Table 46: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage by Division
for Northwest Region, 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, All Industries 36,036 36,590 554 1.5 $195,321,559 $204,234,799 $8,913,240 4.6 $417 $429 $12 3.0
Private 27,469 27,930 461 1.7 $141,950,740 $148,104,739 $6,153,999 4.3 $398 $408 $10 2.6
-Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 970 1,044 74 7.6 4,691,786 5,212,189 520,403 11.1 372 384 12 3.2
-Mining 2,060 1,834 -226 -11.0 20,183,097 17,418,111 -2,764,986 -13.7 754 731 -23 -3.0
-Construction 2,588 2,962 375 14.5 15,156,566 19,689,931 4,533,365 29.9 451 511 61 13.5
-Manufacturing 1,975 1,901 -74 -3.7 13,308,719 13,325,276 16,557 0.1 518 539 21 4.0
-TCPU* 1,683 1,669 -14 -0.8 13,522,290 13,616,600 94,310 0.7 618 628 10 1.5
-Wholesale Trade 922 890 -31 -3.4 5,541,054 5,627,193 86,139 1.6 462 486 24 5.1
-Retail Trade 7,007 7,097 90 1.3 24,638,238 24,490,525 -147,713 -0.6 270 265 -5 -1.9
-FIRE** 1,084 1,062 -22 -2.0 6,326,393 6,250,728 -75,665 -1.2 449 453 4 0.8
-Services 9,181 9,470 289 3.1 38,582,597 42,474,186 3,891,589 10.1 323 345 22 6.7
Total Government 8,567 8,660 93 1.1 $53,370,819 $56,130,060 $2,759,241 5.2 $479 $499 $19 4.0
-Federal 1,740 1,854 114 6.6 15,911,500 16,820,856 909,356 5.7 704 698 -6 -0.8
-State 1,565 1,534 -31 -2.0 9,451,161 10,025,497 574,336 6.1 465 503 38 8.2
-Local 5,263 5,273 10 0.2 28,008,158 29,283,707 1,275,549 4.6 409 427 18 4.4


* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.
Wyoming Department of Employment
Employment Resources Division
Research & Planning
Source: ES-202 Report (Second Run Date: March 2000)
Prepared 04/27/2000 Nancy Brennan
Preliminary: Subject to Revision


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