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Table 4.

Employer Characteristics by Industry Division, Washington State, 2006^a

Industry	Average Annual Wage, $^b	Proportion of All Employees, %^b	% Offering Health Insurance to

			Full-Time Employees, %^c	Dependents of Full-Time Employees, %^c
Accommodation and food services	15,469	7.8	25.5	16.6
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	22,239	2.9	32.0	23.5
Other services, except public administration	23,009	3.9	68.4	54.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	27,139	1.6	62.2	49.8
Retail trade	28,174	11.1	59.6	47.1
Educational services	30,901	1.0	74.8	59.8
Administrative and waste services	34,533	5.1	61.8	47.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	34,948	1.7	69.6	50.7
Health care and social assistance	37,654	10.1	75.3	58.3
Construction	43,746	6.4	64.0	50.9
Transportation and warehousing	44,078	2.9	70.6	59.7
Government	44,745	17.7	NA	NA
Mining	54,924	0.1	73.7	62.7
Wholesale trade	56,572	4.3	85.4	76.2
Manufacturing	58,196	9.9	81.1	72.0
Professional and technical services	63,687	5.0	84.6	68.3
Finance and insurance	66,684	3.6	83.8	71.8
Utilities	70,404	0.2	69.6	58.2
Management of companies and enterprises	85,031	1.2	92.7	89.7
Information	91,081	3.4	82.8	75.7
Total	42,888	100.0	66.4	53.6

Abbreviations: NA, not available.

Data sources: Lockhart (16) and Washington State Employment Security Department (19).

Limited to companies covered by the state's unemployment insurance law (19).

Limited to companies covered by the state's unemployment insurance law that have ≥2 employees and are not government, except education and health care (16).