Table 5: Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter 2003 by Industry

Average Monthly Employment

Total Payroll

Average Weekly Wage

First Quarter

Change

First Quarter

Change

First Quarter

Change

Industry Title and NAICS* Sector

2002

2003

No.

%

2002

2003

Amount

%

2002

2003

Amt.

%

Total, All Industries

31,976

32,321

345

1.1

$225,724,716

$232,085,707

$6,360,991

2.8

$543

$552

$9

1.7

Total Private (11-99)

26,753

27,015

262

1.0

$183,384,183

$186,797,342

$3,413,159

1.9

$527

$532

$5

0.9

Agriculture (11)

89

97

8

9.0

$329,767

$365,630

$35,863

10.9

$285

$290

$5

1.7

Mining (21)

2,007

2,081

74

3.7

$24,043,496

$24,033,428

-$10,068

0.0

$922

$888

-$33

-3.6

Utilities (22)

79

89

10

12.7

$1,065,515

$1,118,506

$52,991

5.0

$1,038

$967

-$71

-6.8

Construction (23)

1,891

2,046

155

8.2

$14,403,799

$15,095,086

$691,287

4.8

$586

$568

-$18

-3.1

Manufacturing (31-33)**

1,546

1,493

-53

-3.4

$11,903,447

$11,637,040

-$266,407

-2.2

$592

$600

$7

1.2

Wholesale Trade (42)

2,278

2,136

-142

-6.2

$21,657,291

$20,502,592

-$1,154,699

-5.3

$731

$738

$7

1.0

Retail Trade (44-45)

4,588

4,552

-36

-0.8

$22,813,083

$22,996,930

$183,847

0.8

$382

$389

$6

1.6

Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)

911

880

-31

-3.4

$8,395,695

$8,292,630

-$103,065

-1.2

$709

$725

$16

2.3

Information (51)

568

502

-66

-11.6

$4,154,083

$3,453,140

-$700,943

-16.9

$563

$529

-$33

-5.9

Finance & Insurance (52)

947

1,012

65

6.9

$10,399,553

$11,387,986

$988,433

9.5

$845

$866

$21

2.5

Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (53)

749

741

-8

-1.1

$4,590,066

$4,853,442

$263,376

5.7

$471

$504

$32

6.9

Professional & Technical Services (54)

1,167

1,159

-8

-0.7

$9,581,104

$9,376,327

-$204,777

-2.1

$632

$622

-$9

-1.5

Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises (55)**

24

18

-6

-25.0

$284,965

$387,635

$102,670

36.0

$913

$1,657

$743

81.4

Administrative & Waste Services (56)

1,632

1,615

-17

-1.0

$6,085,888

$6,933,455

$847,567

13.9

$287

$330

$43

15.1

Educational Services (61)

105

121

16

15.2

$287,387

$324,874

$37,487

13.0

$211

$207

-$4

-1.9

Health Care & Social Assistance (62)

4,071

4,190

119

2.9

$29,110,853

$30,852,325

$1,741,472

6.0

$550

$566

$16

3.0

Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (71)

275

304

29

10.5

$725,043

$808,170

$83,127

11.5

$203

$204

$2

0.8

Accommodation & Food Services (72)

2,585

2,718

133

5.1

$6,068,291

$6,756,949

$688,658

11.3

$181

$191

$11

5.9

Other Services (81)

1,236

1,255

19

1.5

$7,480,649

$7,620,077

$139,428

1.9

$466

$467

$1

0.3

Total Government

5,222

5,306

84

1.6

$42,340,533

$45,288,365

$2,947,832

7.0

$624

$657

$33

5.3

Federal Government

634

695

61

9.6

$7,807,987

$8,962,722

$1,154,735

14.8

947

992

45

4.7

State Government

700

704

4

0.6

$6,295,503

$6,526,650

$231,147

3.7

692

713

21

3.1

Local Government

3,888

3,906

18

0.5

$28,237,043

$29,798,993

$1,561,950

5.5

559

587

28

5.0

*North American Industry Classification System.

**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.