"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.
Average Monthly Employment: 6,521
Total Wages: $118,481,010
Average Weekly Wage: $1,391
| Table: Over-the-Year Change in Average Monthly Employment, Total Wages, and Average Weekly Wage in Converse County, WY, 2001Q1-2025Q4 | ||||||
| Published July 2026. | ||||||
| Average Monthly Employment | Total Wages | Average Weekly Wage | ||||
| Year/Quarter | N | % Change | $ | % Change | $ | % Change |
| 2001Q1 | 4,273 | $27,956,072 | $503 | |||
| 2001Q2 | 4,333 | $30,496,693 | $541 | |||
| 2001Q3 | 4,340 | $28,072,819 | $498 | |||
| 2001Q4 | 4,339 | $30,760,137 | $545 | |||
| 2002Q1 | 4,054 | -5.1 | $24,538,126 | -12.2 | $466 | -7.5 |
| 2002Q2 | 4,299 | -0.8 | $29,805,744 | -2.3 | $533 | -1.5 |
| 2002Q3 | 4,245 | -2.2 | $27,279,114 | -2.8 | $494 | -0.7 |
| 2002Q4 | 4,212 | -2.9 | $28,995,896 | -5.7 | $530 | -2.9 |
| 2003Q1 | 4,193 | 3.4 | $29,778,604 | 21.4 | $546 | 17.3 |
| 2003Q2 | 4,497 | 4.6 | $35,301,675 | 18.4 | $604 | 13.2 |
| 2003Q3 | 4,456 | 5.0 | $32,324,072 | 18.5 | $558 | 12.9 |
| 2003Q4 | 4,521 | 7.3 | $35,221,953 | 21.5 | $599 | 13.2 |
| 2004Q1 | 4,358 | 3.9 | $32,422,199 | 8.9 | $572 | 4.8 |
| 2004Q2 | 4,628 | 2.9 | $36,477,417 | 3.3 | $606 | 0.4 |
| 2004Q3 | 4,502 | 1.0 | $34,177,775 | 5.7 | $584 | 4.7 |
| 2004Q4 | 4,593 | 1.6 | $37,896,514 | 7.6 | $635 | 5.9 |
| 2005Q1 | 4,472 | 2.6 | $32,935,868 | 1.6 | $567 | -1.0 |
| 2005Q2 | 4,843 | 4.6 | $40,892,306 | 12.1 | $649 | 7.1 |
| 2005Q3 | 4,779 | 6.2 | $38,565,342 | 12.8 | $621 | 6.3 |
| 2005Q4 | 4,783 | 4.1 | $40,097,994 | 5.8 | $645 | 1.6 |
| 2006Q1 | 4,706 | 5.2 | $38,321,186 | 16.4 | $626 | 10.6 |
| 2006Q2 | 4,862 | 0.4 | $43,625,518 | 6.7 | $690 | 6.3 |
| 2006Q3 | 4,817 | 0.8 | $39,405,989 | 2.2 | $629 | 1.4 |
| 2006Q4 | 4,761 | -0.5 | $46,142,568 | 15.1 | $745 | 15.6 |
| 2007Q1 | 4,714 | 0.2 | $41,867,729 | 9.3 | $683 | 9.1 |
| 2007Q2 | 4,937 | 1.5 | $46,846,027 | 7.4 | $730 | 5.8 |
| 2007Q3 | 4,994 | 3.7 | $44,898,073 | 13.9 | $692 | 9.9 |
| 2007Q4 | 5,242 | 10.1 | $54,902,674 | 19.0 | $806 | 8.1 |
| 2008Q1 | 5,264 | 11.7 | $50,832,947 | 21.4 | $743 | 8.7 |
| 2008Q2 | 5,473 | 10.9 | $56,933,841 | 21.5 | $800 | 9.6 |
| 2008Q3 | 5,506 | 10.2 | $56,335,164 | 25.5 | $787 | 13.8 |
