Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter 2004 by Region and County

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 10

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Region and County, 2003 and 2004

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage

REGION/	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
County	2003	2004	No.	%	2003	2004	Amount	%	2003	2004	Amt.	%

TOTAL	230,429	237,520	7,091	3.1	$1,678,259,943	$1,798,842,050	$120,582,107	7.2	$560	$583	$22	4.0

NORTHWEST	34,172	35,065	893	2.6	$208,933,039	$224,523,816	$15,590,777	7.5	$470	$493	$22	4.7
Big Horn	3,993	4,231	238	6.0	26,852,027	29,567,390	2,715,363	10.1	517	538	20	3.9
Fremont	13,939	14,139	200	1.4	83,084,417	88,653,775	5,569,358	6.7	459	482	24	5.2
Hot Springs	1,774	1,804	30	1.7	9,430,014	9,465,824	35,810	0.4	409	404	-5	-1.3
Park	10,988	11,327	339	3.1	67,983,476	73,118,102	5,134,626	7.6	476	497	21	4.3
Washakie	3,477	3,564	87	2.5	21,583,105	23,718,725	2,135,620	9.9	477	512	34	7.2

NORTHEAST	37,798	38,773	974	2.6	$299,716,472	$321,663,793	$21,947,321	7.3	$610	$638	$28	4.6
Campbell	20,028	20,663	635	3.2	185,678,268	203,690,192	18,011,924	9.7	713	758	45	6.3
Crook	1,811	1,849	38	2.1	11,535,758	11,752,207	216,449	1.9	490	489	-1	-0.2
Johnson	2,671	2,794	122	4.6	14,832,967	16,064,552	1,231,585	8.3	427	442	15	3.6
Sheridan	11,202	11,377	175	1.6	75,262,571	77,381,772	2,119,201	2.8	517	523	6	1.2
Weston	2,086	2,090	4	0.2	12,406,908	12,775,070	368,162	3.0	458	470	13	2.8

SOUTHWEST	50,078	51,794	1,716	3.4	$404,155,110	$432,982,400	$28,827,290	7.1	$621	$643	$22	3.6
Lincoln	5,521	5,744	223	4.0	44,008,969	44,486,022	477,053	1.1	613	596	-17	-2.8
Sublette	2,435	2,823	388	16.0	17,450,798	22,440,679	4,989,881	28.6	551	611	60	10.9
Sweetwater	18,581	19,474	893	4.8	171,213,624	182,888,619	11,674,995	6.8	709	722	14	1.9
Teton	15,352	15,375	23	0.1	112,156,431	119,542,733	7,386,302	6.6	562	598	36	6.4
Uinta	8,190	8,379	189	2.3	59,325,288	63,624,347	4,299,059	7.2	557	584	27	4.8

SOUTHEAST	60,449	63,139	2,690	4.5	$415,756,490	$445,331,636	$29,575,146	7.1	$529	$543	$13	2.5
Albany	14,721	16,541	1,820^a	12.4	94,597,053	103,234,177	8,637,124	9.1	494	480	-14	-2.9
Goshen	3,906	3,862	-44	-1.1	20,291,541	21,112,888	821,347	4.0	400	421	21	5.2
Laramie	37,946	38,814	869	2.3	276,355,607	295,742,041	19,386,434	7.0	560	586	26	4.6
Niobrara	746	742	-4	-0.5	3,820,291	3,915,200	94,909	2.5	394	406	12	3.0
Platte	3,131	3,180	49	1.6	20,691,998	21,327,330	635,332	3.1	508	516	8	1.5

CENTRAL	42,352	44,017	1,664	3.9	$298,612,657	$328,762,043	$30,149,386	10.1	$542	$575	$32	5.9
Carbon	5,902	5,918	16	0.3	37,348,859	39,719,163	2,370,304	6.3	487	516	30	6.1
Converse	4,193	4,363	170	4.0	29,778,604	32,409,732	2,631,128	8.8	546	571	25	4.6
Natrona	32,257	33,736	1,479	4.6	231,485,194	256,633,148	25,147,954	10.9	552	585	33	6.0

Nonclassified^b	5,580	4,733	-847	-15.2	$51,086,175	$45,578,362	-$5,507,813	-10.8	$704	$741	$37	5.2

^aIncrease of approximately 1,500 employees and $2 million due to new payroll system in place first quarter 2004.
^bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.