Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Job Growth Remains Weak in First Quarter 2013

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 and Map

 

Table 1: Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for First Quarter 2009 (2009Q1) to First Quarter 2013 (2013Q1)

	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: July 2013.
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
2012Q1	2.5	-2.9	8.0	-5.5	5.4	-2.7
2013Q1a	0.2	-3.0	1.1	-8.2	0.9	-5.4
Five-Year Average for Q1	-0.4	-3.5	1.7	-9.4	2.0	-6.1

 

 

 

Table 2: Over-the-Year Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for First Quarter 2004 (2004Q1) to First Quarter 2013 (2013Q1)

	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: July 2013.
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
2012Q1	2.5	8.0
2012Q2	2.2	4.8
2012Q3	0.7	0.2
2012Q4	0.3	4.1
2013Q1a	0.2	1.1

 

Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by County, 2012 and 2013^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
County	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total	270,073	270,533	460	0.2	$2,991,246,352	$3,022,669,945	$31,423,593	1.1	$852	$859	$7	0.8
Albany	15,131	15,202	71	0.5	$134,763,281	$136,404,897	$1,641,616	1.2	$685	$690	$5	0.7
Big Horn	4,046	4,079	33	0.8	36,135,261	36,859,580	724,319	2.0	687	695	8	1.2
Campbell	27,690	26,994	-696	-2.5	398,153,853	381,940,331	-16,213,522	-4.1	1,106	1,088	-18	-1.6
Carbon	6,486	6,660	174	2.7	65,913,689	69,317,723	3,404,034	5.2	782	801	19	2.4
Converse	5,732	5,969	237	4.1	61,889,784	66,325,526	4,435,742	7.2	831	855	24	2.9
Crook	2,240	2,235	-5	-0.2	19,527,261	20,471,567	944,306	4.8	671	705	34	5.1
Fremont	16,347	16,470	123	0.8	158,050,218	159,563,950	1,513,732	1.0	744	745	1	0.1
Goshen	4,555	4,515	-40	-0.9	36,049,258	36,519,707	470,449	1.3	609	622	13	2.1
Hot Springs	2,092	2,059	-33	-1.6	16,876,619	16,956,271	79,652	0.5	621	633	12	1.9
Johnson	3,136	3,189	53	1.7	24,944,461	27,059,055	2,114,594	8.5	612	653	41	6.7
Laramie	42,781	43,417	636	1.5	439,717,883	461,487,052	21,769,169	5.0	791	818	27	3.4
Lincoln	5,495	5,495	0	0.0	59,014,351	56,360,488	-2,653,863	-4.5	826	789	-37	-4.5
Natrona	39,823	40,842	1,019	2.6	466,839,469	479,499,012	12,659,543	2.7	902	903	1	0.1
Niobrara	892	902	10	1.1	6,683,899	7,127,463	443,564	6.6	576	608	32	5.6
Park	12,580	12,471	-109	-0.9	120,087,888	120,846,603	758,715	0.6	734	745	11	1.5
Platte	3,384	3,389	5	0.1	31,864,011	32,278,227	414,216	1.3	724	733	9	1.2
Sheridan	12,471	12,324	-147	-1.2	115,050,840	115,170,468	119,628	0.1	710	719	9	1.3
Sublette	5,756	4,745	-1,011	-17.6	89,481,996	72,359,135	-17,122,861	-19.1	1,196	1,173	-23	-1.9
Sweetwater	24,407	24,373	-34	-0.1	347,974,608	346,005,919	-1,968,689	-0.6	1,097	1,092	-5	-0.5
Teton	16,185	16,600	415	2.6	157,003,573	178,228,969	21,225,396	13.5	746	826	80	10.7
Uinta	9,018	8,730	-288	-3.2	94,838,818	90,816,365	-4,022,453	-4.2	809	800	-9	-1.1
Washakie	3,705	3,651	-54	-1.5	33,899,032	33,362,727	-536,305	-1.6	704	703	-1	-0.1
Weston	2,187	2,240	53	2.4	19,411,654	20,725,082	1,313,428	6.8	683	712	29	4.2
Nonclassifiedb	3,933	3,979	46	1.2	57,074,645	56,983,828	-90,817	-0.2	1,116	1,102	-15	-1.3
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: July 2013.

