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2022 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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New Hires Job Skills Survey, 2020

Published June 2022.

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Note: This table includes only the SOC code, occupation, educational requirement, the number of new hires, and the median hourly wage. For all variables including percent offered benefits, important job skills, demographics, and more, please click here to download the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Table: New Hires Occupations in Mining, Including Oil & Gas (NAICS 21) in Wyoming, 2020
SOCa Code Occupation Typical Education N Median Hourly Wage
00-0000 Total, All Occupations 3,313 $20.00
47-5071 Roustabouts, Oil & Gas  No formal educational credential 695 $19.00
47-5099 Extraction Workers, All Other  High school diploma or equivalent 391 $20.00
53-3032 Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers  Postsecondary non-degree award 351 $21.75
49-9041 Industrial Machinery Mechanics  High school diploma or equivalent 208 $28.00
53-7073 Wellhead Pumpers  High school diploma or equivalent 176 $25.00
47-2073 Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators  High school diploma or equivalent 144 $19.00
43-9061 Office Clerks, General  High school diploma or equivalent 128 $15.20
47-5013 Service Unit Operators, Oil & Gas  No formal educational credential 128 $23.00
51-8031 Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant & System Operators  High school diploma or equivalent 112 $18.00
11-1021 General & Operations Managers  Bachelor's degree 96 $48.08
47-2061 Construction Laborers  No formal educational credential 64 $18.00
47-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers  High school diploma or equivalent 56 $43.27
53-7062 Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand  No formal educational credential 56 $18.00
43-3031 Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks  Some college, no degree 48 $23.08
47-5081 Helpers--Extraction Workers  High school diploma or equivalent 48 $17.00
53-7051 Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators  No formal educational credential 48 $18.50
51-4121 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-9061 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
41-3091 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, & Travel  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
49-3031 Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
53-7072 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
11-1011 Chief Executives  Bachelor's degree N/D N/D
33-9032 Security Guards  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
37-3012 Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, & Applicators, Vegetation  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
47-5023 Earth Drillers, Except Oil & Gas  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
47-5032 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, & Blasters  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
49-3042 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-9023 Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
13-2011 Accountants & Auditors  Bachelor's degree N/D N/D
43-3051 Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
43-5061 Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
47-5022 Excavating & Loading Machine & Dragline Operators, Surface Mining  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
49-9096 Riggers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-8092 Gas Plant Operators  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-9021 Crushing, Grinding, & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-9111 Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
15-1231 Computer Network Support Specialists  Bachelor's degree N/D N/D
17-2171 Petroleum Engineers  Bachelor's degree N/D N/D
41-2022 Parts Salespersons  No formal educational credential N/D N/D
43-6014 Secretaries & Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
45-2093 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, & Aquacultural Animals  No formal educational credential N/D N/D
47-2051 Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers  No formal educational credential N/D N/D
47-5041 Continuous Mining Machine Operators  No formal educational credential N/D N/D
49-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-8099 Plant & System Operators, All Other  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
51-9012 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, & Still Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
53-1043 First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine & Vehicle Operators  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
53-3033 Light Truck Drivers  High school diploma or equivalent N/D N/D
The 2020 estimates are based on an 8-quarter period from 2019Q1 to 2020Q4. 
N/D = Not discloseable due to confidentiality. Occupations with fewer than 45 estimated new hires were considered non-discloseable. 
aStandard Occupational Classification. 
Source: Wyoming New Hires Job Skills Survey. 
Prepared by L. Knapp and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 6/15/22.