| The region at work | |||||
| Essex County, full-time and | |||||
| part-time employment by jobs | |||||
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |
| Employment by place of work | |||||
| Total full-time and part-time employment | 347,957 | 353,735 | 362,652 | 366,188 | 375,019 |
| By type | |||||
| Wage and salary employment | 283,836 | 293,478 | 300,554 | 302,735 | 310,063 |
| Proprietors' employment | 64,121 | 60,257 | 62,098 | 63,453 | 64,956 |
| Farm proprietors' employment | 393 | 389 | 386 | 393 | 399 |
| Nonfarm proprietors' employment | 63,728 | 59,868 | 61,712 | 63,060 | 64,557 |
| By industry | |||||
| Farm employment | 860 | 828 | 814 | 835 | 833 |
| Nonfarm employment | 347,097 | 352,907 | 361,838 | 365,353 | 374,186 |
| Private employment | 309,097 | 314,339 | 322,926 | 326,496 | 334,592 |
| Ag. services, forestry, fishing, & other | 4,383 | 4,177 | 4,493 | 4,632 | 4,859 |
| Mining | 300 | 261 | 176 | 178 | 188 |
| Construction | 16,263 | 16,786 | 17,091 | 17,805 | 18,719 |
| Manufacturing | 62,949 | 63,730 | 66,120 | 66,253 | 65,933 |
| Transportation and public utilities | 10,896 | 11,088 | 11,224 | 11,416 | 12,060 |
| Wholesale trade | 16,458 | 16,552 | 16,695 | 16,695 | 16,710 |
| Retail trade | 63,180 | 64,543 | 65,132 | 63,742 | 64,867 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 20,225 | 19,887 | 20,450 | 20,811 | 21,562 |
| Services | 114,443 | 117,315 | 121,545 | 124,964 | 129,694 |
| Government and government enterprises | 38,000 | 38,568 | 38,912 | 38,857 | 39,594 |
| Federal, civilian | 4,961 | 4,763 | 4,424 | 4,326 | 4,444 |
| Military | 2,745 | 2,734 | 2,550 | 2,436 | 2,344 |
| State and local | 30,294 | 31,071 | 31,938 | 32,095 | 32,806 |
| State | 6,024 | 5,912 | 5,764 | 5,603 | 5,620 |
| Local | 24,270 | 25,159 | 26,174 | 26,492 | 27,186 |
| Source: U.S. Census |