Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Roca Honda Mine

Chapter 3. Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
co-owner lives in the unit even if it is mortgaged or not fully paid for. The median value(s) of
housing units reflects housing units with and without a mortgage. A household includes all the
people who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence.
Table 50. Household characteristics, 2010
County
Total
Housing
Units
Occupied
Housing
Units/Total
Households
Owner
Occupied
Housing
Units
Median
Value of
Housing
Units*
Median
Household
Income
Cibola 11,101 8,860 6,575 $80,300 $34,916
McKinley 25,813 21,968 15,722 $77,000 $30,403
New Mexico 901,388 791,395 542,122 $163,300 $43,569
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010
*with and without a mortgage
**In 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars
Total Industry Compensation
What is often termed in economic data as total industry compensation is somewhat of a
misnomer, in that a portion of the “industry earnings” stems from government related activity.
This will be made clear when the composition of industry compensation is presented.
Nevertheless, total industry compensation provides a good picture of the relative sizes of market-
related economic activity, or business activity, performed in the various counties (table 51).
McKinley County clearly dominates economic activity, with employee compensation figures
roughly twice those of Cibola County.
Table 51. Total compensation of employees (in $1,000s)
County 2001 2005 2010
Cibola 208,477 325,969 367,025
McKinley
Source: USDOC, 2012
742,349 866,334 989,988
Income is generated by economic activity in the local area counties through a variety of sectors,
including various types of business as well as government. This income is not always received by
a person in the county, for a person from neighboring counties may commute across county lines
to go to work. The employee compensation by industry, however, is a measure of economic
activity generated in the counties, regardless of where the employee resides.
Compensation for work is broader than salaries and wages. Total compensation also includes
employer contributions for employee retirement funds, social security, health insurance, and life
insurance. These supplements to income comprise roughly 20 percent of total compensation.
Also, rather than measuring per capita personal income, which includes government transfers to
people who are not employed, total compensation measures are presented “per job,” meaning in
terms of full-time and part-time wage and salary employment. So total average compensation per
284 DEIS for Roca Honda Mine, Cibola National Forest