Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Second Quarter by Region and County, 2003 and 2004

© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 1

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Second Quarter by Region and County, 2003 and 2004

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage

REGION/	Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change
County	2003	2004	No.	%	2003	2004	Amount	%	2003	2004	Amt.	%

TOTAL	243,431	250,721	7,290	3.0	$1,780,503,235	$1,908,715,798	$128,212,563	7.2	$563	$586	$23	4.1

NORTHWEST	37,547	38,022	476	1.3	$233,543,753	$249,387,296	$15,843,543	6.8	$478	$505	$26	5.4
Big Horn	4,289	4,425	137	3.2	30,651,940	31,862,067	1,210,127	3.9	550	554	4	0.7
Fremont	14,705	14,841	135	0.9	92,531,319	99,334,248	6,802,929	7.4	484	515	31	6.4
Hot Springs	1,924	1,929	5	0.3	9,966,512	10,105,534	139,022	1.4	398	403	4	1.1
Park	12,962	13,110	148	1.1	76,926,203	82,766,719	5,840,516	7.6	457	486	29	6.4
Washakie	3,666	3,717	50	1.4	23,467,779	25,318,728	1,850,949	7.9	492	524	32	6.4

NORTHEAST	39,691	41,192	1,501	3.8	$311,066,281	$338,973,590	$27,907,309	9.0	$603	$633	$30	5.0
Campbell	20,588	21,620	1,033	5.0	189,961,199	208,687,320	18,726,121	9.9	710	742	33	4.6
Crook	2,047	2,094	46	2.3	12,867,777	13,668,612	800,835	6.2	483	502	19	3.9
Johnson	2,977	3,160	184	6.2	17,485,702	19,188,197	1,702,495	9.7	452	467	15	3.4
Sheridan	11,878	12,116	238	2.0	77,167,895	83,495,860	6,327,965	8.2	500	530	30	6.1
Weston	2,201	2,202	0	0.0	13,583,708	13,933,601	349,893	2.6	475	487	12	2.6

SOUTHWEST	53,228	54,838	1,610	3.0	$421,441,911	$450,752,858	$29,310,947	7.0	$609	$632	$23	3.8
Lincoln	6,086	6,145	60	1.0	47,005,426	48,782,152	1,776,726	3.8	594	611	16	2.8
Sublette	2,727	3,069	342	12.5	20,523,259	23,122,919	2,599,660	12.7	579	580	1	0.1
Sweetwater	19,530	20,432	902	4.6	183,395,929	196,240,611	12,844,682	7.0	722	739	16	2.3
Teton	16,428	16,526	98	0.6	114,285,839	122,133,896	7,848,057	6.9	535	568	33	6.2
Uinta	8,458	8,666	208	2.5	56,231,458	60,473,280	4,241,822	7.5	511	537	25	5.0

SOUTHEAST	62,363	65,241	2,877	4.6	$435,072,240	$464,124,322	$29,052,082	6.7	$537	$547	$11	2.0
Albany	14,921	16,931	2010^a	13.5	101,681,470	113,836,956	12,155,486	12.0	524	517	-7	-1.3
Goshen	4,050	4,075	26	0.6	22,584,900	23,094,555	509,655	2.3	429	436	7	1.6
Laramie	39,243	39,964	721	1.8	282,539,864	297,236,643	14,696,779	5.2	554	572	18	3.3
Niobrara	801	778	-22	-2.8	4,358,259	4,444,060	85,801	2.0	419	439	20	4.9
Platte	3,349	3,492	143	4.3	23,907,747	25,512,108	1,604,361	6.7	549	562	13	2.4

CENTRAL	44,589	46,369	1,780	4.0	$328,034,165	$360,024,030	$31,989,865	9.8	$566	$597	$31	5.5
Carbon	6,332	6,562	230	3.6	40,333,099	42,693,106	2,360,007	5.9	490	500	10	2.1
Converse	4,497	4,631	134	3.0	35,301,675	36,422,610	1,120,935	3.2	604	605	1	0.2
Natrona	33,760	35,176	1,416	4.2	252,399,391	280,908,314	28,508,923	11.3	575	614	39	6.8

Nonclassified^b	6,013	5,058	-955	-15.9	$51,344,885	$45,453,702	-$5,891,183	-11.5	$657	$691	$34	5.2

^aIncrease of approximately 1,500 employees and $2 million due to new payroll system in place first quarter 2004.
^bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.