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Wyoming Labor Force Trends

June 2026 | Volume 63, No. 6


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Growing and Declining Industries in Wyoming, 2025Q3

Article | Tables and Figures

by: Laura Yetter, Senior Economist


The Research & Planning (R&P) section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services publishes quarterly reports on growing and declining industries in Wyoming online at https://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/G_DInd/G_D_Industries.htm.

This article provides excerpts and selected data from the full report for third quarter 2025 (2025Q3), which is available at https://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/G_DInd/Report_25Q3.pdf.

A growing or declining industry is defined as an industry’s employment level increasing or decreasing for two quarters by 5% or more over the year based on data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. For example, all industries that grew or declined in employment by at least 5% from 2024Q2 to 2025Q2 and subsequently from 2024Q3 to 2025Q3 were included in the respective tables in this article. Additionally, only subsectors with employment sizes of 100 or more are included in these tables. Consequently, while employment in other industries may meet the growth criteria, that growth is taking place in industries with employment of less than 100. The declining industries table reads the same way, except with negative changes.

Industries are defined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For this research, growing and declining industries are determined at the three-digit subsector level.

Wyoming had eight growing industries in 2025Q3, equal to the prior two quarters (see Table 1). Three of the fastest growing industries were found within transportation & warehousing (NAICS 48-49). Support activities for transportation (NAICS 488) grew the most with 287 (15.3%) jobs over-the-year in 2025Q3 and 189 jobs (10.6%) over the year in 2025Q2. On average, this subsector added 238 jobs per quarter, with an average increase of 12.9%. Other growing industries included warehousing & storage (165, or 9.1%), pipeline transportation (178, or 21.6%), and food manufacturing (83, or 10.7%). Six of these eight growing industries are the same as the 2025Q2 report.

Wyoming's eight growing industries in 2025Q3 accounted for 9.9% of all industries and 2.8% of the state's total employment.

There were six declining industries in 2025Q3, two more than the prior quarter. Declining industries for 2025Q3 included sporting goods, hobby, musical instruments, books, and miscellaneous retailers (-171 jobs, or -5.5%); machinery manufacturing (-76, or -10.7%); and beverage & tobacco product manufacturing (-39, or -6.7%; see Table 2).

Wyoming’s six declining industries made up 7.4% of all industries and 1.7% of the state's total employment in 2025Q3.