1,133 | 10,950 | 7.0 | 687 |
| Manufacturing | 357 | 16,826 | 10.7 | 832 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 274 | 7,265 | 4.6 | 709 |
| Wholesale Trade | 572 | 7,169 | 4.6 | 851 |
| Retail Trade | 1,193 | 19,464 | 12.4 | 455 |
| Finance and Insurance | 589 | 6,229 | 4.0 | 927 |
| Real Estate and Rental & Leasing | 404 | 2,077 | 1.3 | 561 |
| Management of Companies & Enterprises | 91 | 4,562 | 2.9 | 1,318 |
| Accommodation & Food Services | 621 | 12,556 | 8.0 | 263 |
| Administrative & Waste Services | 450 | 9,866 | 6.3 | 447 |
| Education Services | 89 | 11,677 | 7.4 | 668 |
| Professional and Technical Services | 825 | 6,972 | 4.4 | 875 |
| Other Services except Public Administration | 818 | 5,103 | 3.3 | 451 |
| Health Care & Social Assistance | 769 | 24,181 | 15.4 | 863 |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | 111 | 2,353 | 1.5 | 315 |
| Public Administration | 207 | 5,483 | 3.5 | 884 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting | 64 | 411 | .3 | 515 |
| Mining | 9 | 222 | .1 | 779 |
| Information | 143 | 2,710 | 1.7 | 855 |