Statewide
CES Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment ¹

	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT*	230.0	226.7	230.4	1.5	-0.2
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	43.5	43.6	43.7	-0.2	-0.5
--Mining	16.3	16.3	16.4	0.0	-0.6
----Coal Mining	4.6	4.7	4.7	-2.1	-2.1
----Oil & Gas Extraction	7.9	7.7	8.0	2.6	-1.2
------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas	2.6	2.6	2.6	0.0	0.0
------Oil & Gas Field Services	5.3	5.1	5.4	3.9	-1.9
----Nonmetallic Minerals	3.2	3.2	3.1	0.0	3.2
--Construction	16.4	16.4	16.4	0.0	0.0
----General Building Contractors	3.5	3.8	3.5	-7.9	0.0
----Heavy Construction	5.6	5.1	5.6	9.8	0.0
----Special Trade Construction	7.3	7.5	7.3	-2.7	0.0
--Manufacturing	10.8	10.9	10.9	-0.9	-0.9
----Durable Goods	5.0	5.2	5.2	-3.8	-3.8
----Nondurable Goods	5.8	5.7	5.7	1.8	1.8
------Printing & Publishing	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	0.0
------Petroleum & Coal Products	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	186.5	183.1	186.7	1.9	-0.1
--Transportation & Public Utilities	14.0	14.0	14.1	0.0	-0.7
----Transportation	8.8	8.8	8.9	0.0	-1.1
------Railroad Transportation	2.9	2.8	2.9	3.6	0.0
------Trucking & Warehousing	3.7	3.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
----Communications	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
------Telephone Communications	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
----Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services	3.2	3.2	3.3	0.0	-3.0
------Electric Services	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
--Trade	54.5	55.8	54.2	-2.3	0.6
----Wholesale Trade	7.4	7.5	7.4	-1.3	0.0
------Durable Goods	4.1	4.2	4.1	-2.4	0.0
------Nondurable Goods	3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
----Retail Trade	47.1	48.3	46.8	-2.5	0.6
------Bldg. Matls. & Garden Supply	2.0	2.0	1.9	0.0	5.3
------General Merchandise Stores	5.5	5.5	5.5	0.0	0.0
--------Department Stores	3.9	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.0
------Food Stores	5.5	5.5	5.4	0.0	1.9
------Auto. Dlrs. & Service Stations	7.9	8.0	7.9	-1.2	0.0
--------Gas Stations	4.2	4.3	4.2	-2.3	0.0
------Apparel & Accessory Stores	1.5	1.6	1.5	-6.3	0.0
------Furniture & Home Furn. Stores	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0
------Eating & Drinking Places	18.5	19.2	18.5	-3.6	0.0
------Miscellaneous Retail	4.8	5.1	4.7	-5.9	2.1
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	8.0	8.1	8.0	-1.2	0.0
----Depos-Nondepos & Security Brkrs.	3.7	3.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
------Depository Institutions	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
----Insurance	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
--Services	51.3	54.1	51.4	-5.2	-0.2
----Hotels & Other Lodging Places	11.1	13.2	11.1	-15.9	0.0
----Personal Services	1.8	1.9	1.8	-5.3	0.0
----Business Services	5.8	5.9	5.8	-1.7	0.0
----Automotive & Misc. Repair Svcs.	2.7	2.8	2.7	-3.6	0.0
----Amusements (Rec.Svcs.& Mot.Pics.)	3.7	3.9	3.8	-5.1	-2.6
----Health Services	10.0	10.1	9.9	-1.0	1.0
------Offices of Doctors of Medicine	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
----Legal Services	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
----Social Services	5.2	5.0	5.2	4.0	0.0
----Membership Organizations	3.3	3.5	3.3	-5.7	0.0
----Engineering & Management	3.4	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.0
--Government	58.7	51.1	59.0	14.9	-0.5
----Total Federal Government	7.6	7.8	7.5	-2.6	1.3
------Department of Defense	0.9	1.0	1.0	-10.0	-10.0
----Total State Government	13.3	13.1	13.2	1.5	0.8
------State Education	5.0	4.7	5.0	6.4	0.0
----Total Local Government	37.8	30.2	38.3	25.2	-1.3
------Local Hospitals	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0
------Local Education	20.3	11.5	20.3	76.5	0.0

* Published in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


(1) Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in nonagricultural establishments who worked or received pay during the week which includes the 12th of the month. Self-employed, domestic services, and personnel of the armed forces are excluded.


(p) Subject to revision. (r) Revised.