Table 7: Active Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) Employed in Health Care, Second Quarter 2006 (2006Q2) to Second Quarter 2008 (2008Q2)
    2006Q2 2006Q3 2006Q4 2007Q1 2007Q2 2007Q3 2007Q4 2008Q1 2008Q2
Active RNs/LPNsa 3,995      4,001      4,031      4,061      4,094      4,125      4,154      4,167      4,183
Percentage Change Previous Quarter 1.0% 2.7% -0.4% -0.2% 1.2% 2.5% -0.7% -1.7% 1.6%
Percentage Change Previous Year 2.7% 0.6% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 3.1% 2.8% 1.3% 1.6%
RN/LPN Percentage of Total Employment 18.8% 18.9% 19.1% 18.9% 18.9% 19.0% 19.2% 18.8% 18.5%
Multiple Jobholding Rate 13.2% 13.6% 13.0% 13.1% 13.6% 14.0% 13.2% 13.5% 13.4%
Average Quarterly Wages Continuous RN/LPN $12,742 $13,082 $13,173 $13,250 $13,196 $13,430 $13,777 $13,757 NA
Average Age, All RNs/LPNs 44.5 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.5 44.3 44.4 44.6 44.7
Average Tenure, All RNs/LPNs (Years) 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.4
Exit Rate Percentage 9.0% 8.3% 7.2% 7.2% 8.4% 9.5% 8.2% 7.7% NA
Age                    
<35 Numbera         861         869         879         893         907         917         933         943         951
Percentage 21.4% 22.7% 21.8% 22.0% 22.1% 23.0% 22.7% 22.7% 22.6%
35-44 Numbera         948         942         947         948         946         945         931         917         903
Percentage 23.7% 23.0% 23.6% 23.1% 22.7% 22.2% 21.7% 21.4% 21.1%
45-54 Numbera      1,302      1,288      1,279      1,270      1,267      1,265      1,264      1,252      1,243
Percentage 32.0% 31.1% 30.9% 31.1% 30.7% 30.0% 30.1% 29.5% 29.4%
55+ Numbera         743         752         764         780         796         813         832         852         870
Percentage 19.0% 19.0% 19.3% 19.5% 19.9% 20.0% 20.5% 21.3% 21.3%
NA: Not Available.
aIndicated values are four-quarter moving averages. Other values are single-quarter calculations.
Prepared by D. Leonard, Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning, December 3, 2008.