Table 34: Wyoming Local Government Employment, Total Wages, and Average Weekly Wages
by Region and County, Third Quarters 1998 and 1999
  Average Monthly Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
  Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change
  1998 1999 Number Percent 1998 1999 Number Percent 1998 1999 Number Percent
Total, Local Government 30,320 30,406 86 0.3 $170,244,288 $177,179,743 $6,935,455 4.1 $432 $448 $16 3.8
Northwest 5,263 5,273 10 0.2 $28,008,158 $29,283,707 $1,275,549 4.6 $409 $427 $18 4.4
-Big Horn 821 807 -14 -1.7 3,983,203 4,127,124 143,921 3.6 373 393 20 5.5
-Fremont 1,688 1,721 33 2.0 8,526,935 8,895,395 368,460 4.3 389 398 9 2.3
-Hot Springs 406 399 -7 -1.6 2,228,051 2,380,416 152,365 6.8 422 459 36 8.6
-Park 1,968 1,990 22 1.1 10,812,578 11,396,686 584,108 5.4 423 441 18 4.3
-Washakie 380 356 -24 -6.3 2,457,391 2,484,086 26,695 1.1 498 537 39 7.9
Northeast 5,444 5,353 -91 -1.7 $31,935,284 $32,979,925 $1,044,641 3.3 $451 $474 $23 5.0
-Campbell 2,631 2,589 -42 -1.6 17,415,414 18,216,055 800,641 4.6 509 541 32 6.3
-Crook 374 382 8 2.0 1,748,038 1,736,546 -11,492 -0.7 360 350 -10 -2.7
-Johnson 454 468 14 3.2 2,406,151 2,528,404 122,253 5.1 408 416 8 1.9
-Sheridan 1,531 1,480 -50 -3.3 8,538,704 8,683,056 144,352 1.7 429 451 22 5.1
-Weston 454 434 -20 -4.5 1,826,977 1,815,864 -11,113 -0.6 309 322 13 4.0
Southwest 6,650 6,838 188 2.8 $39,238,182 $41,926,672 $2,688,490 6.9 $454 $472 $18 3.9
-Lincoln 1,024 1,005 -18 -1.8 4,140,535 4,454,061 313,526 7.6 311 341 30 9.5
-Sublette 325 360 35 10.9 1,900,005 1,975,134 75,129 4.0 450 422 -28 -6.2
-Sweetwater 2,843 2,964 121 4.3 16,928,801 18,275,110 1,346,309 8.0 458 474 16 3.5
-Teton 1,284 1,322 38 3.0 9,120,423 9,816,238 695,815 7.6 546 571 25 4.5
-Uinta 1,174 1,187 12 1.1 7,148,418 7,406,129 257,711 3.6 468 480 12 2.5
Southeast 8,017 7,828 -189 -2.4 $46,680,292 $46,457,353 -$222,939 -0.5 $448 $457 $9 1.9
-Albany 1,337 1,454 116 8.7 8,052,444 8,422,356 369,912 4.6 463 446 -17 -3.8
-Goshen 939 772 -167 -17.8 5,291,955 4,221,509 -1,070,446 -20.2 433 420 -13 -3.0
-Laramie 4,921 4,965 44 0.9 29,625,460 30,842,729 1,217,269 4.1 463 478 15 3.2
-Niobrara 238 213 -25 -10.5 1,012,469 1,062,901 50,432 5.0 327 384 57 17.3
-Platte 581 424 -157 -27.0 2,697,964 1,907,858 -790,106 -29.3 357 346 -11 -3.1
Central 4,947 5,114 167 3.4 $24,382,372 $26,532,086 $2,149,714 8.8 $379 $399 $20 5.3
-Carbon 998 1,018 21 2.1 5,458,023 5,296,456 -161,567 -3.0 421 400 -21 -4.9
-Converse 954 934 -20 -2.1 3,893,871 4,276,697 382,826 9.8 314 352 38 12.1
-Natrona 2,995 3,161 166 5.6 15,030,478 16,958,933 1,928,455 12.8 386 413 27 6.9
Nonclassified - ND                        


Wyoming Department of Employment
Employment Resources Division
Research & Planning
Source: ES-202 Report (Second Run Date: March 2000)
Prepared 04/25/2000 Nancy Brennan
Preliminary: Subject to Revision


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