Return to the PIE Home PageThere were 496,524 employed persons in Franklin County in 1989. As the chart above illustrates, the vast majority (78.0%) worked in private organizations for wages and salaries. Government workers (federal, state and local) were the next largest class of worker in 1989 (17.0%), followed by the self-employed (4.8%) and unpaid family workers (0.2%). Private wage and salary workers have increased over the last decade from 74.8% of total employed persons in 1979 to 78.0% in 1989, while government workers decreased from 20.8% to 17.0%.
Class of worker is defined by the type of ownership of the employing organization. Private wage and salary workers include employees of a private company, business, or non-profit organization. These employees work for wages, salary, commissions or payment in kind. Self-employed workers are persons who work for profit or fees in their own unincorporated business, profession or trade, or who operate a farm. Unpaid family workers are persons who work without pay on a farm or in a business operated by a relative.
1979 1989
Class of Worker Persons Percent Persons Percent
Private Wage and Salary 305,833 74.8 387,167 78.0
Local Government 30,679 7.5 29,865 6.0
State Government 40,331 9.9 41,691 8.4
Federal Government 13,879 3.4 12,860 2.6
Self-employed 17,238 4.2 23,966 4.8
Unpaid Family Worker 914 0.2 975 0.2
Total 408,874 100.0 496,524 100.0
Source: Census of Population and Housing, U.S. Bureau of the Census
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