Table 7:  Wyoming Statewide Covered Employment, Total Wages, & Average Weekly Wages by NAICS Industries, Fourth Quarters 2003 and 2002
		Average Monthly Employment				Total Wages				Average Weekly Wages
		Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change
	NAICS* Sectors	2003	2002	Number	Percent	2003	2002	Number	Percent	2003	2002	Number	Percent
Total, Statewide		243,106	239,105	4,001	1.7	$1,947,083,171	$1,839,183,069	$107,900,102	5.9	$616	$592	$24	4.1
Private (NAICS)	11 - 99	183,844	179,858	3,986	2.2	$1,460,873,314	$1,372,217,118	$88,656,196	6.5	$611	$587	$24	4.2
--Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	11	2,213	2,251	-38	-1.7	14,927,704	14,303,475	624,229	4.4	519	489	30	6.2
--Mining	21	19,155	17,501	1,654	9.5	282,938,810	251,884,768	31,054,042	12.3	1,136	1,107	29	2.6
--Utilities	22	2,144	2,116	29	1.4	37,026,304	34,924,177	2,102,127	6.0	1,328	1,270	58	4.6
--Construction	23	20,116	19,836	280	1.4	184,372,371	174,185,889	10,186,482	5.8	705	675	30	4.4
--Manufacturing	31 - 33	9,678	9,672	6	0.1	93,109,807	87,868,965	5,240,842	6.0	740	699	41	5.9
--Wholesale Trade	42	7,078	7,022	56	0.8	73,460,562	68,114,112	5,346,450	7.8	798	746	52	7.0
--Retail Trade	44 - 45	30,216	30,404	-188	-0.6	157,650,121	152,777,227	4,872,894	3.2	401	387	15	3.8
--Transportation & Warehousing	48 - 49	7,054	6,774	280	4.1	59,844,326	55,094,835	4,749,491	8.6	653	626	27	4.3
--Information	51	4,170	4,067	103	2.5	31,591,347	30,892,942	698,405	2.3	583	584	-2	-0.3
--Finance & Insurance	52	6,795	6,610	185	2.8	65,531,637	61,626,384	3,905,253	6.3	742	717	25	3.4
--Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	53	3,439	3,347	91	2.7	23,457,790	22,973,415	484,375	2.1	525	528	-3	-0.6
--Professional & Technical Services	54	7,507	7,607	-100	-1.3	82,489,994	88,816,870	-6,326,876	-7.1	845	898	-53	-5.9
--Management of Companies & Enterprises	55	522	693	-171	-24.7	17,592,170	13,110,317	4,481,853	34.2	2,591	1,455	1,136	78.1	1.
--Administrative  & Waste Services	56	7,551	7,236	316	4.4	41,663,599	37,335,667	4,327,932	11.6	424	397	27	6.9
--Educational Services	61	1,166	1,036	131	12.6	6,694,556	5,723,457	971,099	17.0	442	425	16	3.9
--Health Care & Social Assistance	62	18,903	18,109	794	4.4	156,619,054	146,351,198	10,267,856	7.0	637	622	16	2.5
--Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	71	2,315	2,249	66	2.9	8,895,736	8,149,644	746,092	9.2	296	279	17	6.0
--Accommodation & Food Services	72	26,395	25,891	504	1.9	80,647,891	76,357,124	4,290,767	5.6	235	227	8	3.6
--Other Services, Except Public Administration	81	7,427	7,438	-12	-0.2	42,356,267	41,726,652	629,615	1.5	439	432	7	1.7
--Nonclassified	99-ND
Total Government		59,262	59,247	14	0.0	$486,209,857	$466,965,951	$19,243,906	4.1	$631	$606	$25	4.1
--Federal Government		7,370	7,651	-280	-3.7	87,708,753	86,758,881	949,872	1.1	915	872	43	4.9
--State Government		12,714	12,513	201	1.6	118,920,591	112,132,546	6,788,045	6.1	720	689	30	4.4
--Local Government		39,178	39,084	94	0.2	279,580,513	268,074,524	11,505,989	4.3	549	528	21	4.0
*  North American Industry Classification System.
ND - Not Disclosable.
Wyoming Department of Employment
Research & Planning
Source:  QCEW Report (Fourth Run Date:  August 2004)
Prepared 09/22/2004  Nancy Brennan
Preliminary:  Subject to Revision
1.  Decrease in employment and wages due to reclassifications from management of companies & enterprises (551) to social assistance (624) and to professional & technical services (541). New company. Two corporate executive officers in two different companies had "executive pay" in excess of $10 million.
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