Esmeralda County Employment

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Esmeralda County employment is not varied. The major employer in the county is the government, primarly the State of Nevada. Mining, trade, transportation, and utilities play a role, but other combined industries are 8% of the whole. This does not however include agricultural employment and is not represented. Esmeralda County is restoring its ghost towns in order to bring tourism into its history filled area.

Employment

Employment by Industry
Government	48%
Natural Resources & Mining	28%
Construction	8%
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	8%
All Other Industries	8%

Unemployment

Unemployment Rate
4.9%

Labor Force

Labor Force Participation
Population Age 15+	1,119
Employed	433
Unemployed	24
Total Labor Force	457
Not in Labor Force	662
Labor Participation Rate	40.8%

Major Employers

Employers	# Employees
Esmeralda County	60 to 69
Chemetall Foote Corp	50 to 59
Esmeralda County School District	30 to 39
All Others Under 20 Employees

The main employer in Esmeralda County is the State of Nevada, however, for private industry it is Chemtall Foote Corp. located in Silver Peak.

Source: Commute statistics are from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census. High wage occupation information is as of July 2006 from the Nevada Deptment of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).

OCCUPATION	ANNUAL MEAN WAGE	ANNUAL ENTRY WAGE	ANNUAL EXPERIENCE LEVEL WAGE
Top Executives	$104,808	$79,823	$117,300
Management Occupations	$74,460	$53,086	$85,146
Other Management Occupations	$63,256	$46,089	$71,389
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$44,315	$31,851	$50,547
Extraction Occupations	$38,145	$28,898	$42,768

Median Household Income

Year	Income
2000	$34,592
2001	$33,572
2002	$33,923

In Esmeralda County, the majority (71%) of the residents are employed within the county. The remainder work within Nye County, which borders Esmeralda. The average communte time for is approximately 21.9 minutes.

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