Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Construction Sector Adds Jobs in 2012Q1 (Tables and Figures)

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

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

  *Due to space considerations, Table 5 (Natrona County) and Table 6 (Laramie County) do not appear in the printed version of Trends.

Table 1: Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for First Quarter 2008 (2008Q1) to First Quarter 2012 (2012Q1)

	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
2008Q1	3.6	-1.7	10.6	-6.0	6.8	-4.4
2009Q1	-1.0	-4.9	-1.2	-13.0	-0.2	-8.5
2010Q1	-4.7	-3.2	-4.9	-9.8	-0.3	-6.7
2011Q1	1.1	-3.3	5.4	-10.3	4.3	-7.3
2012Q1a	2.5	-2.9	7.8	-5.7	5.2	-2.9
Five-Year Average for Q1	0.3	-3.2	3.5	-8.9	3.1	-6.0
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: July 2012.

   

 

 

 

 

Table 2: Over-the-Year Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for First Quarter 2004 (2004Q1) to First Quarter 2012 (2012Q1)

	Average Monthly Employment	Total Wages
2004Q1	3.0	7.2
2004Q2	2.9	7.1
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
2012Q1a	2.5	7.8
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: July 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by County, 2011 and 2012^a

County	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total	263,558	270,028	6,470	2.5	$2,769,072,169	$2,984,899,676	$215,827,507	7.8	$808	$850	$42	5.2
Albany	15,019	15,127	108	0.7	$131,904,182	$134,664,982	$2,760,800	2.1	$676	$685	$9	1.3
Big Horn	3,949	4,047	98	2.5	33,229,456	36,032,733	2,803,277	8.4	647	685	38	5.9
Campbell	27,109	27,762	653	2.4	378,377,090	397,736,585	19,359,495	5.1	1,074	1,102	28	2.6
Carbon	6,457	6,481	24	0.4	62,550,066	65,328,727	2,778,661	4.4	745	775	30	4.0
Converse	5,299	5,700	401	7.6	55,851,391	61,379,768	5,528,377	9.9	811	828	17	2.1
Crook	2,198	2,239	41	1.9	18,343,606	19,525,875	1,182,269	6.4	642	671	29	4.5
Fremont	16,104	16,380	276	1.7	148,179,541	158,610,774	10,431,233	7.0	708	745	37	5.2
Goshen	4,485	4,551	66	1.5	33,592,332	36,046,991	2,454,659	7.3	576	609	33	5.7
Hot Springs	2,085	2,090	5	0.2	16,227,033	16,897,229	670,196	4.1	599	622	23	3.8
Johnson	3,061	3,100	39	1.3	22,778,357	24,663,863	1,885,506	8.3	572	612	40	7.0
Laramie	41,872	42,715	843	2.0	400,300,499	439,104,413	38,803,914	9.7	735	791	56	7.6
Lincoln	5,832	5,631	-201	-3.4	61,362,020	56,781,924	-4,580,096	-7.5	809	776	-33	-4.1
Natrona	37,704	39,753	2,049	5.4	412,904,007	466,237,678	53,333,671	12.9	842	902	60	7.1
Niobrara	850	892	42	4.9	6,322,315	6,708,978	386,663	6.1	572	579	7	1.2
Park	12,144	12,599	455	3.7	110,330,422	121,426,744	11,096,322	10.1	699	741	42	6.0
Platte	3,463	3,386	-77	-2.2	31,186,552	31,885,325	698,773	2.2	693	724	31	4.5
Sheridan	12,335	12,465	130	1.1	109,171,900	115,037,236	5,865,336	5.4	681	710	29	4.3
Sublette	5,346	5,811	465	8.7	82,109,302	90,269,895	8,160,593	9.9	1,181	1,195	14	1.2
Sweetwater	23,695	24,388	693	2.9	312,149,268	347,514,150	35,364,882	11.3	1,013	1,096	83	8.2
Teton	15,764	16,168	404	2.6	153,703,862	156,607,338	2,903,476	1.9	750	745	-5	-0.7
Uinta	8,733	9,022	289	3.3	87,884,942	94,791,136	6,906,194	7.9	774	808	34	4.4
Washakie	3,801	3,709	-92	-2.4	32,943,728	33,919,138	975,410	3.0	667	703	36	5.4
Weston	2,206	2,190	-16	-0.7	18,038,746	19,438,789	1,400,043	7.8	629	683	54	8.6
Nonclassifiedb	4,049	3,824	-224	-5.5	49,631,552	54,289,405	4,657,853	9.4	943	1,092	149	15.8
aPreliminary.
b The 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: July 2012.

