Sweetwater County, Southwest Region, Wyoming - Average Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage by Major Industry, 1999 and 2000


  Average Employment Change Total Payroll Change Average Weekly Wage Change
  1999 2000 Number % 1999 2000 Dollars % 1999 2000 Dollars %
Total 19,070 18,682 -388 -2.0 $628,151,195 $638,376,030 $10,224,835 1.6 $633 $657 $24 3.7
Private 15,148 14,757 -391 -2.6 $523,600,118 $531,238,378 $7,638,260 1.5 $665 $692 $28 4.1
  Agriculture 52 47 -6 -10.7 910,694 513,257 -397,437 -43.6 336 212 -124 -36.9
  Mining 3,668 3,363 -304 -8.3 211,825,704 202,098,669 -9,727,035 -4.6 1,111 1,156 45 4.0
  Construction 1,249 1,071 -178 -14.3 40,317,715 35,522,516 -4,795,199 -11.9 621 638 17 2.8
  Manufacturing 1,383 1,574 191 13.8 77,075,620 94,930,886 17,855,266 23.2 1,072 1,160 88 8.2
  TCPU* 1,354 1,290 -64 -4.8 57,793,604 57,699,111 -94,493 -0.2 821 860 40 4.8
  Wholesale Trade 535 507 -27 -5.1 16,499,329 16,232,781 -266,548 -1.6 594 615 22 3.6
  Retail Trade 3,538 3,536 -2 -0.1 51,704,643 53,397,207 1,692,564 3.3 281 290 9 3.3
  FIRE** 514 481 -33 -6.4 14,206,728 13,450,478 -756,250 -5.3 532 538 6 1.1
  Services 2,856 2,889 33 1.1 53,266,081 57,393,473 4,127,392 7.7 359 382 23 6.5
Total Government 3,923 3,925 3 0.1 $104,551,077 $107,137,652 $2,586,575 2.5 $513 $525 $12 2.4
  Federal Government 263 268 5 1.8 10,231,778 11,100,309 868,531 8.5 747 796 49 6.5
  State Government 247 255 8 3.4 7,053,283 7,560,815 507,532 7.2 550 570 20 3.7
  Local Government 3,412 3,402 -11 -0.3 87,266,016 88,476,528 1,210,512 1.4 492 500 8 1.7

* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.


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