Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Modest Improvement in Job Growth in Third Quarter 2013 (Tables and Figures)

by: David Bullard, Senior Economist
tables by: Nancy Brennan, Senior Economist

Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Figures 1, 2, 3

Table 1: Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter 2009 (2009Q3) to Third Quarter 2013 (2013Q3)
	Average Monthly Employment Percentage Change Over the Previous		Total Wages Percentage Change Over the Previous		Average Weekly Wage Percentage Change Over the Previous
	Year	Quarter	Year	Quarter	Year	Quarter
^aPreliminary.
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 2014.
2009Q3	-5.3	0.1	-8.4	-1.3	-3.2	-1.5
2010Q3	0.0	1.9	4.8	2.3	4.8	0.3
2011Q3	1.4	2.6	6.5	4.1	5.0	1.5
2012Q3	0.7	1.1	0.2	-0.5	-0.5	-1.5
2013Q3^a	0.4	1.3	2.1	1.1	1.7	-0.3
Five-Year Average for Q3	-0.6	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.6	-0.3

Table 2: Salaries & Wages as a Percentage of All Income by Age, Tax Year 2011
Age Group	%
All Returns	71.3%
under 18	72.1%
18-24	93.1%
25-34	91.4%
35-44	85.8%
45-54	79.7%
55-64	66.8%
65 and over	22.9%

Source: Calculated from Table 1.5, IRS Statistics of Income Division

Table 3: Over-the-Year Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter 2004 (2004Q3) to Third Quarter 2013 (2013Q3)
	Average Monthly Employment	Total Wages

^aPreliminary.
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 2014.
2004Q3	2.0	7.1
2004Q4	2.4	6.5
2005Q1	1.9	6.6
2005Q2	2.1	8.3
2005Q3	2.7	11.7
2005Q4	3.4	10.1
2006Q1	5.1	15.1
2006Q2	5.0	15.5
2006Q3	4.6	14.8
2006Q4	5.1	17.1
2007Q1	4.8	14.5
2007Q2	3.9	12.4
2007Q3	3.7	8.0
2007Q4	3.8	11.3
2008Q1	3.6	10.6
2008Q2	3.1	8.7
2008Q3	3.4	10.1
2008Q4	2.4	6.8
2009Q1	-1.0	-1.2
2009Q2	-3.4	-5.0
2009Q3	-5.3	-8.4
2009Q4	-6.3	-8.4
2010Q1	-4.7	-4.9
2010Q2	-1.7	1.1
2010Q3	0.0	4.8
2010Q4	1.1	6.0
2011Q1	1.1	5.4
2011Q2	0.8	4.7
2011Q3	1.4	6.5
2011Q4	2.0	2.5
2012Q1	2.5	8.0
2012Q2	2.2	4.8
2012Q3	0.7	0.2
2012Q4	0.3	4.1
2013Q1	0.3	1.1
2013Q2	0.2	0.6
2013Q3^a	0.4	2.1

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by County, 2012 and 2013^a
	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
County	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
County	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total	284,180	285,450	1,269	0.4	$3,060,122,560	$3,125,831,216	$65,708,656	2.1	$828	$842	$14	1.7
Albany	15,228	15,267	39	0.3	$140,026,406	$141,492,685	$1,466,279	1.0	$707	$713	$6	0.8
Big Horn	4,324	4,338	14	0.3	38,153,797	39,491,951	1,338,154	3.5	679	700	21	3.1
Campbell	27,499	27,130	-369	-1.3	367,608,803	371,566,993	3,958,190	1.1	1,028	1,054	26	2.5
Carbon	7,111	7,333	222	3.1	71,650,075	76,625,166	4,975,091	6.9	775	804	29	3.7
Converse	5,881	5,985	104	1.8	64,846,346	68,104,213	3,257,867	5.0	848	875	27	3.2
Crook	2,376	2,321	-55	-2.3	21,183,137	22,086,978	903,841	4.3	686	732	46	6.7
Fremont	16,908	16,721	-187	-1.1	163,087,956	163,352,647	264,691	0.2	742	751	9	1.2
Goshen	4,551	4,449	-102	-2.2	35,544,200	36,422,101	877,901	2.5	601	630	29	4.8
Hot Springs	2,174	2,186	12	0.6	17,599,864	18,879,816	1,279,952	7.3	623	664	41	6.6
Johnson	3,424	3,483	59	1.7	27,379,734	29,443,575	2,063,841	7.5	615	650	35	5.7
Laramie	44,057	45,640	1,583	3.6	456,020,440	482,429,487	26,409,047	5.8	796	813	17	2.1
Lincoln	5,692	5,716	24	0.4	56,309,862	57,317,703	1,007,841	1.8	761	771	10	1.3
Natrona	41,256	41,973	717	1.7	483,227,857	495,036,929	11,809,072	2.4	901	907	6	0.7
Niobrara	925	924	-1	-0.1	6,634,532	7,214,134	579,602	8.7	552	601	49	8.9
Park	15,549	15,122	-427	-2.7	133,772,441	140,106,235	6,333,794	4.7	662	713	51	7.7
Platte	3,242	3,455	213	6.6	29,980,952	33,568,584	3,587,632	12.0	711	747	36	5.1
Sheridan	12,977	13,134	157	1.2	118,289,640	120,795,968	2,506,328	2.1	701	707	6	0.9
Sublette	5,422	5,240	-182	-3.4	71,995,274	74,061,954	2,066,680	2.9	1,021	1,087	66	6.5
Sweetwater	24,914	24,689	-225	-0.9	336,023,358	347,185,177	11,161,819	3.3	1,037	1,082	45	4.3
Teton	20,197	21,069	872	4.3	188,613,277	196,131,991	7,518,714	4.0	718	716	-2	-0.3
Uinta	9,084	8,924	-160	-1.8	90,816,710	89,204,053	-1,612,657	-1.8	769	769	0	0.0
Washakie	3,974	3,884	-90	-2.3	37,409,608	36,694,731	-714,877	-1.9	724	727	3	0.4
Weston	2,300	2,296	-4	-0.2	19,936,171	20,322,892	386,721	1.9	667	681	14	2.1
Nonclassified^b	5,114	4,171	-942	-18.4	84,012,120	58,295,253	-25,716,867	-30.6	1,264	1,075	-189	-14.9

