Table 1: Employees and Annual Wages (Nominal and Real)

for the United States, Wyoming and Surrounding States by Industry (1994)

Employees
	United States	Colorado	Idaho	Montana	Nebraska	North Dakota	South Dakota	Utah	Wyoming
Total	112,613,831	1,738,239	462,651	328,248	772,412	274,297	316,194	827,451	209,431
--Agriculture	1,607,328	23,387	19,153	3,993	10,755	2,791	2,605	6,024	2,821
--Mining	601,188	15,654	2,423	5,445	1,353	3,703	2,352	8,309	17,749
--Construction	4,914,200	97,011	29,008	14,981	33,590	12,778	13,947	48,186	13,708
--Manufacturing	18,318,145	190,800	71,870	23,005	108,901	21,218	43,649	116,015	10,017
--TPU*	5,739,958	102,993	20,050	17,504	38,253	16,581	14,847	47,059	11,560
--Wholesale Trade	6,151,466	91,232	26,561	17,568	51,769	20,019	19,266	42,508	7,184
--Retail Trade	20,493,782	338,152	90,147	74,959	146,660	56,678	65,348	161,427	42,970
--FIRE**	6,707,053	108,467	20,324	15,169	49,799	13,397	17,818	45,915	7,843
--Services	29,484,730	480,444	95,887	87,688	186,982	74,123	77,776	201,314	42,433
--Federal Government	3,022,743	59,187	13,486	13,605	17,026	9,608	11,452	32,727	7,461
--State Government	4,163,786	63,105	22,161	17,887	32,335	16,213	14,253	42,158	11,817
--Local Government	11,276,687	167,293	51,553	36,413	94,989	27,188	32,880	75,772	33,864

Nominal Weekly Wage
	United States	Colorado	Idaho	Montana	Nebraska	North Dakota	South Dakota	Utah	Wyoming
Total	$26,939	$26,164	$21,938	$20,219	$21,500	$19,893	$19,255	$22,811	$22,071
--Agriculture	15,637	16,937	14,976	15,055	16,627	17,563	16,611	13,929	15,914
--Mining	43,653	48,509	34,507	38,961	25,076	35,914	35,306	39,820	42,125
--Construction	28,307	27,954	24,975	24,396	24,959	23,274	21,845	23,207	23,887
--Manufacturing	33,526	33,762	30,361	25,651	26,862	24,447	22,536	27,671	26,157
--TPU*	34,199	36,107	27,277	28,294	28,905	28,427	24,650	32,116	31,542
--Wholesale Trade	34,646	34,331	24,266	25,071	25,511	25,817	23,552	28,881	25,877
--Retail Trade	14,385	14,498	12,928	12,019	11,665	11,219	11,286	12,969	11,780
--FIRE**	36,061	31,711	25,048	23,784	27,560	24,066	23,211	26,026	27,539
--Services	25,112	24,581	20,627	17,889	19,786	17,980	17,928	21,495	16,820
--Federal Government	38,043	36,938	34,287	33,943	31,835	30,313	31,732	35,233	33,128
--State Government	29,528	27,775	25,296	24,293	26,927	23,604	24,441	24,910	24,814
--Local Government	26,717	25,179	19,502	20,476	21,140	18,588	18,151	20,748	21,065

Real Weekly Wage
	United States	Colorado	Idaho	Montana	Nebraska	North Dakota	South Dakota	Utah	Wyoming
Total	$18,177	$17,655	$14,803	$13,643	$14,507	$13,423	$12,993	$15,392	$14,893
--Agriculture	10,551	11,428	10,105	10,159	11,219	11,851	11,209	9,399	10,738
--Mining	29,455	32,732	23,284	26,289	16,920	24,233	23,823	26,869	28,424
--Construction	19,101	18,862	16,852	16,462	16,841	15,704	14,740	15,659	16,118
--Manufacturing	22,622	22,781	20,487	17,308	18,126	16,496	15,206	18,671	17,650
--TPU*	23,076	24,364	18,406	19,092	19,504	19,182	16,633	21,671	21,283
--Wholesale Trade	23,378	23,165	16,374	16,917	17,214	17,420	15,892	19,488	17,461
--Retail Trade	9,706	9,783	8,723	8,110	7,871	7,570	7,615	8,751	7,949
--FIRE**	24,333	21,397	16,901	16,049	18,596	16,239	15,662	17,561	18,582
--Services	16,945	16,586	13,918	12,071	13,351	12,132	12,097	14,504	11,350
--Federal Government	25,670	24,924	23,136	22,904	21,481	20,454	21,412	23,774	22,354
--State Government	19,924	18,742	17,069	16,392	18,169	15,927	16,492	16,808	16,744
--Local Government	18,028	16,990	13,159	13,816	14,265	12,543	12,248	14,000	14,214

* TPU = Transportation & Public Utilities
** FIRE = Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate