Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Wage Record Summary Statistics UPDATE

Data Provided by: Wayne Gosar

This month, Research & Planning has added new information to the quarterly update of wage record summary statistics: an item in the tables called "92 PARTICIPATION" which shows the number of SSN's who worked in 1992 and also worked in any successive quarters. In other words, by the end of 1992, there were 267,453 unique SSN's. These SSN's were matched against wage records in first quarter 1993 and each of following quarter. As the table shows, at the end of first quarter 1996, only 136,462 participated in the Wyoming labor force (51.0 percent of those who participated sometime during 1992). Research & Planning will continue to track "92 PARTICIPATION" and will focus on this new information in a future issue of Wyoming Labor Force TRENDS.

The tables show changes that have been made to the wage record database since the end of March (the end of the first quarter of 1996). See: "Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Wage Record Summary Statistics Update" in the May 1996 issue of TRENDS. Data for the fourth quarter of 1994 has just become finalized and the other quarters have also been adjusted. For a detailed explanation of wage records, see the May 1995 issue of TRENDS.

General Definition of Terms Used in the Wage Tables:

The following is a brief explanation of the terms used in the report:

• TOTAL JOBS = Total number of jobs (records) downloaded from the mainframe file.
• TOTAL SSN's = Total number of unique Social Security Numbers (SSN's) found in this quarter.
• AVERAGE SSN's = Average number of SSN's this YEAR.
• ONE JOB = Those SSN's who only had one job in this quarter or year.
• TWO JOBS = Those SSN's who had two jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than two jobs).
• THREE JOBS = Those SSN's who had three jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than three jobs).
• FOUR JOBS OR MORE = Those SSN's who had four or more jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than four jobs).
• TOTAL BY JOBS = Sum of all jobs. Used for checking data entry.
• COUNT = The count of SSN's by total and by jobs.
• % OF TOTAL SSN's = The row percent of the count of SSN's under the count column.
• TOTAL WAGES = The sum of all wages for each category listed under the job rows.
• % OF TOTAL = Row percent of the total wages.
• MEAN WAGES PER QUARTER = Average wages per quarter for each category of jobs. Calculated by dividing the total wages by the count of SSN's.
• ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGES = Average annual wages per year for each category of jobs. Calculated by dividing the total wages by the count of SSN's.
• # OF JOBS PER SSN = Number of jobs per SSN. Calculated by taking the total number of jobs divided by the total number of SSN's.
• TOTAL UNIQUE SSN's TO DATE = A running total of unique SSN's to date. For example: from 1992 1st quarter to 1996 1st quarter there were 442,250 unique SSN's.
• NEW SSN's THIS QUARTER = The total of unique SSN's not found on any other previous quarter to date.
• NEW SSN's THIS YEAR = A total of new SSN's in the previous four quarters.
• 92 PARTICIPATION = The number of people who worked in 1992 and also worked in any successive quarter.

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Wage Record Tables:

Fourth Quarter 1994

Including Annual Averages and Totals for 1994

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FOURTH QUARTER 1994 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 249,199 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 160,839
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	215,760	100.000%	$1,162,289,067	100.000%	$5,387	1.15	385,515	10,650
One Job	186,915	86.631	1,137,472,954	97.865	6,086
Two Jobs	24,893	11.537	23,531,899	2.025	945
Three Jobs	3,414	1.582	1,173,001	0.101	344
Four Jobs or More	538	0.249	111,213	0.010	207
Total by Jobs	215,760		$1,162,289,067
ANNUAL AVERAGES AND TOTALS 1994 .......... AVERAGE JOBS = 249,587 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 160,839
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Annual Average Wages	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Year
Average SSN's	216,574	100.000%	$4,384,613,488	100.000%	$20,245	1.15	385,515	56,400
One Job	188,179	86.889	4,294,953,904	97.955	22,824
Two Jobs	24,430	11.280	84,658,160	1.931	3,465
Three Jobs	3,418	1.578	4,569,196	0.104	1,337
Four Jobs or More	547	0.253	432,229	0.010	790
Total by Jobs	216,574		$4,384,613,488

