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"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.

2022 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Wyoming QCEW Summary Statistics by Industry, 2001-2022

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Table: Over-the-Year (OTY) and Over-the-Quarter (OTQ) Percent Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter, 2018-2022
Published February 2022. 
Average Monthly Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Year/Quarter OTY OTQ OTY OTQ OTY OTQ
2018Q3 0.8 1.8 5.1 2.3 4.2 0.4
2019Q3 1.9 1.8 6.2 3.0 4.3 1.3
2020Q3 -7.6 4.0 -8.1 1.2 -0.5 -2.7
2021Q3 3.7 1.8 9.9 2.6 6.0 0.8
2022Q3b 2.2 1.8 11.3 5.2 8.9 3.3
5-Year Average 0.2 2.2 4.9 2.9 4.6 0.6
bPreliminary.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract Date: January 2023.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/26/23.
Table: Over-the-Year (OTY) and Over-the-Quarter (OTQ) Percent Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages, 2021Q2-2022Q3
Published February 2023. 
Average Monthly Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
Year/Quarter OTY OTQ OTY OTQ OTY OTQ
2021Q2 6.0 4.7 8.4 8.5 2.3 3.6
2021Q3 3.7 1.8 9.9 2.6 6.0 0.8
2021Q4 2.8 -1.7 10.8 13.0 7.8 14.9
2022Q1 2.9 -1.8 14.7 -8.7 11.5 -7.1
2022Q2 2.1 3.9 8.5 2.6 6.2 -1.3
2022Q3b 2.2 1.8 11.3 5.2 8.9 3.3
6-Quarter Average 3.3 1.5 10.6 3.9 7.1 2.4
bPreliminary.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract Date: January 2023.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/26/23.


Figure: Over-the-Year Percent Change in Average Monthly Employment and Total Wages Across All Industries in Wyoming, 2001Q1-2022Q3

Shaded areas indicate periods of economic downturn: 2009Q1-2010Q1, 2015Q2-2016Q4, and 2020Q2-2021Q1.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/27/23.