Table 49: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Big Horn County by Division 1997 and 1998


  1997 Average Employment 1998 Average Employment Change Number Change % 1997 Total Payroll 1998 Total Payroll Change Number Change % Avg. Wkly Wage 1997 Avg. Wkly Wage 1998 Change Number Change %
Total 3,812 3,898 87 2.3 $85,166,021 $91,677,983 $6,511,962 7.6 $430 $452 $23 5.3
Private 2,518 2,598 80 3.2 $58,164,081 $63,644,148 $5,480,067 9.4 $444 $471 $27 6.1
--Agriculture 218 222 4 1.6 5,102,975 6,033,104 930,129 18.2 450 524 73 16.3
--Mining 616 738 122 19.8 20,021,943 24,894,699 4,872,756 24.3 625 649 24 3.8
--Construction 189 180 -10 -5.1 4,161,673 4,770,769 609,096 14.6 423 510 88 20.7
--Manufacturing 259 257 -2 -0.7 7,715,295 7,449,503 -265,792 -3.4 573 558 -16 -2.8
--TCPU 182 180 -2 -1.0 5,838,073 5,849,063 10,990 0.2 618 626 7 1.2
--Wholesale Trade 157 129 -28 -18.0 3,563,258 2,506,536 -1,056,722 -29.7 437 375 -62 -14.2
--Retail Trade 540 525 -15 -2.8 5,757,378 5,903,166 145,788 2.5 205 216 11 5.5
--FIRE 94 94 -0 -0.4 2,260,370 2,324,022 63,652 2.8 462 477 15 3.3
--Services 263 274 11 4.2 3,743,116 3,913,286 170,170 4.5 273 274 1 0.3
Total Gov't 1,293 1,300 7 0.5 $27,001,940 $28,033,835 $1,031,895 3.8 $401 $415 $13 3.3
--Federal Gov't 101 98 -3 -2.6 3,383,895 3,453,031 69,136 2.0 646 678 31 4.8
--State Gov't 192 197 5 2.8 4,126,024 4,464,152 338,128 8.2 413 435 22 5.3
--Local Gov't 1,001 1,005 4 0.4 19,492,021 20,116,652 624,631 3.2 375 385 10 2.8


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