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2022 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Wyoming Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2022 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, 2022
Wyoming
Ownership   NAICS Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 29,621 272,085 $15,326,302,631 $1,083
Private 72 Accommodation & Food Services  1,993 33,511 $895,800,291 $514
Private 44 Retail Trade  2,407 30,368 $1,080,463,312 $684
Private 62 Health Care & Social Assistance  3,299 25,470 $1,287,579,868 $972
Local Government 61 Educational Services  143 21,959 $1,034,631,880 $906
Private 23 Construction  3,480 21,235 $1,323,681,566 $1,199
Albany County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,595 16,585 $786,873,985 $912
State Government 61  Educational Services  4 3,365 $204,558,548 $1,169
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  127 2,143 $40,552,435 $364
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  166 2,127 $109,336,539 $988
Private 44  Retail Trade  128 1,840 $59,380,684 $621
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  323 1,063 $75,970,530 $1,375
Big Horn County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 512 4,056 $193,338,577 $917
Local Government 61  Educational Services  9 565 $27,116,875 $923
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  10 431 $29,166,677 $1,302
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  3 325 $17,135,979 $1,014
Private 31  Manufacturing  24 323 $19,397,513 $1,155
Private 23  Construction  58 296 $16,788,661 $1,091
Campbell County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,986 24,092 $1,530,545,787 $1,222
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  171 5,439 $520,840,531 $1,842
Private 44  Retail Trade  182 2,452 $87,309,640 $685
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  122 2,267 $48,830,356 $414
Private 23  Construction  200 1,927 $131,251,841 $1,310
Local Government 61  Educational Services  33 1,803 $84,538,284 $902
Carbon County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 685 6,549 $399,084,353 $1,172
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  92 1,267 $37,278,014 $566
Private 44  Retail Trade  72 757 $24,997,350 $635
Local Government 92  Public Administration  17 403 $17,655,285 $842
Private 23  Construction  67 361 $26,031,791 $1,387
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  60 359 $13,287,065 $711
Converse County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 629 6,138 $372,193,168 $1,166
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  65 1,207 $110,529,023 $1,760
Local Government 61  Educational Services  3 628 $27,284,954 $836
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  39 528 $9,782,518 $356
Private 44  Retail Trade  48 489 $13,402,075 $527
Private 48  Transportation & Warehousing  57 352 $26,986,492 $1,473
Crook County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 344 2,580 $132,940,680 $991
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  11 352 $25,027,509 $1,368
Private 23  Construction  60 244 $12,171,444 $960
Private 44  Retail Trade  28 233 $7,056,427 $582
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  32 220 $4,538,108 $397
Private 31  Manufacturing  13 217 $13,533,420 $1,199
Fremont County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,848 15,278 $719,641,036 $906
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 2,081 $106,538,593 $985
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  394 1,909 $93,097,864 $938
Private 44  Retail Trade  156 1,888 $62,366,814 $635
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  130 1,484 $29,899,630 $387
Local Government 92  Public Administration  19 1,154 $53,251,765 $887
Goshen County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 481 4,099 $175,733,469 $825
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  60 766 $37,549,055 $942
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  31 382 $5,974,164 $301
Private 44  Retail Trade  40 369 $10,812,146 $563
State Government 92  Public Administration  16 345 $19,110,276 $1,066
Local Government 92  Public Administration  9 243 $9,635,186 $761
Hot Springs County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 274 1,975 $88,285,611 $860
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  23 264 $4,513,830 $329
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  13 178 $13,337,665 $1,440
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  44 175 $6,659,782 $733
Private 44  Retail Trade  16 139 $4,198,138 $582
Private 31  Manufacturing  8 102 $3,588,132 $676
Johnson County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 536 3,281 $143,566,942 $841
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  53 484 $10,156,147 $404
Private 44  Retail Trade  41 322 $9,593,136 $572
Private 23  Construction  74 230 $10,116,021 $845
Local Government 92  Public Administration  12 215 $7,725,236 $692
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  46 214 $6,352,800 $570
Laramie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 4,504 46,422 $2,583,699,730 $1,070
Private 44  Retail Trade  305 5,362 $195,968,508 $703
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  241 4,579 $128,957,297 $542
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  510 4,381 $232,199,436 $1,019
State Government 92  Public Administration  58 3,572 $232,923,317 $1,254
Local Government 61  Educational Services  3 3,545 $174,115,402 $945
Lincoln County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,132 6,937 $389,198,884 $1,079
Private 23  Construction  242 1,038 $54,101,522 $1,003
Private 44  Retail Trade  92 917 $30,528,673 $640
