Surry County Average Employment Base
  June 30, 2009

NAICS	Description	Employees	Establishments
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	176	18
22	Utilities	94	5
23	Construction	2,908	219
31	Manufacturing	4,411	114
42	Wholesale Trade	881	88
44	Retail Trade	3,694	329
48	Transportation & Warehousing	1,326	80
51	Information	260	32
52	Finance & Insurance	606	99
53	Real Estate & Rental/Leasing	181	61
54	Professional & Technical Services	422	116
55	Management of Companies & Enterprises	-	-
56	Administrative & Waste Services	918	66
61	Educational Services	2,014	35
62	Health Care & Social Assistance	4.038	174
71	Arts, Entertainment & Recreation	307	21
72	Accommodation & Food Service	2,333	145
81	Other Services (excluding Public Administration)	819	125
92	Public Administration	1,482	26
99	Unclassified	32	40
TOTAL		27,292	1,797

Source: NC Employment Security Commission, Industry & Employment Wages, 9/30/09. Effective in 2001, the North Carolina Employment Security Commission will report employment & wage data using NAICS.   The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the Standard Industry Classification (SIC) coding system as the primary system used to classify business activity.