Chapter 5 Manufacturing and Industry

Manufacturing and Industry


Manufacturing in Los angeles employees over 660,000 people, this is second to the service industry, which employees almost 1.5 million people. In the table below from the L.A Almanac it shows the number of different industries and the amount of people employed in each.

Business Establishments, Employment and Payroll Los Angeles County, 1997 All Industries Industry Number of Employees Annual Payroll ($1,000) Number of Establishments 1-19 Employees 2-99 Employees 100-499 Employees 500+ Employees Total 3,588,831 115,824,320 218,878 187,124 26,484 4,728 542 Agricultural Services, Forestry, & Fishing 16,675 345,490 1,848 1,663 170 14 1 Mining 4,504 281,378 178 137 33 6 2 Construction 115,339 3,820,400 11,617 10,413 1,064 130 10 Manufacturing 668,505 23,676,151 18,139 12,036 4,784 1,201 118 Transportation & Public Utilities 210,691 7,963,735 8,117 6,451 1,298 330 38 Wholesale Trade 291,436 11,108,178 23,151 19,942 2,810 373 26 Retail Trade 592,001 10,070,406 42,297 35,020 6,550 698 29 Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate 240,603 11,363,771 20,357 18,144 1,867 299 47 Services 1,447,365 47,123,321 90,699 80,850 7,901 1,677 271 Unclassified Establishments 1,712 71,490 2,475 2,468 7 0 0

According to figures compiled by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, if Los Angeles County, with a gross metropolitan product of $410.8 billion in 2003, were a separate nation, it would rank 14th in the world for gross product. Its gross economic output in 2003 was larger than that of either Australia, the Netherlands, Russia, Taiwan, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Saudi Arabia, or Norway. Los Angeles County ranks second
nationally only to New York City ($488.8 billion in 2003).






The movie industry employees over 160,000 people in the L.A. Region, these jobs can range from a Producer/Director to the ticket handler at your local theater.


What's crazy about the table below is how many households in Los Angeles have an income of less than $10,000 annually.  The average  median household income 1999 was $42,189. 

Household Income
Los Angeles County Households, 1999

Household Income	Households	Percent
Total Households	3,136,279	100.00%
Less than $10;000	330,000	10.52%
$10;000 to $14;999	203,819	6.50%
$15;000 to $19;999	196,731	6.27%
$20;000 to $24;999	201,561	6.43%
$25;000 to $29;999	191,887	6.12%
$30;000 to $34;999	189,179	6.03%
$35;000 to $39;999	169,484	5.40%
$40;000 to $44;999	162,317	5.18%
$45;000 to $49;999	140,505	4.48%
$50;000 to $59;999	253,707	8.09%
$60;000 to $74;999	304,843	9.72%
$75;000 to $99;999	318,521	10.16%
$100;000 to $124;999	181,732	5.79%
$125;000 to $149;999	95,240	3.04%
$150;000 to $199;999	87,864	2.80%
$200;000 or more	108,889	3.47%

Sources:


LA Almanac
http://www.laalmanac.com/