Retail Trade, Services, Local Government and Mining made up the bulk of covered employment in Wyoming in 1994 according to data from the ES-202 (Covered Employment and Wages); on the other hand, Services, Retail Trade, Manufacturing and Local Government were the major employing industries in the United States. Manufacturing is proportionally smaller in covered employment in Wyoming (4.8%) than in the United States (16.3%) while Local Government is proportionally larger in Wyoming (16.2%) than in the United States (10.0%). In addition, Mining makes up a large percentage of covered employment in Wyoming (8.5%) and a very small percentage in the United States (0.5%). In fact, Wyoming was the top coal-producing state in the country in 1994.
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