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Monday, September 8, 2008
What local workers make, on average
Angelina County’s 36,677 workers had an average weekly wage of $658.88, or $34,261 a year, in the first quarter of 2008, according to labor market information released this month. Workers in Nacogdoches County earned an average of $566.86 a week, or $29,476 a year, in the first quarter, according to the Texas Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages data prepared by the Texas Workforce Commission’s Labor Market & Career Information Department. Here’s the breakdown of how many Angelina County residents work in each industry: Natural resources and mining — 521; Construction — 1,591; Manufacturing — 5,650; Trade, transportation, utilities — 6,540; Information — 494; Financial activities — 1,295; Professional business services — 3,019; Education, health services — 6,934; Leisure, hospitality — 3,001 Other services — 736; Unclassified — 7; Federal employees — 383; State employees — 1,576; Local government employees — 4,928.
