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Show County jobs still depend on government By TOM BUSSELBERG CLEARFIELD Two in five jobs within Davis County are still government-related. That's not to mention another 20,000 residents who travel to ; iwbrk outside the county, however, notes Jack Bailey, manager of Clearfield Job Service. Compared with 16 years ago, the county's employment has greatly diversified, he continues. In 1971, just over 20,000 of the 33,000 holding hold-ing down jobs in Davis County worked at HAFB or in close range of that facility. That's nearly two-thirds two-thirds of the in-county labor force. Today, some 53,000 jobs exist within the county and the number employed in Ciearfield-South Weber We-ber quadrant around the Base had grown by only 3,650. That gain is small compared to the overall growth that has added some 20,000 positions. Bountiful area had the next highest high-est number of jobs after Clearfield-South Clearfield-South Weber, at just under 5,400 some 16 years ago. Today, that area boasts nearly twice that many at 9,800. Layton had barely a third as many jobs, back then, but has gained three-and-a-half times that 1,900 to today's 6,716. Thanks primarily to HAFB, most people still work in the county's coun-ty's north end. Some 34,035 jobs were listed there compared to 18,974 in the south. But even with HAFB, the state's largest employer, in the county, many small businesses build a strong backbone economically, Mr. Bailey adds. Some, 2559 firms were listed ranging from mining to insurance. Eight mining (gravel) businesses dotted the county in the 1986 report, re-port, along with 3 in construction and 165 manufacturing concerns. Others were: 98 in transportation, public utilities and some 756 in the "trades" classification. Finance, insurance and real estate showed 192 while services were listed at 768. Some 176 government job sites were noted. Where do all of these 53,000-some-odd people work? The mining companies employed em-ployed 62; 3,641 were hammering nails or engaged in some form of construction; 6,448 held manufacturing manufac-turing jobs. Nearly 1,500 worked in trans- ponacion, communications and public utilities while 10,725 were involved in "trade." Some 1,102 kept busy in finance, insurance and real estate while 7,435 fell under the "services" category as the way they earned their bread. Finally, 22,065 were employed in government. govern-ment. Total wages earned would barely make one person a billionaire t $1.01 billion. The government payroll took half of that, at $518 million. The average monthly wage stood at $ 1 ,600 but ranged from trades at $966 to mining at $1 ,543; manufacturing, manufac-turing, $1,805 and government, $1960. Davis County is still largely a residential re-sidential county, however. Only one in 16of the state's businesses is located in the county while about one in nine of the state's residents call Davis County home. |