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Wage Record Tables:

First Quarter 1995 - Fourth Quarter 1995

Including Annual Averages and Totals for 1995

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FIRST QUARTER 1995 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 229,429 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 153,307
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	203,342	100.000%	$1,063,985,506	100.000%	$5,232	1.13	393,369	7,854
One Job	180,345	88.690	1,045,887,330	98.299	5,799
Two Jobs	20,314	9.990	17,219,134	1.618	848
Three Jobs	2,338	1.150	811,499	0.076	347
Four Jobs or More	345	0.170	67,542	0.006	196
Total by Jobs	203,342		$1,063,985,506
SECOND QUARTER 1995 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 263,440 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 152,158
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	225,503	100.000%	$1,141,992,365	100.000%	$5,064	1.17	411,278	17,909
One Job	193,648	85.874	1,116,449,626	97.763	5,765
Two Jobs	26,984	11.966	23,419,978	2.051	868
Three Jobs	4,030	1.787	1,745,130	0.153	433
Four Jobs or More	841	0.373	377,631	0.033	449
Total by Jobs	225,503		$1,141,992,365
THIRD QUARTER 1995 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 270,902 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 153,424
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	230,784	100.000%	$1,131,971,662	100.000%	$4,905	1.17	426,607	15,329
One Job	197,562	85.605	1,103,585,890	97.492	5,586
Two Jobs	27,931	12.103	25,685,003	2.269	920
Three Jobs	4,330	1.876	2,068,835	0.183	478
Four Jobs or More	961	0.416	631,934	0.056	658
Total by Jobs	230,784		$1,131,971,662
FOURTH QUARTER 1995 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 243,029 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 147,069
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	211,641	100.000%	$1,157,103,895	100.000%	$5,467	1.15	435,311	8,704
One Job	184,855	87.344	1,134,890,857	98.080	6,139
Two Jobs	23,040	10.886	20,833,544	1.800	904
Three Jobs	3,108	1.469	1,192,112	0.103	384
Four Jobs or More	638	0.301	187,384	0.016	294
Total by Jobs	211,641		$1,157,103,895
ANNUAL AVERAGES AND TOTALS 1995 .......... AVERAGE JOBS = 251,700 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 147,069
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Annual Average Wages	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Year
Average SSN's	217,818	100.000%	$4,495,053,429	100.000%	$20,637	1.16	435,311	49,796
One Job	189,103	86.817	4,400,813,703	97.903	23,272
Two Jobs	24,567	11.279	87,157,659	1.939	3,548
Three Jobs	3,452	1.585	5,817,575	0.129	1,686
Four Jobs or More	696	0.320	1,264,492	0.028	1,816
Total by Jobs	217,818		$4,495,053,429

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Wage Record Tables:

First Quarter 1996

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FIRST QUARTER 1996 .......... TOTAL JOBS = 216,029 .......... 92 PARTICIPATION = 136,462
	Count	% of Total SSN's	Total Wages	% of Total	Mean Wages per Quarter	# of Jobs per SSN	Total Unique SSN's to Date	New SSN's This Quarter
Total SSN's	192,749	100.000%	$1,037,352,001	100.000%	$5,382	1.12	442,250	6,939
One Job	172,693	89.595	1,018,354,299	98.169	5,897
Two Jobs	17,767	9.218	17,405,369	1.678	980
Three Jobs	1,961	1.017	844,248	0.081	431
Four Jobs or More	328	0.170	748,085	0.072	2,281
Total by Jobs	192,749		$1,037,352,001

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Wayne Gosar has worked at Research & Planning for five years, most recently as an Economist. He was also the Editor of Wyoming Labor Force TRENDS from August 1992 until September 1995 and was responsible for conducting the annual Wyoming wage survey (1996 data to be presented next month). Wayne has accepted a new position and will be leaving the division in mid-August, though more of his work will appear in future issues of TRENDS. All of us at Research & Planning wish him well.

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