Table: Wyoming Covered Employment and Average Weekly Wages by County, 1997 and 1996

			Change				Change
	1997 Average Employment	1996 Average Employment	Number	Percent	1997 ($) AWW*	1996 ($) AWW	Number	Percent
State Total	217,060	213,699	3,362	1.6	$459	$440	$19	4.3
Albany	13,565	13,518	48	0.4	402	387	14	3.7
Big Horn	3,812	3,528	283	8.0	430	406	24	5.9
Campbell	16,353	15,988	364	2.3	585	559	26	4.6
Carbon	6,348	6,396	-49	-0.8	434	412	22	5.4
Converse	4,238	4,124	114	2.8	475	443	31	7.1
Crook	1,883	1,882	0	0.0	420	417	3	0.8
Fremont	13,200	13,245	-45	-0.3	397	379	17	4.6
Goshen	4,010	3,914	96	2.5	350	341	8	2.4
Hot Springs	1,975	2,044	-69	-3.4	353	373	-20	-5.3
Johnson	2,513	2,484	29	1.2	356	338	18	5.5
Laramie	34,138	33,934	205	0.6	443	423	20	4.8
Lincoln	4,802	4,776	26	0.5	467	444	23	5.1
Natrona	29,472	28,463	1,010	3.5	464	446	18	4.0
Niobrara	788	821	-33	-4.0	330	326	4	1.4
Park	11,501	11,461	40	0.3	417	404	13	3.3
Platte	3,184	3,016	169	5.6	414	399	15	3.8
Sheridan	10,363	10,298	66	0.6	402	387	15	4.0
Sublette	2,042	2,021	21	1.0	424	400	24	6.1
Sweetwater	19,040	18,963	78	0.4	610	584	26	4.4
Teton	14,095	13,658	437	3.2	435	419	16	3.9
Uinta	7,996	8,007	-11	-0.1	440	417	23	5.5
Washakie	3,724	3,668	56	1.5	446	416	30	7.1
Weston	2,123	2,129	-6	-0.3	406	380	26	6.7
Nonclassified	5,895	5,363	533	9.9	494	491	3	0.6

* AWW = Average Weekly Wage