Table 61: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Washakie County, Northwest Region by Division 1998 and 1999


  Average Employment Change Total Payroll Change Average Weekly Wage Change
  1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number %
Total 3,772 3,678 -94 -2.5 $88,893,589 $86,095,396 -$2,798,193 -3.1 $453 $450 -$3 -0.7
Private 2,973 2,902 -71 -2.4 $68,807,952 $65,764,918 -$3,043,034 -4.4 $445 $436 -$9 -2.1
-Agriculture 127 129 3 2.3 2,131,467 2,305,927 174,460 8.2 324 343 19 5.7
-Mining 310 176 -134 -43.3 10,902,096 5,810,098 -5,091,998 -46.7 677 637 -40 -6.0
-Construction 200 226 26 12.8 3,915,256 4,524,530 609,274 15.6 376 385 9 2.4
-Manufacturing 505 494 -11 -2.2 17,684,000 17,202,008 -481,992 -2.7 673 670 -3 -0.5
-TCPU* 259 268 10 3.7 9,442,086 9,453,217 11,131 0.1 702 678 -25 -3.5
-Wholesale Trade 109 99 -10 -9.2 2,331,824 2,283,743 -48,081 -2.1 413 446 33 7.9
-Retail Trade 640 647 7 1.0 7,684,607 7,892,382 207,775 2.7 231 235 4 1.7
-FIRE** 110 118 9 8.0 2,367,368 2,438,845 71,477 3.0 415 396 -19 -4.6
-Services 715 746 31 4.3 12,349,248 13,854,168 1,504,920 12.2 332 357 25 7.6
Total Government 799 776 -23 -2.9 $20,085,637 $20,330,478 $244,841 1.2 $483 $504 $20 4.2
-Federal Government 146 143 -3 -2.1 5,793,830 5,587,400 -206,430 -3.6 764 752 -11 -1.5
-State Government 162 164 3 1.7 4,084,249 4,338,595 254,346 6.2 486 508 22 4.4
-Local Government 492 469 -23 -4.6 10,207,558 10,404,483 196,925 1.9 399 427 27 6.8

 

* Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance & Real Estate.

 

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