Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Fourth Quarter 2002 by Industry

Average Monthly Employment

Total Payroll

Average Weekly Wage

Fourth Quarter

Change

Fourth Quarter

Change

Fourth Quarter

Change

Industry Title and Sector

2001

2002

No.

%

2001

2002

Amount

%

2001

2002

Amt.

%

Total, All Industries

238,053

238,963

910

0.4

$1,795,823,012

$1,838,472,259

$42,649,247

2.4

$580

$592

$12

2.0

Total Private

180,253

179,712

-541

-0.3

$1,362,186,134

$1,371,509,522

$9,323,388

0.7

$581

$587

$6

1.0

Agriculture (11)

2,315

2,251

-64

-2.8

$15,052,994

$14,314,807

-$738,187

-4.9

$500

$489

-$11

-2.2

Mining (21)

19,108

17,497

-1,611

-8.4

$259,754,530

$251,825,745

-$7,928,785

-3.1

$1,046

$1,107

$61

5.9

Utilities (22)

2,094

2,117

23

1.1

$30,545,057

$34,912,869

$4,367,812

14.3

$1,122

$1,269

$147

13.1

Construction (23)

20,519

19,841

-678

-3.3

$180,003,232

$174,139,016

-$5,864,216

-3.3

$675

$0

0.0

Manufacturing (31-33)*

10,203

9,670

-533

-5.2

$95,374,857

$87,928,932

-$7,445,925

-7.8

$719

$699

-$20

-2.7

Wholesale Trade (42)

6,891

7,015

125

1.8

$69,809,240

$67,831,609

-$1,977,631

-2.8

$779

$744

-$36

-4.6

Retail Trade (44-45)

29,813

30,376

563

1.9

$149,178,054

$152,633,675

$3,455,621

2.3

$385

$387

$2

0.4

Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)

6,432

6,759

328

5.1

$51,371,226

$55,096,014

$3,724,788

7.3

$614

$627

$13

2.1

Information (51)

3,977

4,068

90

2.3

$31,255,567

$30,890,627

-$364,940

-1.2

$604

$584

-$20

-3.4

Finance & Insurance (52)

6,208

6,602

394

6.3

$67,723,714

$61,582,528

-$6,141,186

-9.1

$839

$718

-$122

-14.5

Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (53)

3,385

3,358

-27

-0.8

$21,335,688

$22,998,571

$1,662,883

7.8

$485

$527

$42

8.6

Professional & Technical Services (54)

7,826

7,591

-235

-3.0

$84,548,695

$88,629,459

$4,080,764

4.8

$831

$898

$67

8.1

Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises (55)*

738

696

-41

-5.6

$7,379,186

$13,148,187

$5,769,001

78.2

$769

$1,452

$683

88.8

Administrative & Waste Services (56)

6,744

7,246

502

7.4

$36,293,964

$37,384,775

$1,090,811

3.0

$414

$397

-$17

-4.1

Educational Services (61)

1,152

1,036

-116

-10.1

$5,693,879

$5,690,787

-$3,092

-0.1

$380

$423

$42

11.1

Health Care & Social Assistance (62)

17,730

18,067

337

1.9

$134,159,893

$146,323,675

$12,163,782

9.1

$582

$623

$41

7.0

Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (71)

2,788

2,248

-540

-19.4

$11,331,936

$8,130,845

-$3,201,091

-28.2

$313

$278

-$34

-11.0

Accommodation & Food Services (72)

24,443

25,840

1,398

5.7

$68,700,143

$76,359,976

$7,659,833

11.1

$216

$227

$11

5.1

Other Services (81)

7,887

7,433

-454

-5.8

$42,622,767

$41,687,425

-$935,342

-2.2

$416

$431

$16

3.8

Total Government

57,801

59,251

1,450

2.5

$433,636,878

$466,962,737

$33,325,859

7.7

$577

$606

$29

5.0

Federal Government

7,345

7,651

305

4.2

78,194,341

86,758,881

8,564,540

11.0

819

872

53

6.5

State Government

12,063

12,513

450

3.7

103,270,601

112,132,546

8,861,945

8.6

659

689

31

4.7

Local Government

38,392

39,087

695

1.8

252,171,936

268,071,310

15,899,374

6.3

505

528

22

4.4

*Numbers reflect the reclassification of a small company to Management of Companies & Enterprises (55) from Manufacturing (31). Additionally bonuses or "executive pay" in excess of $5.5 million were paid to two employees of the company.