Bucking horse and rider

Wyoming Department of Workforce Services

Research & Planning
444 W. Collins Dr.
Suite 3100
Casper, WY 82601
(307) 473-3807

Email link

"Labor Market Information (LMI) is an applied science; it is the systematic collection and analysis of data which describes and predicts the relationship between labor demand and supply." The States' Labor Market Information Review, ICESA, 1995, p. 7.

The Federal Government reserves a paid-up, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use, and to authorize others to use for federal purposes: i) the copyright in all products developed under the grant, including a subgrant or contract under the grant or subgrant; and ii) any rights of copyright to which the recipient, subrecipient or a contractor purchases ownership under an award (including but not limited to curricula, training models, technical assistance products, and any related materials). Such uses include, but are not limited to, the right to modify and distribute such products worldwide by any means, electronically or otherwise. Federal funds may not be used to pay any royalty or license fee for use of a copyrighted work, or the cost of acquiring by purchase a copyright in a work, where the Department has a license or rights of free use in such work, although they may be used to pay costs for obtaining a copy which is limited to the developer/seller costs of copying and shipping. If revenues are generated through selling products developed with grant funds, including intellectual property, these revenues are program income. Program income must be used in accordance with the provisions of this grant award and 2 CFR 200.307.

Growing and Declining Industries for Wyoming

Published May 6, 2021.


Growing Industries in Wyoming, 2020Q4

Table 1: Growing Industries Report for Wyoming, Fourth Quarter 2020a
Employment (Current Quarter) Employment (Prior Quarter) Growing Industries
Over-the-Year Change   Over-the-Year Change  
Subsectora (3-Digit NAICSb) Sector (2-Digit NAICS) 2020Q4 2019Q4 N Q 2020Q3 2019Q3 N % Average % Changec Average Weekly Wage
Crop production (111) Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) 558 525 33 6.3 669 607 62 10.2 8.2 $759
Building material and garden supply stores (444) Retail Trade (44-45) 3,697 3,409 288 8.4 3,787 3,424 363 10.6 9.5 $674
General merchandise stores (452) Retail Trade (44-45) 5,837 5,317 520 9.8 5,780 5,477 303 5.5 7.7 $526
Couriers and messengers (492) Transportation and warehousing (48-49) 1,411 1,192 219 18.4 1,161 1,035 126 12.2 15.3 $896
National security and international affairs (928) Public administration (92) 1,334 1,224 110 9.0 1,288 1,204 84 7.0 8.0 $1,300
Total Total 12,836 11,666 1,170 10.0 12,683 11,747 936 8.0 9.0 $700
aIncludes both public and privately owned firms.
bNorth American Industry Classification System. 
cThe percentage for average change is the employment-weighted average percentage change of the current and prior quarters (employment change current quarter + employment change prior quarter) divided by the employment for the current and prior quarters (employment current quarter + employment prior quarter).
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
The average weekly wage is calculated by dividing the total wage for the industry group by the total number of jobs for the industry group and the number of weeks in the observed quarter. Please be aware that average weekly wages at the industry group level are suceptible to wage bias due to sample size, occupational distributions, seasonal pay and bonuses, and keying error.
The average weekly wage for all growing industries in 2020Q4 was $700.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 5/5/21.