^aPreliminary.
^bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.
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 2014.

Table 5: Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a
NAICS^b Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total, All Industries	41,256	41,973	717	1.7	$483,227,857	$495,036,929	$11,809,072	2.4	$901	$907	$6	0.7
Total Private	35,861	36,568	707	2.0	$417,753,097	$428,474,805	$10,721,708	2.6	$896	$901	$5	0.6
Agriculture	127	123	-4	-3.1	776,206	784,458	8,252	1.1	470	491	21	4.5
Mining	4,043	4,102	59	1.5	88,402,213	90,493,410	2,091,197	2.4	1,682	1,697	15	0.9
Utilities	136	138	2	1.5	2,384,126	2,576,287	192,161	8.1	1,348	1,436	88	6.5
Construction	3,098	3,307	209	6.7	40,132,630	43,918,266	3,785,636	9.4	996	1,022	26	2.6
Manufacturing	1,877	1,717	-160	-8.5	23,436,384	22,569,888	-866,496	-3.7	960	1,011	51	5.3
Wholesale Trade	2,735	2,836	101	3.7	40,022,729	41,438,810	1,416,081	3.5	1,126	1,124	-2	-0.2
Retail Trade	4,795	4,870	75	1.6	33,576,857	33,858,290	281,433	0.8	539	535	-4	-0.7
Transportation & Warehousing	1,156	1,219	63	5.4	15,960,544	16,990,441	1,029,897	6.5	1,062	1,072	10	0.9
Information	469	456	-13	-2.8	4,674,538	4,870,722	196,184	4.2	767	822	55	7.2
Finance & Insurance	1,046	1,085	39	3.7	13,636,393	14,295,242	658,849	4.8	1,003	1,013	10	1.0
Real Est. & Rental & Leasing	939	1,017	78	8.3	12,919,181	12,399,397	-519,784	-4.0	1,058	938	-120	-11.3
Professional & Technical Services	1,482	1,493	11	0.7	20,513,096	20,814,316	301,220	1.5	1,065	1,072	7	0.7
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	219	192	-27	-12.3	3,861,527	3,709,859	-151,668	-3.9	1,356	1,486	130	9.6
Administrative & Waste Services	1,442	1,476	34	2.4	11,589,095	11,921,199	332,104	2.9	618	621	3	0.5
Educational Services	121	124	3	2.5	885,224	805,403	-79,821	-9.0	563	500	-63	-11.2
Health Care & Social Assistance	5,592	5,758	166	3.0	64,403,667	67,524,876	3,121,209	4.8	886	902	16	1.8
Ambulatory Health Care Services	2,014	2,120	106	5.3	31,404,292	33,628,592	2,224,300	7.1	1,199	1,220	21	1.8
Hospitals	1,619	1,609	-10	-0.6	20,815,273	20,986,353	171,080	0.8	989	1,003	14	1.4
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	904	944	40	4.4	6,798,014	7,293,141	495,127	7.3	578	594	16	2.8
Social Assistance	1,055	1,085	30	2.8	5,386,088	5,616,790	230,702	4.3	393	398	5	1.3
Arts, Ent., & Recreation	511	495	-16	-3.1	2,023,410	2,011,111	-12,299	-0.6	305	313	8	2.6
Accommodation & Food Services	3,937	4,310	373	9.5	16,076,426	17,827,062	1,750,636	10.9	314	318	4	1.3
Other Services	2,135	1,850	-285	-13.3	22,478,851	19,665,768	-2,813,083	-12.5	810	818	8	1.0
Total Government	5,395	5,405	10	0.2	$65,474,760	$66,562,124	$1,087,364	1.7	$934	$947	$13	1.4
Federal Government	690	660	-30	-4.3	11,522,009	11,119,868	-402,141	-3.5	1,285	1,296	11	0.9
State Government	732	730	-2	-0.3	9,754,008	9,839,237	85,229	0.9	1,025	1,037	12	1.2
Local Government	3,973	4,015	42	1.1	44,198,743	45,603,019	1,404,276	3.2	856	874	18	2.1
Local Government Education	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND

^aPreliminary.
^bNorth American Industry Classification System.
ND-Not disclosable due to confidentiality of information.
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 2014.

Table 6: Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a
NAICS^b Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total, All Industries	44,057	45,640	1,583	3.6	$456,020,440	$482,429,487	$26,409,047	5.8	$796	$813	$17	2.1
Total Private	30,754	32,305	1,551	5.0	$279,598,921	$303,807,440	$24,208,519	8.7	$699	$723	$24	3.4
Agriculture	322	341	19	5.9	2,378,979	2,549,226	170,247	7.2	568	575	7	1.2
Mining	201	260	59	29.4	3,677,476	4,955,325	1,277,849	34.7	1,407	1,466	59	4.2
Utilities	136	148	12	8.8	2,748,741	3,014,377	265,636	9.7	1,555	1,567	12	0.8
Construction	3,059	3,749	690	22.6	32,712,828	46,564,035	13,851,207	42.3	823	955	132	16.0
Manufacturing	1,340	1,355	15	1.1	18,087,830	18,494,028	406,198	2.2	1,038	1,050	12	1.2
Wholesale Trade	930	980	50	5.4	11,722,570	12,295,338	572,768	4.9	970	965	-5	-0.5
Retail Trade	5,435	5,739	304	5.6	35,397,790	37,444,231	2,046,441	5.8	501	502	1	0.2
Transportation & Warehousing	2,431	2,517	86	3.5	25,046,498	27,383,003	2,336,505	9.3	793	837	44	5.5
Information	1,145	1,128	-17	-1.5	12,274,724	12,687,462	412,738	3.4	825	865	40	4.8
Finance & Insurance	1,627	1,682	55	3.4	19,857,493	20,769,740	912,247	4.6	939	950	11	1.2
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	569	579	10	1.8	5,134,094	5,522,818	388,724	7.6	694	734	40	5.8
Professional & Technical Services	1,444	1,573	129	8.9	21,719,950	21,865,225	145,275	0.7	1,157	1,069	-88	-7.6
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	78	91	13	16.7	1,239,030	1,442,572	203,542	16.4	1,222	1,219	-3	-0.2
Administrative & Waste Services	1,763	1,771	8	0.5	11,242,760	10,956,035	-286,725	-2.6	491	476	-15	-3.1
Educational Services	239	237	-2	-0.8	1,542,389	1,578,193	35,804	2.3	496	512	16	3.2
Health Care & Social Assistance	4,024	4,008	-16	-0.4	43,397,077	44,022,836	625,759	1.4	830	845	15	1.8
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,940	2,024	84	4.3	30,411,882	31,367,714	955,832	3.1	1,206	1,192	-14	-1.2
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	868	860	-8	-0.9	6,254,162	6,310,336	56,174	0.9	554	564	10	1.8
Hospitals & Social Assistance	1,216	1,125	-91	-7.5	6,731,033	6,344,786	-386,247	-5.7	426	434	8	1.9
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	328	340	12	3.7	1,025,856	1,229,121	203,265	19.8	241	278	37	15.4
Accommodation & Food Services	4,275	4,398	123	2.9	17,289,814	17,996,093	706,279	4.1	311	315	4	1.3
Other Services	1,407	1,408	1	0.1	13,103,022	13,037,782	-65,240	-0.5	716	712	-4	-0.6
Total Government	13,304	13,335	31	0.2	$176,421,519	$178,622,047	$2,200,528	1.2	$1,020	$1,030	$10	1.0
Federal Government	2,557	2,599	42	1.6	41,545,823	41,337,948	-207,875	-0.5	1,250	1,223	-27	-2.2
State Government	3,976	3,944	-32	-0.8	57,226,461	57,064,470	-161,991	-0.3	1,107	1,113	6	0.5
Local Government	6,770	6,792	22	0.3	77,649,235	80,219,629	2,570,394	3.3	882	909	27	3.1
Local Government Education	3,759	3,788	29	0.8	39,570,807	39,546,984	-23,823	-0.1	810	803	-7	-0.8

^aPreliminary.
^bNorth American Industry Classification System.
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 2014.