 

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	263,558	270,028	6,470	2.5	$2,769,072,169	$2,984,899,676	$215,827,507	7.8	$808	$850	$42	5.2
Total Private	197,232	203,313	6,081	3.1	$2,062,027,863	$2,244,917,273	$182,889,410	8.9	$804	$849	$45	5.6
Agriculture	2,130	2,241	111	5.2	14,763,574	16,528,200	1,764,626	12.0	533	567	34	6.4
Mining	26,182	28,311	2,129	8.1	540,591,285	613,243,965	72,652,680	13.4	1,588	1,666	78	4.9
Utilities	2,493	2,457	-36	-1.4	45,873,884	47,457,935	1,584,051	3.5	1,415	1,486	71	5.0
Construction	18,037	18,664	627	3.5	197,090,538	209,187,605	12,097,067	6.1	841	862	21	2.5
Manufacturing	8,701	9,136	435	5.0	115,744,551	128,048,619	12,304,068	10.6	1,023	1,078	55	5.4
Wholesale Trade	8,590	9,064	474	5.5	114,578,082	129,586,262	15,008,180	13.1	1,026	1,100	74	7.2
Retail Trade	28,096	28,309	213	0.8	177,517,284	185,422,557	7,905,273	4.5	486	504	18	3.7
Transp. & Warehousing	8,992	9,454	462	5.1	99,329,270	111,138,068	11,808,798	11.9	850	904	54	6.4
Information	3,822	3,899	77	2.0	37,249,186	40,241,345	2,992,159	8.0	750	794	44	5.9
Finance & Insurance	6,725	6,664	-61	-0.9	84,502,481	86,588,183	2,085,702	2.5	967	999	32	3.3
Real Estate & Leasing	3,876	3,915	39	1.0	38,010,007	40,838,060	2,828,053	7.4	754	802	48	6.4
Prof. & Technical Svcs.	9,024	9,153	129	1.4	113,316,246	119,895,906	6,579,660	5.8	966	1,008	42	4.3
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	870	886	16	1.8	32,216,370	24,234,401	-7,981,969	-24.8	2,848	2,104	-744	-26.1
Admin. & Waste Services	6,567	7,103	536	8.2	46,042,525	54,268,913	8,226,388	17.9	539	588	49	9.1
Educational Services	1,645	1,581	-64	-3.9	10,828,061	11,562,497	734,436	6.8	506	563	57	11.3
Health Care & Social Assistance	23,617	23,511	-106	-0.4	211,090,091	220,481,313	9,391,222	4.4	688	721	33	4.8
Ambulatory Health Care Services	8,842	9,026	184	2.1	109,074,833	116,421,205	7,346,372	6.7	949	992	43	4.5
Hospitals	3,373	3,133	-240	-7.1	37,735,582	37,123,853	-611,729	-1.6	861	911	50	5.8
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities	4,537	4,617	80	1.8	30,680,304	32,383,233	1,702,929	5.6	520	540	20	3.8
Social Assistance	6,864	6,735	-129	-1.9	33,599,372	34,553,022	953,650	2.8	377	395	18	4.8
Arts, Ent., & Recreation	2,346	2,354	8	0.3	9,683,630	10,514,790	831,160	8.6	318	344	26	8.2
Accomm. & Food Services	27,590	28,395	805	2.9	109,761,480	124,702,487	14,941,007	13.6	306	338	32	10.5
Other Services	7,927	8,217	290	3.7	63,839,318	70,976,167	7,136,849	11.2	619	664	45	7.3
Total Government	66,327	66,715	388	0.6	$707,044,306	$739,982,403	$32,938,097	4.7	$820	$853	$33	4.0
Federal Government	7,212	7,025	-187	-2.6	98,387,438	105,375,795	6,988,357	7.1	1,049	1,154	105	10.0
State Government	13,278	13,250	-28	-0.2	169,511,804	172,399,431	2,887,627	1.7	982	1,001	19	1.9
State Government Education	3,587	3,551	-36	-1.0	44,691,141	44,216,262	-474,879	-1.1	958	958	-1	-0.1
Local Government	45,837	46,440	603	1.3	439,145,064	462,207,177	23,062,113	5.3	737	766	29	3.9
Local Government Education	24,542	24,703	161	0.7	230,326,817	238,387,823	8,061,006	3.5	722	742	20	2.8
Hospitals	6,515	6,727	213	3.3	74,976,952	86,474,425	11,497,473	15.3	885	989	103	11.7
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: July 2012.

