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	MCEDD - Industry Rankings by Payroll by County - 2000
	County and Industry Ranking	Industry	Employees	Industry Payroll	% of Total County Payroll	Average Payroll
	Wasco
	1	Government	2,061	66,173,830	26.50%	32,108
	2	Services	2,476	57,164,240	22.90%	23,087
	3	Manufacturing	1,148	46,223,947	18.50%	40,265
	4	Retail Trade	2,212	34,512,967	13.80%	15,603
	5	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	1,171	13,580,330	5.40%	11,597
	Hood River
	1	Services	2,559	49,109,956	21.90%	19,191
	2	Government	1,372	39,654,483	17.70%	28,903
	3	Manufacturing	1,204	30,896,305	13.80%	25,661
	4	Retail Trade	1,796	29,334,376	13.10%	16,333
	5	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	1,775	27,356,541	12.20%	15,412
	Sherman
	1	Government	262	8,871,770	58.90%	33,862
	2	Retail Trade	245	3,029,926	20.10%	12,367
	3	Wholesale Trade	57	1,606,347	10.70%	28,182
	4	Not Elsewhere Classified	51	942,093	6.30%	18,472
	5	Transportation and Public Utilities	27	323,704	2.10%	11,989
	Skamania
	1	Government	828	24,796,292	47.50%	29,947
	2	Manufacturing	284	8,878,525	17.00%	31,262
	3	Services	476	8,114,676	15.50%	17,048
	4	Construction	137	5,433,457	10.40%	39,660
	5	Retail Trade	214	2,314,979	4.40%	10,818
	Klickitat
	1	Manufacturing	1,345	52,635,236	33.30%	39,134
	2	Government	1,630	46,340,288	29.30%	28,430
	3	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	811	14,260,967	9.00%	17,584
	4	Services	681	12,149,874	7.70%	17,841
	5	Transportation and Public Utilities	336	10,934,511	6.90%	32,543
	Source: Washington and Oregon Employment Departments