Ownership Establishments, employment, and wages 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total covered (UI and UCFE) Average establishments 7189168 7369473 7634018 7820860 7879116 7984529 8101872 8228840 8364795 8571144 Total covered (UI and UCFE) Annual average employment 117963132 121044432 124183549 127042282 129877063 129635800 128233919 127795827 129278176 131571623 Total covered (UI and UCFE) Total annual wages (in thousands) 3414514808 3674031718 3967072423 4235579204 4587708584 4695225123 4714374741 4826251547 5087561796 5351949496 Total covered (UI and UCFE) Annual wages per employee 28946 30353 31945 33340 35323 36219 36764 37765 39354 40677 Total covered (UI and UCFE) Average weekly wage 557 584 614 641 679 697 707 726 757 782 UI covered Average establishments 7137644 7317363 7586767 7771198 7828861 7933536 8051117 8177087 8312729 8518249 UI covered Annual average employment 115081246 118233942 121400660 124255714 127005574 126883182 125475293 125031551 126538579 128837948 UI covered Total annual wages (in thousands) 3298045286 3553933885 3845494089 4112169533 4454966824 4560511280 4570787218 4676319378 4929262369 5188301929 UI covered Annual wages per employee 28658 30058 31676 33094 35077 35943 36428 37401 38955 40270 UI covered Average weekly wage 551 578 609 636 675 691 701 719 749 774 Private industry covered Average establishments 6946858 7121182 7381518 7560567 7622274 7724965 7839903 7963340 8093142 8294662 Private industry covered Annual average employment 99268446 102175161 105082368 107619457 110015333 109304802 107577281 107065553 108490066 110611016 Private industry covered Total annual wages (in thousands) 2837334217 3071807287 3337621699 3577738557 3887626769 3952152155 3930767025 4015823311 4245640890 4480311193 Private industry covered Annual wages per employee 28582 30064 31762 33244 35337 36157 36539 37508 39134 40505 Private industry covered Average weekly wage 550 578 611 639 680 695 703 721 753 779 State government covered Average establishments 62146 65352 67347 70538 65096 64583 64447 64467 64544 66278 State government covered Annual average employment 4191726 4214451 4240779 4296673 4370160 4452237 4485071 4481845 4484997 4527514 State government covered Total annual wages (in thousands) 131605800 137057432 142512445 149011194 158618365 168358331 175866492 179528728 184414992 191281126 State government covered Annual wages per employee 31397 32521 33605 34681 36296 37814 39212 40057 41118 42249 State government covered Average weekly wage 604 625 646 667 698 727 754 770 791 812 Local government covered Average establishments 128640 130829 137902 140093 141491 143989 146767 149281 155043 157309 Local government covered Annual average employment 11621074 11844330 12077513 12339584 12620081 13126143 13412941 13484153 13563517 13699418 Local government covered Total annual wages (in thousands) 329105269 345069166 365359945 385419781 408721690 440000795 464153701 480967339 499206488 516709610 Local government covered Annual wages per employee 28320 29134 30251 31234 32387 33521 34605 35669 36805 37718 Local government covered Average weekly wage 545 560 582 601 623 645 665 686 708 725 Federal government covered (UCFE) Average establishments 51524 52110 47252 49661 50256 50993 50755 51753 52066 52895 Federal government covered (UCFE) Annual average employment 2881887 2810489 2782888 2786567 2871489 2752619 2758627 2764275 2739596 2733675 Federal government covered (UCFE) Total annual wages (in thousands) 116469523 120097833 121578334 123409672 132741760 134713843 143587523 149932170 158299427 163647568 Federal government covered (UCFE) Annual wages per employee 40414 42732 43688 44287 46228 48940 52050 54239 57782 59864 Federal government covered (UCFE) Average weekly wage 777 822 840 852 889 941 1001 1043 1111 1151