 

 

 

Table 5: Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	37,704	39,753	2,049	5.4	$412,904,007	$466,237,678	$53,333,671	12.9	$842	$902	$60	7.1
Total Private	31,967	34,005	2,038	6.4	$346,243,394	$397,762,293	$51,518,899	14.9	$833	$900	$67	8.0
Agriculture	117	114	-3	-2.6	637,774	614,191	-23,583	-3.7	419	414	-5	-1.2
Mining	3,516	3,858	342	9.7	71,977,982	87,716,444	15,738,462	21.9	1,575	1,749	174	11.0
Utilities	129	135	6	4.7	2,218,148	2,243,725	25,577	1.2	1,323	1,278	-45	-3.4
Construction	2,327	2,567	240	10.3	26,206,435	31,433,157	5,226,722	19.9	866	942	76	8.8
Manufacturing	1,657	1,860	203	12.3	20,045,259	24,219,134	4,173,875	20.8	931	1,002	71	7.6
Wholesale Trade	2,404	2,687	283	11.8	33,978,790	42,020,909	8,042,119	23.7	1,087	1,203	116	10.7
Retail Trade	4,470	4,636	166	3.7	30,047,106	32,592,515	2,545,409	8.5	517	541	24	4.6
Transportation & Warehousing	945	1,080	135	14.3	11,461,436	14,430,581	2,969,145	25.9	933	1,028	95	10.2
Information	476	470	-6	-1.3	4,394,959	4,695,889	300,930	6.8	710	769	59	8.3
Finance & Insurance	1,016	1,028	12	1.2	14,289,735	15,104,078	814,343	5.7	1,082	1,130	48	4.4
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	866	882	16	1.8	9,588,965	11,092,246	1,503,281	15.7	852	967	115	13.5
Professional & Technical Services	1,389	1,492	103	7.4	17,600,705	18,878,914	1,278,209	7.3	975	973	-2	-0.2
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	155	156	1	0.6	3,388,018	3,495,806	107,788	3.2	1,681	1,724	43	2.6
Administrative & Waste Services	1,150	1,328	178	15.5	7,791,015	10,087,211	2,296,196	29.5	521	584	63	12.1
Educational Services	159	148	-11	-6.9	616,075	865,320	249,245	40.5	298	450	152	51.0
Health Care & Social Assistance	5,617	5,480	-137	-2.4	59,779,807	61,265,312	1,485,505	2.5	819	860	41	5.0
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,852	1,944	92	5.0	27,702,260	29,267,122	1,564,862	5.6	1,151	1,158	7	0.6
Hospitals	1,804	1,605	-199	-11.0	20,453,205	19,871,121	-582,084	-2.8	872	952	80	9.2
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities	937	922	-15	-1.6	6,544,970	6,978,596	433,626	6.6	537	582	45	8.4
Social Assistance	1,023	1,009	-14	-1.4	5,079,372	5,148,473	69,101	1.4	382	393	11	2.9
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	348	409	61	17.5	1,266,144	1,414,936	148,792	11.8	280	266	-14	-5.0
Accommodation & Food Services	3,440	3,693	253	7.4	12,607,739	14,253,470	1,645,731	13.1	282	297	15	5.3
Other Services	1,786	1,982	196	11.0	18,347,302	21,338,455	2,991,153	16.3	790	828	38	4.8
Total Government	5,737	5,748	11	0.2	$66,660,613	$68,475,385	$1,814,772	2.7	$894	$916	$22	2.5
Federal Government	687	667	-20	-2.9	10,713,825	11,131,007	417,182	3.9	1,200	1,284	84	7.0
State Government	693	711	18	2.6	9,241,458	9,564,444	322,986	3.5	1,026	1,035	9	0.9
Local Government	4,357	4,369	12	0.3	46,705,330	47,779,934	1,074,604	2.3	825	841	16	1.9
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 cooperativeprogram between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Extract date: July 2012.

