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Show Special to the Clipper According to a government report, just released, the number of business establishments es-tablishments in operation in Davis County is relatively large. THERE ARE more of them ;in being locally, in proportion to population, than in many areas of the country. The report, which is entitled en-titled "County Business Patterns," Pat-terns," was compiled by the Department of Commerce in cooperation with the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare. ESSENTIALLY, the data in it is based upon tax reports submitted by employers under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. It provides information on the number of working people in each community com-munity who are covered by Social Security, the amount they earn and the size of the establishments that employ them. Listed in Davis County are a total of 1,308 business firms that employ one or more persons. per-sons. The number is exclusive of "Mom and Pop" operations that are self-conducted. OF THE total, 811 have four employees or less, 233 have from five to nine and 126 had 10 to 19. The predominance of moderate-size businesses in the local area conforms to the pattern in most parts of the country. THEIR durability in the face of competition is indicated in-dicated by the figures, which show that no less than 90 percent per-cent of the local establishments establish-ments have fewer than 20 employees. Throughout the United States as a whole, 88 percent have less than 20 and, in the State of Utah, 89 percent. WITH respect to the employment situation, the findings are that Davis County's business firms provide gainful employment for 13,078 people in jobs covered by Social Security. Not included are farm workers, self-employed per sons, domestic workers and people on government payrolls, " :: DESPITE the number pf people unemployed, wage scales have been on the rise. At the same time, more workers have been coming under the Social Security umbrella. As a result, payrolls have been going up locally. The current report lists the annual payroll for covered workers at $99,136,000. In 1973, when a similar study was made, it was $57,920,000. |