 

 

Table 4: Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total, All Industries	39,823	40,842	1,019	2.6	$466,839,469	$479,499,012	$12,659,543	2.7	$902	$903	$1	0.1
Total Private	34,076	35,118	1,042	3.1	$398,364,084	$410,968,084	$12,604,000	3.2	$899	$900	$1	0.1
Agriculture	116	108	-8	-6.9	633,991	598,629	-35,362	-5.6	420	426	6	1.4
Mining	3,863	3,965	102	2.6	87,938,384	90,028,114	2,089,730	2.4	1,751	1,747	-4	-0.2
Utilities	135	136	1	0.7	2,243,725	2,060,198	-183,527	-8.2	1,278	1,165	-113	-8.8
Construction	2,585	2,905	320	12.4	31,523,692	36,449,280	4,925,588	15.6	938	965	27	2.9
Manufacturing	1,860	1,758	-102	-5.5	24,224,508	23,775,440	-449,068	-1.9	1,002	1,040	38	3.8
Wholesale Trade	2,685	2,743	58	2.2	41,749,260	41,311,084	-438,176	-1.0	1,196	1,159	-37	-3.1
Retail Trade	4,644	4,731	87	1.9	32,644,273	33,270,457	626,184	1.9	541	541	0	0.0
Transportation & Warehousing	1,087	1,238	151	13.9	14,464,425	16,670,125	2,205,700	15.2	1,024	1,036	12	1.2
Information	469	451	-18	-3.8	4,698,420	4,448,449	-249,971	-5.3	771	759	-12	-1.6
Finance & Insurance	1,028	1,045	17	1.7	15,114,591	16,444,524	1,329,933	8.8	1,131	1,210	79	7.0
Real Est. & Rental & Leasing	883	945	62	7.0	11,066,885	12,411,411	1,344,526	12.1	964	1,010	46	4.8
Professional & Technical Services	1,493	1,510	17	1.1	18,941,481	19,882,146	940,665	5.0	976	1,013	37	3.8
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	166	209	43	25.9	3,773,448	4,370,910	597,462	15.8	1,749	1,609	-140	-8.0
Administrative & Waste Services	1,332	1,188	-144	-10.8	10,100,251	9,130,004	-970,247	-9.6	583	591	8	1.4
Educational Services	148	160	12	8.1	865,320	846,173	-19,147	-2.2	450	407	-43	-9.6
Health Care & Social Assistance	5,486	5,661	175	3.2	61,275,552	61,044,871	-230,681	-0.4	859	829	-30	-3.5
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,947	2,023	76	3.9	29,266,737	28,076,691	-1,190,046	-4.1	1,156	1,068	-88	-7.6
Hospitals	1,605	1,627	22	1.4	19,871,121	20,635,749	764,628	3.8	952	976	24	2.5
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	922	970	48	5.2	6,978,529	7,015,974	37,445	0.5	582	556	-26	-4.5
Social Assistance	1,012	1,041	29	2.9	5,159,165	5,316,457	157,292	3.0	392	393	1	0.3
Arts, Ent., & Recreation	409	408	-1	-0.2	1,414,936	1,368,402	-46,534	-3.3	266	258	-8	-3.0
Accommodation & Food Services	3,697	3,943	246	6.7	14,264,933	15,305,136	1,040,203	7.3	297	299	2	0.7
Other Services	1,990	2,013	23	1.2	21,426,009	21,552,731	126,722	0.6	828	824	-4	-0.5
Total Government	5,748	5,724	-24	-0.4	$68,475,385	$68,530,928	$55,543	0.1	$916	$921	$5	0.5
Federal Government	667	648	-19	-2.8	11,131,007	10,798,239	-332,768	-3.0	1,284	1,282	-2	-0.2
State Government	711	713	2	0.3	9,564,444	9,606,700	42,256	0.4	1,035	1,036	1	0.1
Local Government	4,369	4,363	-6	-0.1	47,779,934	48,125,989	346,055	0.7	841	848	7	0.8
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: July 2013.

