Table 6: Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for 03Q1 by Industry

Table 6: Laramie 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

36,517

37,973

1,457

4.0

$259,350,910

$276,456,437

$17,105,527

6.6

$546

$560

$14

2.5

Total Private (11-99)

24,650

25,817

1,167

4.7

$155,949,361

$165,794,162

$9,844,801

6.3

$487

$494

$7

1.5

Agriculture (11)

153

169

16

10.5

$903,849

$947,501

$43,652

4.8

$454

$431

-$23

-5.1

Mining (21)

81

85

4

4.9

$770,039

$926,177

$156,138

20.3

$731

$838

$107

14.6

Utilities (22)

114

0

0.0

$1,580,923

$1,609,095

$28,172

1.8

$1,067

$1,086

$19

1.8

Construction (23)

2,056

2,186

130

6.3

$14,554,455

$14,884,490

$330,035

2.3

$545

$524

-$21

-3.8

Manufacturing (31-33)**

1,490

1,456

-34

-2.3

$15,581,385

$13,882,785

-$1,698,600

-10.9

$804

$733

-$71

-8.8

Wholesale Trade (42)

626

704

78

12.5

$6,161,963

$6,583,154

$421,191

6.8

$757

$719

-$38

-5.0

Retail Trade (44-45)

5,189

5,346

157

3.0

$26,439,295

$28,120,405

$1,681,110

6.4

$392

$405

$13

3.2

Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)

1,055

1,359

304

28.8

$7,117,172

$8,996,495

$1,879,323

26.4

$519

$509

-$10

-1.9

Information (51)

973

1,066

93

9.6

$8,058,738

$9,283,650

$1,224,912

15.2

$637

$670

$33

5.1

Finance & Insurance (52)

1,457

1,488

31

2.1

$13,318,744

$14,223,018

$904,274

6.8

$703

$735

$32

4.6

Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (53)

388

379

-9

-2.3

$2,708,228

$3,076,093

$367,865

13.6

$537

$624

$87

16.3

Professional & Technical Services (54)

1,195

1,278

83

6.9

$10,684,522

$11,465,012

$780,490

7.3

$688

$690

$2

0.3

Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises (55)**

274

213

-61

-22.3

$2,329,094

$1,947,712

-$381,382

-16.4

$654

$703

$50

7.6

Administrative & Waste Services (56)

1,746

1,710

-36

-2.1

$9,257,351

$9,440,283

$182,932

2.0

$408

$425

$17

4.1

Educational Services (61)

95

94

-1

-1.1

$348,003

$335,342

-$12,661

-3.6

$282

$274

-$7

-2.6

Health Care & Social Assistance (62)

2,480

2,793

313

12.6

$18,188,236

$21,725,770

$3,537,534

19.4

$564

$598

$34

6.1

Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (71)

304

280

-24

-7.9

$710,494

$677,817

-$32,677

-4.6

$180

$186

$6

3.6

Accommodation & Food Services (72)

3,712

3,835

123

3.3

$10,569,033

$11,065,149

$496,116

4.7

$219

$222

$3

1.3

Other Services (81)

1,254

1,257

3

0.2

$6,612,230

$6,600,848

-$11,382

-0.2

$406

$404

-$2

-0.4

Total Government

11,867

12,156

289

2.4

$103,401,549

$110,662,275

$7,260,726

7.0

$670

$700

$30

4.5

Federal Government

2,416

2,541

125

5.2

$27,419,169

$30,020,404

$2,601,235

9.5

873

909

36

4.1

State Government

3,708

3,861

153

4.1

$34,910,456

$37,790,521

$2,880,065

8.2

724

753

29

4.0

Local Government

5,742

5,753

11

0.2

$41,071,924

$42,851,350

$1,779,426

4.3

550

573

23

4.1

*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.