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Bigger Payrolls in
Rappahannock Co.
Rappahannock County supports a greater number of business establishments- small, medium and large- than do many communities of its size.
And they have been showing sturdy growth, as evidenced by the number of people they employ and by the bigger payrolls they are carrying.
The findings are from a new government survey, released by the Department of Commerce. It is based upon data compiled by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare from tax reports Tiled by employers for 1967.
Presented, for every county in the United States, are comparable figures on employment and payrolls for firms engaged in retail and wholesale trade, manufacturing, finance, services and other fields.
In Rappahannock County, the report shows, there are some 57 separate businesses that employ one or more people.
A breakdown of this total reveals that 39 of them have from 1 to 3 employees each, that there are 10 with from 4 to 7 and 6 with from 8 to 19. llie others are larger.
The great majority of these businesses are well established and of long standing. In addition, a certain number of new ones start up each year as well as some that discontinue for one reason or another.
Die payrolls of these local establishments reached a new peak in the year of $1,228,000.
Iliis was considerably more than in 1965, when a survey placed the totalat $784,000.
Ilie figures cover all persons gainfully employed in private, non-farm jobs subject to social security. The total so-employed in Rappahannock County is given as 352.
Iliis is exclusive of members of the armed forces, of domesticworkers, the self-employed and civilian government personnel.
Business establishments in the local area with fewer than 20 employees continue to thrive despite the competition of big business, the reports indicate.
As is the case in most communities across the country, they far outnumber the larger one*. Currently, in the county.
81.3%