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Wyoming Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2023 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, 2023
Wyoming
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 30,244 278,582 $16,454,261,479 $59,064
Private 72 Accommodation & Food Services  2,004 34,138 $930,449,000 $27,255
Private 44 Retail Trade  2,429 30,256 $1,117,652,474 $36,940
Private 62 Health Care & Social Assistance  3,307 25,821 $1,340,290,606 $51,907
Private 23 Construction  3,468 22,330 $1,501,982,333 $67,262
Local Government 61 Educational Services  144 22,211 $1,077,042,215 $48,492
Albany County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,640 16,681 $844,676,108 $50,636
State Government 61  Educational Services  4 3,457 $223,154,849 $64,553
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  164 2,183 $115,905,932 $53,097
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  127 2,103 $42,199,706 $20,066
Private 44  Retail Trade  129 1,796 $62,185,239 $34,621
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  353 1,115 $89,372,825 $80,137
Big Horn County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 511 4,095 $207,877,584 $50,765
Local Government 61  Educational Services  9 579 $28,258,709 $48,792
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  9 454 $32,913,423 $72,484
Private 31  Manufacturing  23 320 $20,562,926 $64,275
Private 23  Construction  60 315 $19,290,980 $61,241
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  3 298 $16,695,148 $56,103
Campbell County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,021 24,933 $1,657,221,234 $66,467
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  177 5,688 $575,761,214 $101,228
Private 44  Retail Trade  181 2,460 $90,318,425 $36,716
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  125 2,281 $53,133,464 $23,297
Private 23  Construction  212 2,033 $147,326,669 $72,479
Local Government 61  Educational Services  33 1,845 $88,600,857 $48,031
Carbon County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 679 6,420 $365,576,372 $56,940
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  86 1,195 $37,875,935 $31,706
Private 44  Retail Trade  71 749 $26,393,473 $35,258
Private 23  Construction  67 446 $33,195,703 $74,500
Local Government 92  Public Administration  17 400 $17,241,881 $43,132
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  64 394 $15,491,198 $39,343
Converse County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 658 6,172 $384,898,924 $62,363
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  62 1,140 $105,337,221 $92,428
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 641 $28,395,933 $44,334
Private 44  Retail Trade  50 491 $14,274,201 $29,101
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  39 479 $8,943,190 $18,687
Private 48  Transportation & Warehousing  60 421 $35,028,276 $83,268
Crook County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 357 2,626 $141,980,419 $54,059
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  11 361 $27,750,494 $76,854
Private 44  Retail Trade  28 240 $8,042,951 $33,454
Private 23  Construction  58 235 $12,730,419 $54,096
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  31 223 $4,645,710 $20,825
Private 31  Manufacturing  14 212 $14,233,880 $67,116
Fremont County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,839 15,604 $770,386,148 $49,372
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 2,128 $109,289,456 $51,362
Private 44  Retail Trade  157 1,885 $63,175,909 $33,516
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  352 1,777 $88,845,681 $49,991
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  136 1,499 $31,705,897 $21,156
Local Government 92  Public Administration  19 1,158 $54,462,730 $47,042
Goshen County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 493 4,123 $185,985,171 $45,107
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  60 762 $39,962,679 $52,467
Private 44  Retail Trade  39 374 $10,344,848 $27,691
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  30 372 $5,817,474 $15,646
State Government 92  Public Administration  16 347 $21,490,978 $61,934
Local Government 92  Public Administration  9 241 $10,253,935 $42,606
Hot Springs County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 266 1,989 $90,873,409 $45,678
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  23 258 $4,165,403 $16,150
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  13 182 $14,533,624 $80,000
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  35 170 $6,297,737 $37,118
Private 44  Retail Trade  16 138 $4,248,917 $30,696
Private 31  Manufacturing  8 114 $3,742,455 $32,829
Johnson County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 545 3,391 $156,036,460 $46,018
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  51 497 $10,375,947 $20,870
Private 44  Retail Trade  43 334 $9,831,623 $29,429
Private 23  Construction  69 241 $11,472,807 $47,639
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  47 228 $7,234,105 $31,787
Local Government 92  Public Administration  13 213 $8,056,076 $37,778
Laramie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 4,674 47,454 $2,787,024,888 $58,731
Private 44  Retail Trade  313 5,260 $202,730,816 $38,546
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  243 4,688 $110,396,706 $23,550
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  529 4,453 $242,025,929 $54,351
Local Government 61  Educational Services  3 3,615 $176,409,800 $48,803
State Government 92  Public Administration  58 3,600 $254,601,208 $70,718
Lincoln County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,177 7,053 $421,463,617 $59,754
Private 23  Construction  235 996 $55,284,369 $55,506
