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• <br /> • <br /> - • , <br /> "\. <br /> Also, follow-up telephone calls were conducted, as necessary. Cooperation <br /> was excellent with over 71 percent of the firms responding with sufficient <br /> information to the extent that basic industry relationships could be <br /> developed and used to derive estimates where information was not available. <br /> In addition, personnel of two majors government agencies the DeKalb- <br /> - <br /> Peachtree Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration -- have an impact <br /> on the local economy and are included in the following discussion. <br /> • Employment and Payroll. The most significant generator of jobs and <br /> income at PDK are the fixed-base operators (FB0) . The three FBO's employed <br /> a full-time equivalent of 214 persons at an average annual salary of nearly <br /> $12,000 per employee during 1979. The largest single category of employers <br /> is comprised of 63 business tenants with an estimated 500 full-time persons <br /> at an average annual salary of nearly $15,000. . <br /> ) <br /> The following table presents the employment and payroll by major <br /> employer category at PDK for 1979. <br /> • Table 1. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL, <br /> DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT, 1979 <br /> Total Annual <br /> • Employer Employment 1/ Payroll <br /> Fixed-Base Operazo.es 214 $ 2,510,000 <br /> Airport Administration 33 ' 274,000 <br /> FAA 25 ' 665,000 <br /> Tenants 2/ 500 7,480,000 <br /> Total 772 . $10,929,000 <br /> 1/ Part-time employment is converted to full-time <br /> • <br /> equivalent. <br /> 2/ Estimates based upon a 71.4 percent response <br /> to questionnaires. <br /> Source: . Survey by Hammer, Siler, George Associates. <br /> -11- <br /> 14•ogrEi.tieLem.stanat ASSOCIATES <br />