| 2008Q4 | 5,403 | 3.1 | $61,711,080 | 12.4 | $879 | 9.0 |
| 2009Q1 | 5,212 | -1.0 | $52,446,897 | 3.2 | $774 | 4.2 |
| 2009Q2 | 5,447 | -0.5 | $59,220,148 | 4.0 | $836 | 4.5 |
| 2009Q3 | 5,338 | -3.1 | $53,268,900 | -5.4 | $768 | -2.5 |
| 2009Q4 | 5,483 | 1.5 | $63,813,745 | 3.4 | $895 | 1.9 |
| 2010Q1 | 5,396 | 3.5 | $55,218,749 | 5.3 | $787 | 1.7 |
| 2010Q2 | 5,512 | 1.2 | $60,516,237 | 2.2 | $844 | 1.0 |
| 2010Q3 | 5,429 | 1.7 | $54,730,950 | 2.7 | $776 | 1.0 |
| 2010Q4 | 5,411 | -1.3 | $60,724,492 | -4.8 | $863 | -3.6 |
| 2011Q1 | 5,299 | -1.8 | $55,851,391 | 1.1 | $811 | 3.0 |
| 2011Q2 | 5,513 | 0.0 | $61,049,576 | 0.9 | $852 | 0.9 |
| 2011Q3 | 5,537 | 2.0 | $60,100,058 | 9.8 | $835 | 7.7 |
| 2011Q4 | 5,753 | 6.3 | $65,041,008 | 7.1 | $870 | 0.7 |
| 2012Q1 | 5,732 | 8.2 | $61,889,784 | 10.8 | $831 | 2.4 |
| 2012Q2 | 5,981 | 8.5 | $68,556,028 | 12.3 | $882 | 3.5 |
| 2012Q3 | 5,881 | 6.2 | $64,846,346 | 7.9 | $848 | 1.6 |
| 2012Q4 | 6,036 | 4.9 | $72,208,963 | 11.0 | $920 | 5.8 |
| 2013Q1 | 5,982 | 4.4 | $66,095,825 | 6.8 | $850 | 2.3 |
| 2013Q2 | 6,165 | 3.1 | $70,512,149 | 2.9 | $880 | -0.2 |
| 2013Q3 | 6,027 | 2.5 | $68,406,429 | 5.5 | $873 | 2.9 |
| 2013Q4 | 6,253 | 3.6 | $76,553,297 | 6.0 | $942 | 2.3 |
| 2014Q1 | 6,270 | 4.8 | $73,725,195 | 11.5 | $904 | 6.4 |
| 2014Q2 | 6,548 | 6.2 | $79,119,771 | 12.2 | $929 | 5.6 |
| 2014Q3 | 6,464 | 7.2 | $79,421,103 | 16.1 | $945 | 8.3 |
| 2014Q4 | 6,674 | 6.7 | $88,059,242 | 15.0 | $1,015 | 7.8 |
| 2015Q1 | 6,453 | 2.9 | $79,742,458 | 8.2 | $951 | 5.1 |
| 2015Q2 | 6,608 | 0.9 | $84,635,992 | 7.0 | $985 | 6.0 |
| 2015Q3 | 6,374 | -1.4 | $78,706,621 | -0.9 | $950 | 0.5 |
| 2015Q4 | 6,406 | -4.0 | $89,418,516 | 1.5 | $1,074 | 5.8 |
| 2016Q1 | 6,013 | -6.8 | $69,259,094 | -13.1 | $886 | -6.8 |
| 2016Q2 | 5,892 | -10.8 | $75,976,708 | -10.2 | $992 | 0.7 |
| 2016Q3 | 5,624 | -11.8 | $69,324,001 | -11.9 | $948 | -0.2 |
| 2016Q4 | 5,626 | -12.2 | $72,265,410 | -19.2 | $988 | -8.0 |
| 2017Q1 | 5,529 | -8.0 | $67,748,132 | -2.2 | $943 | 6.4 |
| 2017Q2 | 5,709 | -3.1 | $73,190,155 | -3.7 | $986 | -0.6 |
| 2017Q3 | 5,531 | -1.7 | $66,907,149 | -3.5 | $931 | -1.9 |
| 2017Q4 | 5,667 | 0.7 | $77,771,827 | 7.6 | $1,056 | 6.8 |