Private 44  Retail Trade  90 895 $31,346,402 $35,017
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 688 $36,842,736 $53,589
Local Government 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  4 627 $49,912,231 $79,637
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  20 604 $72,176,467 $119,482
Natrona County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 3,898 39,431 $2,321,628,917 $58,879
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  502 5,964 $359,176,287 $60,226
Private 44  Retail Trade  330 4,618 $174,137,338 $37,708
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  209 4,071 $91,290,779 $22,424
Private 23  Construction  374 2,966 $210,623,311 $71,009
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  303 2,160 $178,272,311 $82,550
Niobrara County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 126 817 $35,095,885 $42,970
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 138 $7,191,235 $52,080
Local Government 92  Public Administration  6 93 $2,939,913 $31,755
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  10 81 $1,277,196 $15,687
Private 44  Retail Trade  8 77 $1,844,029 $24,080
State Government 92  Public Administration  8 76 $4,495,879 $58,831
Park County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,883 14,176 $700,133,088 $49,390
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  153 2,241 $55,779,404 $24,890
Private 44  Retail Trade  159 1,818 $61,881,973 $34,035
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  235 1,556 $87,679,188 $56,343
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 1,104 $53,900,086 $48,811
Private 23  Construction  245 977 $48,777,545 $49,935
Platte County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 414 3,309 $167,884,762 $50,729
Private 44  Retail Trade  41 430 $13,676,222 $31,781
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  45 400 $7,491,283 $18,736
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  26 312 $17,402,427 $55,836
Local Government 61  Educational Services  5 295 $11,939,541 $40,450
Local Government 92  Public Administration  10 227 $7,644,892 $33,616
Sheridan County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,685 14,065 $760,025,604 $54,039
Private 44  Retail Trade  149 1,703 $64,740,453 $38,016
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  204 1,417 $59,763,781 $42,184
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  104 1,408 $32,598,644 $23,158
Private 23  Construction  207 1,341 $76,870,540 $57,341
Local Government 61  Educational Services  14 1,095 $54,417,830 $49,697
Sublette County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 613 3,823 $242,127,603 $63,332
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  33 557 $75,248,681 $135,198
Private 23  Construction  93 444 $26,228,804 $59,107
Private 44  Retail Trade  40 385 $11,579,222 $30,050
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  53 369 $8,564,942 $23,222
Local Government 61  Educational Services  6 322 $16,242,661 $50,495
Sweetwater County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,693 20,861 $1,406,620,578 $67,427
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  106 3,357 $401,687,329 $119,663
Private 44  Retail Trade  159 2,340 $82,838,870 $35,401
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  130 2,221 $44,877,205 $20,209
Local Government 61  Educational Services  13 1,838 $88,398,917 $48,097
Private 23  Construction  160 1,777 $147,576,928 $83,064
Teton County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,963 23,418 $1,797,256,971 $76,746
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  183 7,688 $340,359,768 $44,271
Private 23  Construction  388 2,827 $207,727,862 $73,493
Private 44  Retail Trade  219 2,155 $114,327,234 $53,060
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  588 1,326 $196,560,108 $148,198
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  232 1,152 $102,886,091 $89,311
Uinta County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 856 8,226 $397,807,299 $48,362
Private 44  Retail Trade  82 1,147 $35,273,526 $30,766
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  115 1,086 $46,768,260 $43,055
Local Government 61  Educational Services  4 979 $40,929,353 $41,804
Private 23  Construction  86 882 $62,399,158 $70,767
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  61 776 $14,301,505 $18,430
Washakie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 442 3,597 $174,705,015 $48,570
Private 62  Health Care & Social Assistance  60 563 $27,206,052 $48,359
Private 31  Manufacturing  15 465 $28,229,494 $60,774
Private 44  Retail Trade  37 296 $9,564,144 $32,266
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  30 269 $4,489,704 $16,695
Private 23  Construction  37 222 $12,826,141 $57,666
Weston County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 282 2,408 $120,293,030 $49,949
Private 44  Retail Trade  30 316 $8,530,342 $26,959
Local Government 61  Educational Services  8 275 $11,425,721 $41,498
Private 21  Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction  23 224 $15,519,879 $69,387
Private 72  Accommodation & Food Services  19 189 $2,742,059 $14,521
Private 23  Construction  27 186 $12,249,059 $65,944
Unclassified County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 522 3,909 $316,682,393 $81,014
Private 56  Administrative & Waste Services  93 935 $60,493,875 $64,717
Private 23  Construction  83 859 $69,385,240 $80,790
Private 42  Wholesale Trade  62 407 $33,736,857 $82,926
Private 54  Professional & Technical Services  58 349 $31,480,503 $90,202
Federal Government 92  Public Administration  35 274 $26,620,962 $97,217
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: April 2024. 
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 4/29/24.