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Table 1:  Wyoming Average Annual Employment and Average Weekly Wage by Region and County, 1999 and 2000
  Average Annual Employment Average Weekly Wage
     
REGION/ Year Change Year Change
County 1999 2000 Number Percent 1999 2000 Amount Percent
           
Total 224,946 230,855 5,909 2.6 $493 $516 $23 4.6
           
NORTHWEST 35,104 35,329 225 0.6 $436 $445 $10 2.2
Big Horn 3,872 4,049 177 4.6 473 494 21 4.4
Fremont 13,757 13,896 139 1.0 437 432 -5 -1.1
Hot Springs 1,965 1,999 34 1.7 362 388 27 7.4
Park 11,831 11,833 2 0.0 429 445 16 3.8
Washakie 3,678 3,552 -126 -3.4 450 473 23 5.0
           
NORTHEAST 34,554 36,026 1,471 4.3 $517 $541 $24 4.7
Campbell 17,346 18,386 1,040 6.0 617 636 20 3.2
Crook 1,854 1,929 75 4.0 422 435 13 3.2
Johnson 2,642 2,667 26 1.0 375 377 2 0.6
Sheridan 10,544 10,849 306 2.9 423 451 28 6.6
Weston 2,169 2,194 25 1.2 434 485 51 11.7
           
SOUTHWEST 49,730 50,276 546 1.1 $546 $556 $10 1.8
Lincoln 5,083 5,006 -78 -1.5 475 488 13 2.7
Sublette 2,112 2,181 69 3.3 425 476 50 11.9
Sweetwater 19,070 18,682 -388 -2.0 633 657 24 3.7
Teton 15,580 16,437 856 5.5 518 511 -7 -1.3
Uinta 7,884 7,971 86 1.1 469 475 6 1.2
           
SOUTHEAST 57,476 58,849 1,373 2.4 $460 $477 $17 3.6
Albany 13,948 14,163 215 1.5 429 453 25 5.7
Goshen 3,997 4,074 77 1.9 374 391 17 4.6
Laramie 35,409 36,510 1,102 3.1 485 499 13 2.8
Niobrara 801 768 -33 -4.1 347 355 8 2.4
Platte 3,321 3,333 12 0.4 456 471 15 3.2
           
CENTRAL 41,265 41,973 708 1.7 $486 $541 $54 11.2
Carbon 6,322 6,289 -33 -0.5 442 464 22 5.0
Converse 4,295 4,344 50 1.2 498 504 6 1.2
Natrona 30,648 31,340 692 2.3 494 561 67 13.6
           
Nonclassified* 6,817 8,402 1,585 23.2 $601 $618 $17 2.8
* The employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.

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