Guam Hazard Mitigation Plan - Western States Seismic Policy Council

SECTIONFOURIsland DescriptionTable 4-4Number of Civilian Establishments and Civilian Employment onGuam by Industrial Division, 2007Number ofEmployerEstablishmentsNumber of PaidEmployees (as ofMarch 2007)Industry DescriptionUtilities 10 933Construction 317 6,011Manufacturing 63 1,495Wholesale Trade 191 2,394Retail Trade 660 8,219Transportation and Warehousing 89 3,057Information 63 1,429Finance and Insurance 125 2,036Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 276 2,007Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 227 2,217Management of Companies and Enterprises 7 157Administrative and Support and Waste Management andRemediation Services154 4,102Educational Services 39 300Health Care and Social Assistance 177 3,090Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 79 1,213Accommodation and Food Services 429 11,477Other Services (except public administration) 237 2,254TOTAL: 3,143 52,391Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2007.The economy of Guam is based on tourism with more than 1 million tourists visiting Guam eachyear. The Accommodation and Food Services sector was the largest industry in Guam in 2007,employing about 22 percent of total island civilian employment. The following sectors thatsupport the tourism industry employed an additional 11,686 persons, or about 22 percent of thetotal island civilian employment: retail trade; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and otherservices. Together, all these sectors provide about 44 percent of civilian employment on Guam.Table 4-5 illustrates the total employment in Guam by industrial division as of 2000. As shownin Table 4-5, the village of Dededo is the center of economic activity in Guam, with 16,278employees or 28.5 percent of total employment. The village of Tamuning is the next largestcenter of economic activity, with 8,495 employees or 14.9 percent. The village of Yigo is theonly other village commanding more than 10 percent of Guam’s employment, with 6,181 or 10.8percent. (More recent data are not available for Table 4-5.) Table 4-5 also illustrates theimportance of tourism to the economy of Guam, with about 44 percent of jobs in the servicessector, which includes most tourism-related employment.4-8