| 2018Q1 | 5,579 | 0.9 | $71,268,541 | 5.2 | $983 | 4.2 |
| 2018Q2 | 5,825 | 2.0 | $77,604,602 | 6.0 | $1,025 | 3.9 |
| 2018Q3 | 5,949 | 7.6 | $77,875,578 | 16.4 | $1,007 | 8.2 |
| 2018Q4 | 6,454 | 13.9 | $92,348,793 | 18.7 | $1,101 | 4.3 |
| 2019Q1 | 6,785 | 21.6 | $91,673,604 | 28.6 | $1,039 | 5.8 |
| 2019Q2 | 7,241 | 24.3 | $101,944,786 | 31.4 | $1,083 | 5.7 |
| 2019Q3 | 7,644 | 28.5 | $114,354,669 | 46.8 | $1,151 | 14.3 |
| 2019Q4 | 7,714 | 19.5 | $123,372,313 | 33.6 | $1,230 | 11.8 |
| 2020Q1 | 7,234 | 6.6 | $105,649,188 | 15.2 | $1,123 | 8.1 |
| 2020Q2 | 6,109 | -15.6 | $86,210,152 | -15.4 | $1,086 | 0.2 |
| 2020Q3 | 5,691 | -25.6 | $84,769,806 | -25.9 | $1,146 | -0.4 |
| 2020Q4 | 5,699 | -26.1 | $83,947,543 | -32.0 | $1,133 | -7.9 |
| 2021Q1 | 5,581 | -22.8 | $71,403,959 | -32.4 | $984 | -12.4 |
| 2021Q2 | 5,864 | -4.0 | $85,602,069 | -0.7 | $1,123 | 3.4 |
| 2021Q3 | 5,875 | 3.2 | $83,394,648 | -1.6 | $1,092 | -4.7 |
| 2021Q4 | 6,133 | 7.6 | $98,994,930 | 17.9 | $1,242 | 9.6 |
| 2022Q1 | 5,976 | 7.1 | $84,009,992 | 17.7 | $1,081 | 9.9 |
| 2022Q2 | 6,108 | 4.2 | $93,993,284 | 9.8 | $1,184 | 5.4 |
| 2022Q3 | 6,205 | 5.6 | $92,771,796 | 11.2 | $1,150 | 5.3 |
| 2022Q4 | 6,266 | 2.2 | $101,300,441 | 2.3 | $1,244 | 0.2 |
| 2023Q1 | 6,084 | 1.8 | $93,645,840 | 11.5 | $1,184 | 9.5 |
| 2023Q2 | 6,200 | 1.5 | $96,033,883 | 2.2 | $1,191 | 0.6 |
| 2023Q3 | 6,201 | -0.1 | $91,792,749 | -1.1 | $1,139 | -1.0 |
| 2023Q4 | 6,254 | -0.2 | $104,814,861 | 3.5 | $1,289 | 3.7 |
| 2024Q1 | 6,236 | 2.5 | $103,658,285 | 10.7 | $1,279 | 8.0 |
| 2024Q2 | 6,372 | 2.8 | $104,543,930 | 8.9 | $1,262 | 5.9 |
| 2024Q3 | 6,391 | 3.1 | $99,913,662 | 8.8 | $1,203 | 5.6 |
| 2024Q4 | 6,291 | 0.6 | $109,925,799 | 4.9 | $1,344 | 4.3 |
| 2025Q1 | 6,273 | 0.6 | $106,694,022 | 2.9 | $1,308 | 2.3 |
| 2025Q2 | 6,461 | 1.4 | $106,703,370 | 2.1 | $1,270 | 0.7 |
| 2025Q3 | 6,511 | 1.9 | $105,678,862 | 5.8 | $1,248 | 3.8 |
| 2025Q4b | 6,521 | 3.7 | $118,481,010 | 7.8 | $1,398 | 4.0 |
| aNorth American Industry Classification System. | ||||||
| bPreliminary. | ||||||
| Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. | ||||||
| Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 7/6/26. | ||||||


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