PORTER COUNTY
Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2006 (NAICS)

 

Employment

Pct Dist.
in County

Earnings ($000)

Pct Dist.
In County

Avg. Earnings Per Job

Total by
place of work

74,839

100.0%

$3,010,189

100.0%

$40,222

Wage & Salary

61,163

81.7%

$2,211,569

73.5%

$36,159

Farm Proprietors

482

0.6%

$4,944

0.2%

$10,257

Nonfarm Proprietors

13,194

17.6%

$245,142

8.1%

$18,580

Farm

556

0.7%

$6,792

0.2%

$12,103

Nonfarm

74,283

99.3%

$3,003,460

99.8%

$40,433

Private

64,657

86.4%

$2,575,541

85.6%

$39,834

 Accomodation, Food Serv.

5,789

7.7%

$76,152

2.5%

$13,155

 Arts, Ent., Recreation

1,236

1.7%

$13,807

0.5%

$11,171

 Construction

6,400

8.6%

$304,526

10.1%

$47,582

 Health Care, Social Serv.

5,837

7.8%

$251,869

8.4%

$43,150

 Information

684

0.9%

$29,344

1.0%

$42,901

 Manufacturing

9,080

12.1%

$852,965

28.3%

$93,939

 Professional, Tech. Serv.

3,463

4.6%

$146,311

4.9%

$42,250

 Retail Trade

8,635

11.5%

$190,688

6.3%

$22,083

 Trans., Warehousing

Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

 Wholesale Trade

3,318

4.4%

$179,565

6.0%

$54,118

 Other Private (not above)

17,044*

22.8% *

$376,013 *

12.5% *

$22,061 *

Government

9,626

12.9%

$427,919

14.2%

$44,454

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.