The Origins of Wyoming's Steady Workers
by: Gayle C. Edlin, Economist

Steady workers (those individuals who continuously worked for the same employer between 1992 to 1997) represent another source of information in understanding the origins of Wyoming’s workforce. The database, created for demographic and wage analysis by industry⁽¹⁾, was queried to determine the proportion of native Wyomingites among steady workers. Of 44,267 steady workers in Wyoming⁽²⁾ from 1992-1997, 21,843 were Out-of-Staters and 22,424 were native Wyomingites.

The 1992 cohort in the preceding article included 149,446 Out-of-Staters and 118,007 native Wyomingites. Proportionately, native Wyomingites increased from 44.1 percent among the general cohort in 1992 to 50.7 percent among steady workers by the end of 1997. This fact supports the premise that native Wyomingites are more attached to the Wyoming workforce--and tend to remain in it longer--than Out-of-Staters.

1 Gregg Detweiler, "Industry Variations in Wyoming’s Steady Workers," Wyoming Labor Force Trends, May 1999, pp. 1-6.

2 In the study, "Industry Variations in Wyoming’s Steady Workers," the researcher discussed 44,265 steady workers. Two individuals were excluded from analysis due to industrial confidentiality considerations.

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