Table 82: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage by Division
for Southwest 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 53,372 53,739 367 0.7 $350,842,998 $392,244,945 $41,401,947 11.8 $506 $561 $56 11.0
Private 44,526 44,639 113 0.3 $294,249,357 $332,233,321 $37,983,964 12.9 $508 $573 $64 12.6
-Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 569 593 24 4.2 2,332,885 2,562,505 229,620 9.8 315 332 17 5.4
-Mining 5,482 5,046 -436 -8.0 70,214,752 67,188,821 -3,025,931 -4.3 985 1,024 39 4.0
-Construction 5,257 5,367 110 2.1 39,374,981 41,551,254 2,176,273 5.5 576 596 19 3.4
-Manufacturing 2,664 2,649 -15 -0.6 27,532,987 27,385,437 -147,550 -0.5 795 795 0 0.0
-TCPU* 2,873 2,864 -9 -0.3 26,896,979 27,255,008 358,029 1.3 720 732 12 1.7
-Wholesale Trade 947 905 -41 -4.4 7,601,799 7,504,187 -97,612 -1.3 618 638 20 3.2
-Retail Trade 11,493 11,517 24 0.2 43,021,277 45,114,692 2,093,415 4.9 288 301 13 4.7
-FIRE** 1,625 1,534 -91 -5.6 14,675,509 43,267,745 28,592,236 194.8 695 2,170 1,475 212.3
-Services 13,617 14,164 548 4.0 62,598,188 70,403,672 7,805,484 12.5 354 382 29 8.1
Total Government 8,846 9,100 254 2.9 $56,593,641 $60,011,624 $3,417,983 6.0 $492 $507 $15 3.1
-Federal 1,115 1,183 68 6.1 10,318,277 10,533,249 214,972 2.1 712 685 -27 -3.8
-State 1,082 1,079 -3 -0.2 7,037,182 7,551,703 514,521 7.3 500 538 38 7.6
-Local 6,650 6,838 188 2.8 39,238,182 41,926,672 2,688,490 6.9 454 472 18 3.9


* 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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