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2020 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Wyoming Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2020 Annual Data

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Top 5 Industries for Wyoming Counties by Average Monthly Employment

Table 3: Top 5 Industries for Wyoming Counties by Total Covered Employment, 2020
Wyoming
Ownership   NAICS Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 27,327 260,880 $13,299,410,458 $50,979
Private 72 Accommodation & Food Services  1,959 29,011 $659,637,279 $22,738
Private 44 Retail Trade  2,343 28,676 $909,945,482 $31,731
Private 62 Health Care & Social Assistance  3,179 25,271 $1,180,979,941 $46,732
Local Government 61 Educational Services  145 21,714 $986,415,130 $45,427
Private 23 Construction  3,484 21,204 $1,200,711,853 $56,627
Albany County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,399 15,363 $685,109,556 $44,595
State Government 61  Educational Services  3 3,299 $194,245,240 $58,880
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  156 2,016 $96,982,507 $48,110
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  123 1,811 $30,373,001 $16,772
Private 44  Retail Trade  126 1,655 $46,355,592 $28,014
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  242 918 $56,702,166 $61,745
Big Horn County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 479 4,096 $177,606,901 $43,365
Local Government 61  Educational Services  9 550 $25,139,800 $45,723
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  13 452 $27,091,976 $59,894
Private 23  Construction  57 388 $19,659,401 $50,712
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  3 350 $17,845,628 $51,049
Private 31  Manufacturing  23 297 $16,587,259 $55,787
Campbell County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,868 23,369 $1,365,438,623 $58,431
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  170 5,020 $446,293,656 $88,906
Private 44  Retail Trade  178 2,460 $79,803,900 $32,436
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  120 2,069 $37,931,944 $18,331
Private 23  Construction  211 1,843 $110,756,705 $60,096
Local Government 61  Educational Services  33 1,779 $82,042,714 $46,115
Carbon County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 682 6,898 $361,630,444 $52,425
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  89 1,056 $25,871,798 $24,504
Private 23  Construction  76 763 $48,143,980 $63,126
Private 44  Retail Trade  67 734 $21,665,252 $29,513
State Government 92  Public Administration  16 399 $24,150,654 $60,592
Local Government 92  Public Administration  17 391 $16,367,141 $41,868
Converse County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 616 6,178 $360,436,379 $58,338
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  70 1,166 $90,833,899 $77,924
Private 23  Construction  79 618 $48,310,028 $78,182
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 539 $24,025,323 $44,601
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  39 486 $8,390,081 $17,258
Private 44  Retail Trade  47 435 $11,762,288 $27,019
Crook County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 316 2,484 $117,691,758 $47,386
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  9 317 $20,540,121 $64,710
Private 23  Construction  55 241 $11,585,812 $48,124
Private 31  Manufacturing  11 220 $13,773,417 $62,655
Private 44  Retail Trade  24 211 $5,871,099 $27,803
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  33 187 $3,282,756 $17,586
Fremont County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,758 14,630 $640,637,592 $43,788
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  416 1,974 $83,313,400 $42,211
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 1,961 $93,910,891 $47,879
Private 44  Retail Trade  149 1,774 $53,075,541 $29,920
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  127 1,341 $23,569,082 $17,576
Local Government 92  Public Administration  18 1,061 $45,893,551 $43,248
Goshen County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 455 4,005 $162,517,747 $40,580
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  48 775 $35,979,378 $46,450
State Government 92  Public Administration  14 391 $20,699,896 $52,918
Private 44  Retail Trade  39 369 $9,817,083 $26,628
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  31 306 $4,331,956 $14,168
Local Government 92  Public Administration  9 236 $8,865,410 $37,565
Hot Springs County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 267 1,832 $71,978,310 $39,282
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  23 211 $3,266,082 $15,479
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  49 208 $6,548,229 $31,418
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  12 171 $10,595,410 $62,114
Private 44  Retail Trade  17 121 $3,612,572 $29,794
Local Government 92  Public Administration  8 94 $3,478,892 $37,207
Johnson County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 507 3,048 $124,148,724 $40,733
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  51 395 $7,026,994 $17,812
Private 44  Retail Trade  44 300 $8,387,037 $27,988
Local Government 92  Public Administration  12 224 $7,395,486 $33,089
Private 23  Construction  71 210 $8,506,760 $40,445
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  46 172 $4,643,091 $27,073
Laramie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 3,986 45,551 $2,314,927,598 $50,820
Private 44  Retail Trade  300 5,114 $162,718,673 $31,819
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  487 4,380 $213,133,459 $48,658
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  228 4,010 $94,377,849 $23,536
State Government 92  Public Administration  58 3,763 $229,946,003 $61,115
Local Government 61  Educational Services  3 3,574 $164,362,962 $45,985
Lincoln County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 955 6,537 $331,010,633 $50,640
