Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll and Average Weekly Wages for Fourth Quarter 1997 by Region and County

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change
	1997	1996	No.	Percent	1997	1996	No.	Percent	1997	1996	No.	Percent
Total	218,046	214,612	3,434	1.6%	$1,384,158,351	$1,298,293,406	$85,864,945	6.6%	$488	$465	$23	4.9%
Northwest	34,102	33,935	166	0.5%	$194,111,710	$190,929,011	$3,182,699	1.7%	$438	$433	$5	1.2%
--Big Horn	3,974	3,800	174	4.6	23,643,933	21,208,792	2,435,141	11.5	458	429	28	6.6
--Fremont	13,385	13,376	9	0.1	73,334,044	68,689,778	4,644,266	6.8	421	395	26	6.7
--Hot Springs	1,939	2,222	-283	-12.7	9,297,200	13,910,250	-4,613,050	-33.2	369	482	-113	-23.4
--Park	10,901	10,747	154	1.4	64,501,863	65,504,135	-1,002,272	-1.5	455	469	-14	-2.9
--Washakie	3,903	3,790	113	3.0	23,334,670	21,616,056	1,718,614	8.0	460	439	21	4.8
Northeast	33,649	32,986	663	2.0%	$226,795,795	$210,798,173	$15,997,622	7.6%	$518	$492	$27	5.5%
--Campbell	16,628	16,066	562	3.5	134,281,548	122,357,843	11,923,705	9.7	621	586	35	6.0
--Crook	1,915	1,868	46	2.5	11,111,779	10,622,022	489,757	4.6	446	437	9	2.1
--Johnson	2,487	2,541	-54	-2.1	12,020,402	11,597,797	422,605	3.6	372	351	21	5.9
--Sheridan	10,425	10,379	46	0.4	57,727,795	55,582,496	2,145,299	3.9	426	412	14	3.4
--Weston	2,195	2,132	63	3.0	11,654,271	10,638,015	1,016,256	9.6	408	384	25	6.4
Southwest	47,184	46,181	1,003	2.2%	$334,661,405	$307,385,585	$27,275,820	8.9%	$546	$512	$34	6.6%
--Lincoln	4,715	5,027	-312	-6.2	29,746,119	30,716,804	-970,685	-3.2	485	470	15	3.2
--Sublette	1,978	2,097	-119	-5.7	11,342,687	11,218,570	124,117	1.1	441	412	30	7.2
--Sweetwater	19,566	18,982	585	3.1	162,731,832	149,034,565	13,697,267	9.2	640	604	36	5.9
--Teton	12,749	12,035	713	5.9	81,758,203	70,827,422	10,930,781	15.4	493	453	41	9.0
--Uinta	8,177	8,041	136	1.7	49,082,564	45,588,224	3,494,340	7.7	462	436	26	5.9
Southeast	56,501	56,458	44	0.1%	$328,334,949	$308,431,206	$19,903,743	6.5%	$447	$420	$27	6.4%
--Albany	13,815	14,043	-228	-1.6	73,862,936	70,487,005	3,375,931	4.8	411	386	25	6.5
--Goshen	4,234	4,144	90	2.2	20,292,062	19,770,487	521,575	2.6	369	367	2	0.5
--Laramie	34,370	34,404	-34	-0.1	212,332,022	198,332,145	13,999,877	7.1	475	443	32	7.2
--Niobrara	824	836	-12	-1.5	3,467,138	3,564,266	-97,128	-2.7	324	328	-4	-1.3
--Platte	3,258	3,030	228	7.5	18,380,791	16,277,303	2,103,488	12.9	434	413	21	5.0
Central	40,493	39,545	948	2.4%	$258,001,863	$241,669,871	$16,331,992	6.8%	$490	$470	$20	4.3%
--Carbon	6,307	6,361	-54	-0.8	36,965,385	36,150,597	814,788	2.3	451	437	14	3.1
--Converse	4,259	4,231	28	0.7	28,100,112	26,536,160	1,563,952	5.9	507	482	25	5.2
--Natrona	29,927	28,953	974	3.4	192,936,366	178,983,114	13,953,252	7.8	496	476	20	4.3
Nonclassified	6,117	5,507	610	11.1%	$42,252,629	$39,079,560	$3,173,069	8.1%	$531	$546	-$15	-2.7%

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