Table 91: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage by Division
for Sweetwater County, 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 19,772 19,100 -673 -3.4 $158,038,892 $155,504,035 -$2,534,857 -1.6 $615 $626 $11 1.9
Private 16,395 15,608 -787 -4.8 $136,715,820 $132,733,679 -$3,982,141 -2.9 $641 $654 $13 2.0
-Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 62 60 -2 -2.7 166,010 175,554 9,544 5.7 206 224 18 8.7
-Mining 3,868 3,683 -185 -4.8 52,937,055 52,398,058 -538,997 -1.0 1,053 1,094 42 4.0
-Construction 1,825 1,428 -397 -21.8 15,218,892 11,962,558 -3,256,334 -21.4 641 644 3 0.5
-Manufacturing 1,478 1,405 -73 -4.9 20,277,732 19,512,310 -765,422 -3.8 1,056 1,068 13 1.2
-TCPU* 1,425 1,381 -43 -3.0 14,403,099 14,093,572 -309,527 -2.1 778 785 7 0.9
-Wholesale Trade 543 521 -22 -4.1 4,399,746 4,219,031 -180,715 -4.1 623 623 0 0.0
-Retail Trade 3,735 3,619 -116 -3.1 12,906,829 13,224,052 317,223 2.5 266 281 15 5.7
-FIRE** 594 519 -76 -12.7 3,877,571 3,304,642 -572,929 -14.8 502 490 -12 -2.3
-Services 2,865 2,991 127 4.4 12,528,886 13,843,902 1,315,016 10.5 336 356 20 5.8
Total Government 3,377 3,492 115 3.4 $21,323,072 $22,770,356 $1,447,284 6.8 $486 $502 $16 3.3
-Federal 276 281 5 1.9 2,675,150 2,665,411 -9,739 -0.4 746 730 -17 -2.3
-State 259 247 -12 -4.5 1,719,121 1,829,835 110,714 6.4 511 569 59 11.5
-Local 2,843 2,964 121 4.3 16,928,801 18,275,110 1,346,309 8.0 458 474 16 3.5


* 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 05/01/2000 Nancy Brennan
Preliminary: Subject to Revision


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