Private 23  Construction  213 871 $41,704,347 $47,863
Private 44  Retail Trade  80 805 $23,145,983 $28,744
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 684 $30,076,108 $43,992
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  17 600 $61,828,989 $103,120
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  4 594 $38,067,047 $64,113
Natrona County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 3,601 36,487 $1,852,875,682 $50,782
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  480 5,853 $329,479,842 $56,288
Private 44  Retail Trade  322 4,593 $146,992,944 $32,001
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  205 3,744 $70,587,222 $18,854
Private 23  Construction  387 2,670 $146,057,597 $54,696
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  279 2,090 $141,899,183 $67,897
Niobrara County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 129 851 $33,340,762 $39,194
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 140 $6,130,050 $43,786
Local Government 92  Public Administration  6 100 $2,962,787 $29,678
State Government 92  Public Administration  8 96 $4,995,766 $52,219
Private 44  Retail Trade  10 91 $1,856,343 $20,494
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  8 68 $864,333 $12,805
Park County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,569 13,740 $574,256,512 $41,796
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  139 2,291 $46,663,646 $20,371
Private 44  Retail Trade  149 1,586 $45,459,379 $28,664
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  210 1,499 $69,219,764 $46,187
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 1,113 $48,808,387 $43,863
Private 23  Construction  220 958 $42,658,951 $44,529
Platte County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 402 3,399 $154,267,855 $45,382
Private 44  Retail Trade  37 434 $12,067,929 $27,827
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  47 421 $6,824,420 $16,217
Local Government 61  Educational Services  6 343 $12,578,559 $36,672
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  20 286 $15,767,704 $55,132
Local Government 92  Public Administration  10 194 $6,356,617 $32,795
Sheridan County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,464 13,212 $609,403,851 $46,124
Private 44  Retail Trade  145 1,636 $54,431,880 $33,275
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  166 1,423 $53,836,689 $37,833
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  110 1,321 $25,927,041 $19,629
Private 23  Construction  187 1,246 $63,242,326 $50,763
Local Government 61  Educational Services  14 1,087 $50,869,833 $46,806
Sublette County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 553 3,638 $199,051,047 $54,719
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  44 631 $65,171,661 $103,242
Private 44  Retail Trade  40 382 $10,969,967 $28,723
Private 23  Construction  89 371 $18,273,910 $49,223
Local Government 61  Educational Services  6 309 $15,154,646 $49,044
Local Government 92  Public Administration  6 284 $14,549,754 $51,186
Sweetwater County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,623 20,123 $1,192,185,472 $59,245
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  127 3,598 $379,408,739 $105,455
Private 44  Retail Trade  155 2,125 $67,837,194 $31,922
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  131 2,080 $34,596,205 $16,637
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 1,934 $84,343,595 $43,617
Private 23  Construction  177 1,302 $74,001,093 $56,840
Teton County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,542 19,099 $1,143,405,031 $59,866
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  185 5,658 $212,366,800 $37,537
Private 23  Construction  371 2,272 $138,354,165 $60,902
Private 44  Retail Trade  213 1,902 $84,998,241 $44,685
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  455 1,069 $146,141,469 $136,655
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  180 927 $46,446,642 $50,086
Uinta County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 775 7,846 $334,894,903 $42,685
Private 44  Retail Trade  82 1,112 $29,515,921 $26,545
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  107 1,089 $41,096,444 $37,732
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 960 $38,619,079 $40,235
Private 23  Construction  82 677 $41,338,995 $61,047
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  54 662 $10,559,900 $15,945
Washakie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 439 3,467 $154,622,695 $44,597
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  60 524 $23,192,717 $44,225
Private 31  Manufacturing  12 453 $26,005,602 $57,418
Private 44  Retail Trade  37 267 $9,622,134 $36,083
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  31 239 $3,552,076 $14,878
Private 23  Construction  41 209 $10,531,390 $50,469
Weston County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 284 2,271 $103,404,584 $45,541
Local Government 61  Educational Services  8 271 $10,735,587 $39,603
Private 44  Retail Trade  28 265 $6,491,849 $24,490
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  26 208 $11,748,260 $56,618
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  31 181 $6,078,268 $33,582
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  19 173 $2,174,503 $12,600
Unclassified County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 594 3,539 $240,400,721 $67,932
Private 23  Construction  113 1,032 $83,081,436 $80,512
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  107 664 $27,252,218 $41,053
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  79 419 $28,065,673 $66,970
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  68 308 $20,469,231 $66,387
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  27 264 $23,403,895 $88,540
aNorth American Industry Classification System. 
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. 
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 5/13/21.