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Table 2: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll and Average Weekly Wages for First Quarter 1997 by Industry

Average Monthly Employment Total Payroll Average Weekly Wage
First Quarter Change First Quarter Change First Quarter Change
1997 1996 No. Percent 1997 1996 No. Percent 1997 1996 No. Percent
Total 205,344 203,425 1,919 0.9% $1,205,685,789 $1,137,186,635 $68,499,154 6.0% $452 $430 $22 5.0%
Total Private 151,986 149,512 2,475 1.7% $877,258,542 $814,742,045 $62,516,497 7.7% $444 $419 $25 5.9%
--Agriculture 2,558 2,453 105 4.3 9,907,733 9,069,537 838,196 9.2 298 284 14 4.8
--Mining 15,830 15,276 554 3.6 193,863,922 173,554,560 20,309,362 11.7 942 874 68 7.8
--Construction 11,823 11,545 278 2.4 68,875,194 65,560,917 3,314,277 5.1 448 437 11 2.6
--Manufacturing 10,328 10,450 -122 -1.2 78,160,582 76,638,620 1,521,962 2.0 582 564 18 3.2
--TCPU* 10,842 10,745 97 0.9 88,587,365 82,347,187 6,240,178 7.6 629 590 39 6.6
--Wholesale Trade 7,447 7,205 242 3.4 51,913,269 47,985,543 3,927,726 8.2 536 512 24 4.7
--Retail Trade 42,407 42,061 345 0.8 131,491,082 126,253,524 5,237,558 4.1 239 231 8 3.3
--FIRE** 7,908 7,724 185 2.4 64,935,349 52,948,015 11,987,334 22.6 632 527 104 19.8
--Services 42,844 42,054 791 1.9 189,524,046 180,384,142 9,139,904 5.1 340 330 10 3.1
Total Government 53,358 53,914 -556 -1.0% $328,427,247 $322,444,590 $5,982,657 1.9% $473 $460 $13 2.9%
--Federal Government 6,658 7,070 -412 -5.8 62,073,200 61,802,109 271,091 0.4 717 672 45 6.6
--State Government 11,471 11,428 43 0.4 75,391,651 73,264,730 2,126,921 2.9 506 493 12 2.5
--Local Government 35,228 35,415 -187 -0.5 190,962,396 187,377,751 3,584,645 1.9 417 407 10 2.5

* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate

 
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