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 689 $33,092,895 $923
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  4 613 $46,306,064 $1,454
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  18 594 $65,371,485 $2,116
Natrona County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 3,786 38,168 $2,131,016,794 $1,074
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  477 5,810 $348,386,590 $1,153
Private 44  Retail Trade  327 4,704 $169,641,303 $693
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  207 4,089 $88,724,927 $417
Private 23  Construction  381 2,870 $180,944,405 $1,212
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  290 2,086 $162,243,768 $1,496
Niobrara County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 120 838 $35,056,449 $805
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 143 $7,178,847 $963
Local Government 92  Public Administration  6 92 $2,868,787 $600
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  9 86 $1,318,274 $294
State Government 92  Public Administration  8 82 $4,571,821 $1,077
Private 44  Retail Trade  8 74 $1,639,013 $427
Park County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,830 13,827 $649,746,428 $904
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  150 2,149 $53,478,888 $479
Private 44  Retail Trade  155 1,720 $57,190,668 $639
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  240 1,565 $83,577,037 $1,027
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 1,084 $50,551,132 $897
Private 23  Construction  245 955 $45,399,351 $914
Platte County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 415 3,374 $166,434,457 $949
Private 44  Retail Trade  40 438 $13,396,608 $588
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  48 416 $7,450,727 $345
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 317 $12,836,617 $779
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  24 298 $16,491,540 $1,063
Local Government 92  Public Administration  10 208 $7,140,419 $661
Sheridan County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,634 13,798 $715,231,405 $997
Private 44  Retail Trade  147 1,724 $63,143,988 $704
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  108 1,406 $32,300,930 $442
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  191 1,366 $57,462,459 $809
Private 23  Construction  202 1,323 $71,637,583 $1,042
Local Government 61  Educational Services  14 1,078 $52,511,603 $937
Sublette County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 579 3,692 $218,072,169 $1,136
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  33 510 $65,201,908 $2,460
Private 23  Construction  89 399 $22,431,599 $1,081
Private 44  Retail Trade  39 394 $11,560,649 $565
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  49 344 $7,894,377 $441
Local Government 61  Educational Services  6 321 $15,410,676 $922
Sweetwater County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,671 20,329 $1,291,161,451 $1,221
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  117 3,200 $371,507,248 $2,233
Private 44  Retail Trade  156 2,287 $78,974,169 $664
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  128 2,196 $40,866,435 $358
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 1,801 $83,015,202 $886
Private 23  Construction  164 1,691 $124,707,097 $1,418
Teton County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,938 22,469 $1,666,085,315 $1,426
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  185 7,228 $306,895,858 $817
Private 23  Construction  389 2,647 $185,337,144 $1,346
Private 44  Retail Trade  214 2,099 $108,820,392 $997
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  578 1,303 $196,781,962 $2,904
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  220 1,071 $63,747,202 $1,145
Uinta County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 857 8,082 $372,784,003 $887
Private 44  Retail Trade  86 1,165 $33,755,919 $557
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  114 1,052 $44,835,695 $820
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 983 $39,369,778 $770
Private 23  Construction  89 834 $55,351,418 $1,277
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  57 745 $13,481,730 $348
Washakie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 435 3,510 $167,535,649 $918
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  64 540 $24,983,079 $890
Private 31  Manufacturing  14 466 $28,297,249 $1,168
Private 44  Retail Trade  35 294 $11,073,701 $724
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  32 265 $4,224,297 $306
Private 23  Construction  40 204 $10,754,376 $1,013
Weston County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 277 2,349 $112,376,100 $920
Private 44  Retail Trade  31 323 $8,071,368 $481
Local Government 61  Educational Services  8 279 $11,157,721 $768
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  24 196 $12,646,541 $1,240
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  19 171 $2,343,570 $264
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  28 158 $4,880,266 $594
Unclassified County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 546 3,657 $285,700,189 $1,503
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  100 859 $57,029,433 $1,277
Private 23  Construction  91 579 $47,659,355 $1,583
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  67 428 $34,743,711 $1,561
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  22 342 $31,405,990 $1,768
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  64 322 $24,690,594 $1,475
aNorth American Industry Classification System
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract Date: May 2023. 
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 6/12/23.