 

 

Table 6: Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	41,872	42,715	843	2.0	$400,300,499	$439,104,413	$38,803,914	9.7	$735	$791	$56	7.6
Total Private	28,089	29,015	926	3.3	$233,948,674	$262,620,689	$28,672,015	12.3	$641	$696	$55	8.6
Agriculture	261	273	12	4.6	1,790,160	1,997,588	207,428	11.6	528	563	35	6.6
Mining	90	212	122	135.6	1,196,811	4,153,491	2,956,680	247.0	1,023	1,507	484	47.3
Utilities	139	139	0	0.0	2,827,140	3,293,689	466,549	16.5	1,565	1,823	258	16.5
Construction	2,214	2,404	190	8.6	20,348,206	23,085,048	2,736,842	13.5	707	739	32	4.5
Manufacturing	1,441	1,335	-106	-7.4	19,319,206	17,322,598	-1,996,608	-10.3	1,031	998	-33	-3.2
Wholesale Trade	801	885	84	10.5	9,894,561	11,826,107	1,931,546	19.5	950	1,028	78	8.2
Retail Trade	5,110	5,229	119	2.3	32,579,566	34,686,329	2,106,763	6.5	490	510	20	4.1
Transportation & Warehousing	2,256	2,394	138	6.1	22,556,638	24,931,496	2,374,858	10.5	769	801	32	4.2
Information	1,080	1,135	55	5.1	10,935,144	12,150,045	1,214,901	11.1	779	823	44	5.6
Finance & Insurance	1,649	1,624	-25	-1.5	19,281,950	19,948,898	666,948	3.5	899	945	46	5.1
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	481	542	61	12.7	4,300,542	5,063,564	763,022	17.7	688	719	31	4.5
Prof. & Technical Services	1,496	1,611	115	7.7	17,547,106	21,505,464	3,958,358	22.6	902	1,027	125	13.9
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	77	65	-12	-15.6	1,304,314	1,305,400	1,086	0.1	1,303	1,545	242	18.6
Administrative & Waste Services	1,471	1,543	72	4.9	8,248,393	9,223,907	975,514	11.8	431	460	29	6.7
Educational Services	223	246	23	10.3	1,347,813	1,562,856	215,043	16.0	465	489	24	5.2
Health Care & Social Assistance	3,938	3,946	8	0.2	36,904,771	39,623,927	2,719,156	7.4	721	772	51	7.1
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,837	1,885	48	2.6	24,803,573	26,782,213	1,978,640	8.0	1,039	1,093	54	5.2
Nursing & Residential Care Facilties	863	860	-3	-0.3	5,836,603	6,266,114	429,511	7.4	520	560	40	7.7
Hospitals & Social Assistance	1,238	1,200	-38	-3.1	6,264,595	6,575,600	311,005	5.0	389	422	33	8.5
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	267	248	-19	-7.1	792,058	831,489	39,431	5.0	228	258	30	13.2
Accommodation & Food Services	3,862	3,942	80	2.1	13,922,399	20,926,334	7,003,935	50.3	277	408	131	47.3
Other Services	1,233	1,242	9	0.7	8,851,896	9,182,459	330,563	3.7	552	569	17	3.1
Total Government	13,783	13,700	-83	-0.6	$166,351,825	$176,483,724	$10,131,899	6.1	$928	$991	$63	6.8
Federal Government	2,650	2,569	-81	-3.1	37,853,735	42,065,995	4,212,260	11.1	1,099	1,260	161	14.6
State Government	4,080	4,021	-59	-1.4	57,053,959	57,505,284	451,325	0.8	1,076	1,100	24	2.2
Local Government	7,053	7,110	57	0.8	71,444,131	76,912,445	5,468,314	7.7	779	832	53	6.8
Local Government Education	3,806	3,808	2	0.0	37,080,841	38,137,704	1,056,863	2.9	749	770	21	2.8
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.

 

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