 

Table 5: Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	2012	2013	n	%	2012	2013	$	%	2012	2013	$	%
Total, All Industries	42,781	43,417	636	1.5	$439,717,883	$461,487,052	$21,769,169	5.0	$791	$818	$27	3.4
Total Private	29,086	29,610	524	1.8	$263,213,332	$281,116,475	$17,903,143	6.8	$696	$730	$34	4.9
Agriculture	286	304	18	6.3	2,050,330	2,144,743	94,413	4.6	551	543	-8	-1.5
Mining	212	203	-9	-4.2	4,380,954	3,406,945	-974,009	-22.2	1,590	1,291	-299	-18.8
Utilities	139	143	4	2.9	3,293,689	2,879,500	-414,189	-12.6	1,823	1,549	-274	-15.0
Construction	2,405	2,595	190	7.9	23,089,898	26,591,665	3,501,767	15.2	739	788	49	6.6
Manufacturing	1,334	1,333	-1	-0.1	17,334,580	17,569,288	234,708	1.4	1,000	1,014	14	1.4
Wholesale Trade	889	925	36	4.0	11,866,263	12,006,926	140,663	1.2	1,027	998	-29	-2.8
Retail Trade	5,241	5,336	95	1.8	34,696,924	34,711,660	14,736	0.0	509	500	-9	-1.8
Transportation & Warehousing	2,384	2,419	35	1.5	24,775,155	25,882,734	1,107,579	4.5	799	823	24	3.0
Information	1,137	1,130	-7	-0.6	12,153,523	12,531,200	377,677	3.1	822	853	31	3.8
Finance & Insurance	1,625	1,630	5	0.3	20,021,677	20,957,386	935,709	4.7	948	989	41	4.3
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	547	548	1	0.2	5,108,913	5,808,782	699,869	13.7	718	815	97	13.5
Professional & Technical Services	1,624	1,586	-38	-2.3	21,681,300	19,881,811	-1,799,489	-8.3	1,027	964	-63	-6.1
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	71	83	12	16.9	1,453,984	1,429,777	-24,207	-1.7	1,575	1,325	-250	-15.9
Administrative & Waste Services	1,541	1,495	-46	-3.0	9,222,789	9,277,315	54,526	0.6	460	477	17	3.7
Educational Services	246	260	14	5.7	1,562,856	1,527,114	-35,742	-2.3	489	452	-37	-7.6
Health Care & Social Assistance	3,939	4,005	66	1.7	39,603,410	41,038,971	1,435,561	3.6	773	788	15	1.9
Ambulatory Health Care Svcs.	1,887	1,964	77	4.1	26,806,584	28,382,105	1,575,521	5.9	1,093	1,112	19	1.7
Nursing & Res. Care Facilties	860	850	-10	-1.2	6,266,114	6,208,902	-57,212	-0.9	560	562	2	0.4
Hospitals & Social Assistance	1,191	1,191	0	0.0	6,530,712	6,447,964	-82,748	-1.3	422	416	-6	-1.3
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	250	271	21	8.4	840,559	863,453	22,894	2.7	259	245	-14	-5.4
Accommodation & Food Services	3,955	4,058	103	2.6	20,957,827	33,542,930	12,585,103	60.0	408	636	228	55.9
Other Services	1,261	1,287	26	2.1	9,118,701	9,064,275	-54,426	-0.6	556	542	-14	-2.5
Total Government	13,695	13,807	112	0.8	$176,504,551	$180,370,577	$3,866,026	2.2	$991	$1,005	$14	1.4
Federal Government	2,565	2,568	3	0.1	42,086,822	42,168,168	81,346	0.2	1,262	1,263	1	0.1
State Government	4,021	4,049	28	0.7	57,505,284	58,149,395	644,111	1.1	1,100	1,105	5	0.5
Local Government	7,110	7,190	80	1.1	76,912,445	80,053,014	3,140,569	4.1	832	856	24	2.9
Local Government Education	3,808	3,779	-29	-0.8	39,137,704	38,156,627	-981,077	-2.5	791	777	-14	-1.8
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: July 2013.

