Table 4

Table 4: Wages and Employment for All Resident and Nonresident⁽¹⁾ Wyoming Workers by Industry, 1999

	Number of Workers			Mean Annual Wages

Industry	Total Workers	Residents	Nonresidents	Total Wages	Residents	Nonresidents	Percentage Wage Increase in Total Wages After Excluding Nonresidents

Agriculture	5,735	4,802	933	$10,989	$12,378	$3,839	11.2
Mining	19,715	18,324	1,391	37,100	39,372	7,160	5.8
Construction	31,611	24,533	7,078	15,433	18,403	5,138	16.1
Manufacturing	15,161	14,150	1,011	24,912	26,327	5,106	5.4
TCPU⁽²⁾	14,031	12,909	1,122	27,346	29,298	4,878	6.7
Wholesale Trade	9,145	8,459	686	25,074	26,627	5,923	5.8
Retail Trade	68,608	59,865	8,743	9,489	10,558	2,172	10.1
FIRE⁽³⁾	9,703	8,961	742	24,821	26,324	6,667	5.7
Services	77,482	65,327	12,155	13,653	15,528	3,575	12.1
Government⁽⁴⁾	53,864	51,862	2,002	21,270	21,910	4,696	2.9
NA⁽⁵⁾	813	490	323	15,200	16,219	13,655	6.3

Total	305,868	269,682	36,186	$17,592	$19,412	$4,030	9.4

⁽¹⁾ Nonresidents are defined as workers who do not have a Wyoming driver's license and who worked less than four quarters in the State.
⁽²⁾Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
⁽³⁾Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.
⁽⁴⁾State and Local Government only.
⁽⁵⁾ Not Available due to invalid Unemployment Insurance (UI) number or other reason making industry classification unknown.

Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Wage Records, ES-202, and Wyoming Driver's License files.