Statewide
CES Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment1

Wyoming's employment should continue to record annual gains as long as Wyoming maintains its transition from an economy driven by mineral extraction to a service-providing economy.

EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS % CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
JAN 96 (p) DEC 95 (r) JAN 95 DEC 95-JAN 96 JAN 95-96
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT* 213.7 219.7 210.5 -2.7 1.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 38.9 41.0 38.6 -5.1 0.8
--Mining 16.5 17.0 17.1 -2.9 -3.5
----Coal Mining 4.7 4.8 4.7 -2.1 0.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction 7.2 7.6 8.0 -5.3 -10.0
------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas 2.6 2.7 2.9 -3.7 -10.3
------Oil & Gas Field Services 4.6 4.9 5.1 -6.1 -9.8
----Nonmetallic Minerals 4.0 4.0 3.8 0.0 5.3
--Construction 12.3 13.9 11.7 -11.5 5.1
----General Building Contractors 3.1 3.5 3.1 -11.4 0.0
----Heavy Construction 2.8 3.4 2.7 -17.6 3.7
----Special Trade Construction 6.4 7.0 5.9 -8.6 8.5
--Manufacturing 10.1 10.1 9.8 0.0 3.1
----Durable Goods 4.9 4.9 4.7 0.0 4.3
----Nondurable Goods 5.2 5.2 5.1 0.0 2.0
------Printing & Publishing 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0
------Petroleum & Coal Products 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0
EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS % CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
JAN 96 (p) DEC 95 (r) JAN 95 DEC 95-JAN 96 JAN 95-96
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 174.8 178.7 171.9 -2.2 1.7
--Transportation & Public Utilities 13.4 13.7 13.6 -2.2 -1.5
----Transportation 8.2 8.5 8.3 -3.5 -1.2
------Railroad Transportation 2.4 2.5 2.4 -4.0 0.0
------Trucking & Warehousing 4.1 4.4 4.1 -6.8 0.0
----Communications 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0
------Telephone Communications 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0
----Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services 3.3 3.3 3.5 0.0 -5.7
------Electric Services 2.2 2.2 2.3 0.0 -4.3
EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS % CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
JAN 96 (p) DEC 95 (r) JAN 95 DEC 95-JAN 96 JAN 95-96
--Trade 50.4 52.4 48.7 -3.8 3.5
----Wholesale Trade 7.5 7.6 7.2 -1.3 4.2
------Durable Goods 4.1 4.2 4.0 -2.4 2.5
------Nondurable Goods 3.4 3.4 3.2 0.0 6.3
----Retail Trade 42.9 44.8 41.5 -4.2 3.4
------Bldg. Matls. & Garden Supply 1.7 1.8 1.7 -5.6 0.0
------General Merchandise Stores 4.8 5.2 4.8 -7.7 0.0
--------Department Stores 3.9 4.2 3.7 -7.1 5.4
------Food Stores 5.3 5.5 5.1 -3.6 3.9
------Auto. Dlrs. & Service Stations 7.4 7.5 7.2 -1.3 2.8
--------Gas Stations 3.9 4.0 3.8 -2.5 2.6
------Apparel & Accessory Stores 1.6 1.8 1.6 -11.1 0.0
------Furniture & Home Furn. Stores 1.3 1.4 1.3 -7.1 0.0
------Eating & Drinking Places 16.2 16.8 15.3 -3.6 5.9
------Miscellaneous Retail 4.6 4.8 4.5 -4.2 2.2
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 7.9 7.9 7.8 0.0 1.3
----Depos-Nondepos & Security Brkrs. 3.6 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0
------Depository Institutions 2.9 2.9 3.0 0.0 -3.3
----Insurance 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.0 0.0
EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS % CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
JAN 96 (p) DEC 95 (r) JAN 95 DEC 95-JAN 96 JAN 95-96
--Services 44.8 45.4 43.0 -1.3 4.2
----Hotels & Other Lodging Places 6.8 7.0 6.5 -2.9 4.6
----Personal Services 1.9 1.8 1.9 5.6 0.0
----Business Services 4.9 5.2 4.5 -5.8 8.9
----Automotive & Misc. Repair Svcs. 2.6 2.7 2.5 -3.7 4.0
----Amusements (Rec.Svcs.& Mot.Pics.) 3.4 3.2 3.2 6.3 6.3
----Health Services 9.7 9.8 9.4 -1.0 3.2
------Offices of Doctors of Medicine 2.0 2.0 1.8 0.0 11.1
----Legal Services 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.0 0.0
----Social Services 5.0 5.1 4.9 -2.0 2.0
----Membership Organizations 3.5 3.6 3.5 -2.8 0.0
----Engineering & Management 3.3 3.3 3.2 0.0 3.1
--Government 58.3 59.3 58.8 -1.7 -0.9
----Total Federal Government 6.8 6.9 7.2 -1.4 -5.6
------Department of Defense 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
----Total State Government 13.5 13.7 13.9 -1.5 -2.9
------State Education 5.5 5.7 5.5 -3.5 0.0
----Total Local Government 38.0 38.7 37.7 -1.8 0.8
------Local Hospitals 4.9 4.9 4.8 0.0 2.1
------Local Education 21.6 21.9 21.6 -1.4 0.0

* Published in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


(1) Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates include all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in nonagricultural establishments who worked or received pay during the week which includes the 12th of the month. Self-employed, domestic services, and personnel of the armed forces are excluded.


(p) Subject to revision.
(r) Revised.


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