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2021 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Wyoming Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Third Quarter 2021 (2021Q3)

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Employment and Wages by County

Table 1: Wyoming Covered Employment, Total Wages, & Average Weekly Wage by County, Third Quarter 2020 & 2021a
Average Monthly Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Change   Change Change
County 2021Q3 2020Q3 N % 2021Q3 2020Q3 $ % 2021Q3 2020Q3 $ %
 Total Statewide 271,371 262,404 8,967 3.4 $3,513,737,057 $3,201,304,964 $312,432,093 9.8 $996 $938 $58 6.1
Albany  16,135 15,457 677 4.4 $184,832,587 $172,236,530 $12,596,057 7.3 $881 $857 $24 2.8
Big Horn  4,198 4,227 -30 -0.7 $45,361,496 $43,670,834 $1,690,662 3.9 $831 $795 $37 4.6
Campbell  22,814 22,667 147 0.6 $333,540,381 $317,290,947 $16,249,434 5.1 $1,125 $1,077 $48 4.4
Carbon  7,371 7,445 -74 -1.0 $94,093,478 $91,516,310 $2,577,168 2.8 $982 $946 $36 3.8
Converse  5,847 5,691 157 2.8 $83,216,044 $84,769,806 -$1,553,762 -1.8 $1,095 $1,146 -$51 -4.5
Crook  2,526 2,549 -23 -0.9 $30,380,110 $28,432,407 $1,947,703 6.9 $925 $858 $67 7.8
Fremont  15,134 14,594 540 3.7 $164,441,872 $153,570,877 $10,870,995 7.1 $836 $809 $26 3.3
Goshen  4,031 3,971 61 1.5 $41,253,850 $38,845,636 $2,408,214 6.2 $787 $753 $35 4.6
Hot Springs  1,905 1,858 47 2.5 $19,613,461 $18,171,364 $1,442,097 7.9 $792 $752 $40 5.3
Johnson  3,296 3,123 174 5.6 $33,187,050 $29,972,677 $3,214,373 10.7 $774 $738 $36 4.9
Laramie  46,821 45,693 1,128 2.5 $630,246,081 $566,629,807 $63,616,274 11.2 $1,035 $954 $82 8.5
Lincoln  6,884 6,557 328 5.0 $88,718,340 $79,295,822 $9,422,518 11.9 $991 $930 $61 6.6
Natrona  37,154 36,070 1,084 3.0 $473,387,229 $435,536,097 $37,851,132 8.7 $980 $929 $51 5.5
Niobrara  834 822 13 1.5 $8,130,163 $7,647,000 $483,163 6.3 $750 $716 $34 4.7
Park  14,867 14,058 810 5.8 $158,715,360 $145,965,007 $12,750,353 8.7 $821 $799 $22 2.8
Platte  3,339 3,364 -26 -0.8 $37,999,870 $36,359,401 $1,640,469 4.5 $876 $831 $44 5.3
Sheridan  13,683 13,346 336 2.5 $165,576,108 $150,077,219 $15,498,889 10.3 $931 $865 $66 7.6
Sublette  3,828 3,697 130 3.5 $49,394,714 $47,061,047 $2,333,667 5.0 $993 $979 $14 1.4
Sweetwater  19,709 19,658 52 0.3 $289,642,815 $277,465,289 $12,177,526 4.4 $1,130 $1,086 $45 4.1
Teton  23,796 20,800 2,996 14.4 $375,345,420 $281,662,176 $93,683,244 33.3 $1,213 $1,042 $172 16.5
Uinta  7,848 7,896 -49 -0.6 $83,204,600 $80,840,449 $2,364,151 2.9 $816 $788 $28 3.6
Washakie  3,596 3,467 129 3.7 $41,172,355 $37,828,334 $3,344,021 8.8 $881 $839 $42 4.9
Weston  2,285 2,210 75 3.4 $24,266,693 $23,171,309 $1,095,384 4.7 $817 $807 $10 1.3
Nonclassifiedb 3,470 3,185 285 8.9 $58,016,980 $53,288,619 $4,728,361 8.9 $1,286 $1,287 -$1 -0.1
aPreliminary. 
bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.
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: January 2022.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/10/22.

Figure: Over-the-Year Percent Change in Average Monthly Employment in Wyoming, 2020Q3 to 2021Q3

Figure: Average Weekly Wage in Wyoming by County, 2021Q3

Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/19/2022.