What were the industries in the colony of New York?
Earnings of persons employed in New York increased from $407.4 billion in 1997 to $432.6 billion in 1998, an increase of 6.2%. The largest industries in 1998 were services, 31.4% of earnings; finance, insurance, and real estate, 20.0%; and state and local government, 12.2%. Of the industries that accounted for at least 5% of earnings in 1998, the slowest growing from 1997 to 1998 was state and local government, which increased 2.3%; the fastest was finance, insurance, and real estate, which increased 9.0%.