Table 6: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for First Quarter by Industry, 2012 and 2013^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
NAICSb Title	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: July 2013.
Total, All Industries	270,073	270,533	460	0.2	$2,991,246,352	$3,022,669,945	$31,423,593	1.1	$852	$859	$7	0.8
Total Private	203,357	203,417	60	0.0	$2,250,959,719	$2,274,388,139	$23,428,420	1.0	$851	$860	$9	1.1
Agriculture	2,261	2,244	-17	-0.8	16,573,122	16,586,233	13,111	0.1	564	569	5	0.9
Mining	28,178	26,478	-1,700	-6.0	617,397,445	578,115,639	-39,281,806	-6.4	1,685	1,680	-5	-0.3
Utilities	2,457	2,470	13	0.5	47,457,935	46,264,319	-1,193,616	-2.5	1,486	1,441	-45	-3.0
Construction	18,642	19,107	465	2.5	209,212,732	221,827,532	12,614,800	6.0	863	893	30	3.5
Manufacturing	9,140	9,256	116	1.3	128,181,419	132,299,736	4,118,317	3.2	1,079	1,099	20	1.9
Wholesale Trade	9,066	9,071	5	0.1	129,711,931	127,791,605	-1,920,326	-1.5	1,101	1,084	-17	-1.5
Retail Trade	28,300	28,427	127	0.4	185,264,048	188,189,052	2,925,004	1.6	504	509	5	1.0
Transp. & Warehousing	9,448	9,619	171	1.8	110,873,338	112,367,715	1,494,377	1.3	903	899	-4	-0.4
Information	3,898	3,789	-109	-2.8	40,235,758	39,569,735	-666,023	-1.7	794	803	9	1.1
Finance & Insurance	6,670	6,712	42	0.6	86,845,816	93,219,662	6,373,846	7.3	1,002	1,068	66	6.6
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	3,923	4,142	219	5.6	40,883,800	46,347,670	5,463,870	13.4	802	861	59	7.4
Professional & Technical Services	9,199	9,282	83	0.9	120,819,567	117,382,698	-3,436,869	-2.8	1,010	973	-37	-3.7
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	901	1,034	133	14.8	24,655,301	47,831,289	23,175,988	94.0	2,105	3,558	1,453	69.0
Administrative & Waste Services	7,110	6,675	-435	-6.1	54,271,655	50,143,338	-4,128,317	-7.6	587	578	-9	-1.5
Educational Services	1,585	1,786	201	12.7	11,559,819	12,154,390	594,571	5.1	561	523	-38	-6.8
Health Care & Social Assistance	23,523	23,741	218	0.9	220,562,620	223,418,134	2,855,514	1.3	721	724	3	0.4
Ambulatory Health Care Svcs.	9,034	9,226	192	2.1	116,450,668	118,883,882	2,433,214	2.1	992	991	-1	-0.1
Hospitals	3,133	3,049	-84	-2.7	37,123,853	36,931,637	-192,216	-0.5	911	932	21	2.3
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	4,626	4,597	-29	-0.6	32,430,060	32,351,226	-78,834	-0.2	539	541	2	0.4
Social Assistance	6,730	6,869	139	2.1	34,558,039	35,251,389	693,350	2.0	395	395	0	0.0
Arts, Ent., & Recreation	2,352	2,445	93	4.0	10,492,170	10,599,097	106,927	1.0	343	333	-10	-2.9
Accommodation & Food Services	28,430	29,024	594	2.1	124,790,084	140,538,929	15,748,845	12.6	338	372	34	10.1
Other Services	8,275	8,115	-160	-1.9	71,171,159	69,741,366	-1,429,793	-2.0	662	661	-1	-0.2
Total Government	66,716	67,116	400	0.6	$740,286,633	$748,281,806	$7,995,173	1.1	$854	$858	$4	0.5
Federal Government	7,021	6,981	-40	-0.6	105,396,622	104,670,713	-725,909	-0.7	1,155	1,153	-2	-0.2
State Government	13,252	13,238	-14	-0.1	172,406,562	172,286,887	-119,675	-0.1	1,001	1,001	0	0.0
State Government Education	3,553	3,564	11	0.3	44,223,393	44,066,524	-156,869	-0.4	957	951	-6	-0.7
Local Government	46,443	46,898	455	1.0	462,483,449	471,324,206	8,840,757	1.9	766	773	7	0.9
Local Government Education	24,703	24,726	23	0.1	238,505,393	237,393,828	-1,111,565	-0.5	743	739	-4	-0.6
Hospitals	6,727	6,996	268	4.0	86,463,762	92,195,391	5,731,629	6.6	989	1,014	25	2.5