Table 7: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a
NAICS^b Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%

^aPreliminary.
^bNorth American Industry Classification System.
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 2014.
Total, All Industries	284,180	285,450	1,270	0.4	$3,060,122,560	$3,125,831,216	$65,708,656	2.1	$828	$842	$14	1.7
Total Private	221,363	222,850	1,487	0.7	$2,351,173,782	$2,400,572,705	$49,398,923	2.1	$817	$829	$12	1.5
Agriculture	2,757	2,775	18	0.7	19,475,250	20,291,682	816,432	4.2	543	562	19	3.5
Mining	27,506	26,777	-729	-2.7	548,024,809	551,712,015	3,687,206	0.7	1,533	1,585	52	3.4
Utilities	2,473	2,489	16	0.6	49,190,178	50,513,466	1,323,288	2.7	1,530	1,561	31	2.0
Construction	23,385	23,519	134	0.6	287,270,139	288,535,006	1,264,867	0.4	945	944	-1	-0.1
Manufacturing	9,440	9,575	135	1.4	127,360,173	134,778,131	7,417,958	5.8	1,038	1,083	45	4.3
Wholesale Trade	9,196	9,299	103	1.1	127,741,708	130,923,926	3,182,218	2.5	1,069	1,083	14	1.3
Retail Trade	30,265	30,762	497	1.6	199,169,941	205,037,241	5,867,300	2.9	506	513	7	1.4
Transportation & Warehousing	9,638	9,914	276	2.9	113,801,831	119,732,963	5,931,132	5.2	908	929	21	2.3
Information	3,939	3,817	-122	-3.1	39,719,709	39,566,971	-152,738	-0.4	776	797	21	2.7
Finance & Insurance	6,669	6,846	177	2.7	80,935,634	85,497,920	4,562,286	5.6	934	961	27	2.9
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	4,229	4,511	282	6.7	45,745,174	48,889,148	3,143,974	6.9	832	834	2	0.2
Professional & Technical Services	9,202	9,221	19	0.2	127,206,411	128,307,420	1,101,009	0.9	1,063	1,070	7	0.7
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	985	1,040	55	5.6	19,400,647	21,591,577	2,190,930	11.3	1,515	1,597	82	5.4
Administrative & Waste Services	8,543	8,619	76	0.9	64,871,320	66,266,766	1,395,446	2.2	584	591	7	1.2
Educational Services	1,666	1,691	25	1.5	12,979,035	12,959,198	-19,837	-0.2	599	590	-9	-1.5
Health Care & Social Assistance	23,689	23,930	241	1.0	232,340,096	236,684,463	4,344,367	1.9	754	761	7	0.9
Ambulatory Health Care Services	9,325	9,503	178	1.9	126,752,166	129,187,777	2,435,611	1.9	1,046	1,046	0	0.0
Hospitals	3,081	3,025	-56	-1.8	38,286,546	38,615,278	328,732	0.9	956	982	26	2.7
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	4,575	4,561	-14	-0.3	32,202,591	33,013,897	811,306	2.5	541	557	16	3.0
Social Assistance	6,708	6,841	133	2.0	35,098,793	35,867,511	768,718	2.2	402	403	1	0.2
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3,487	3,638	151	4.3	16,822,402	18,240,599	1,418,197	8.4	371	386	15	4.0
Accommodation & Food Services	35,437	36,058	621	1.8	161,355,198	166,792,657	5,437,459	3.4	350	356	6	1.7
Other Services	8,858	8,369	-489	-5.5	77,764,127	74,251,556	-3,512,571	-4.5	675	682	7	1.0
Total Government	62,817	62,600	-217	-0.3	$708,948,778	$725,258,511	$16,309,733	2.3	$868	$891	$23	2.6
Federal Government	8,124	7,979	-145	-1.8	120,392,249	119,355,143	-1,037,106	-0.9	1,140	1,151	11	1.0
State Government	13,552	13,432	-120	-0.9	175,282,859	174,287,731	-995,128	-0.6	995	998	3	0.3
State Government Education	3,809	3,782	-27	-0.7	47,500,810	47,397,251	-103,559	-0.2	959	964	5	0.5
Local Government	41,142	41,189	47	0.1	413,273,670	431,615,637	18,341,967	4.4	773	806	33	4.3
Local Government Education	17,818	17,813	-5	0.0	173,437,400	187,178,775	13,741,375	7.9	749	808	60	8.0
Hospitals	6,923	7,019	96	1.4	90,224,945	94,752,044	4,527,099	5.0	1,003	1,038	36	3.6