Table 4: Yearly Percent Change in Average Weekly Wages
(Nominal and Real)

for Wyoming by Industry (1982 - 94)


Nominal Weekly Wage
82-83 83-84 84-85 85-86 86-87 87-88 88-89 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94
Total -0.6% 2.3% 3.4% 0.3% -0.8% 1.4% 0.8% 4.3% 2.6% 3.0% 2.5% 1.4%
--Agriculture 5.3 3.0 6.3 2.3 0.4 4.5 5.6 2.4 6.3 1.9 4.0 7.4
--Mining 3.8 3.0 7.0 6.0 -1.8 4.4 1.9 3.3 3.8 4.4 2.4 1.4
--Construction -15.6 1.1 12.6 1.2 -4.8 -1.0 0.5 5.1 1.8 2.0 -1.3 3.4
--Manufacturing 1.1 1.0 1.6 2.0 0.8 1.2 2.9 6.7 5.6 3.0 2.3 1.2
--TPU* 4.9 2.9 2.8 1.9 4.1 2.6 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.4 2.2 1.2
--Wholesale Trade -1.7 2.4 0.5 -0.7 2.2 1.2 3.2 1.3 2.2 4.5 1.9 1.2
--Retail Trade 1.1 1.6 1.1 0.5 -0.5 0.0 1.6 4.2 4.0 4.8 1.4 2.7
--FIRE** 4.6 4.4 4.2 2.3 1.7 1.1 3.8 3.2 3.8 4.9 15.5 7.7
--Services 0.9 3.0 0.4 2.9 0.0 3.2 1.5 8.7 -0.7 7.0 4.3 1.9
--Federal Government 8.1 4.8 3.4 0.9 2.2 3.7 4.8 3.0 6.7 7.6 5.2 1.4
--State Government 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.3 0.2 0.7 -0.7 4.0 2.4 2.1 3.6 4.6
--Local Government 9.6 6.0 4.4 2.8 1.9 -1.4 0.5 4.1 2.9 1.3 1.5 0.2


Real Weekly Wage
82-83 83-84 84-85 85-86 86-87 87-88 88-89 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94
Total -3.8% -1.8% -0.1% -1.6% -4.3% -2.6% -3.8% -1.0% -1.6% 0.0% -0.5% -1.1%
--Agriculture 1.9 -1.1 2.7 0.4 -3.1 0.3 0.7 -2.8 2.0 -1.1 1.0 4.7
--Mining 0.5 -1.2 3.3 4.1 -5.3 0.3 -2.8 -2.0 -0.4 1.4 -0.6 -1.1
--Construction -18.3 -3.0 8.7 -0.7 -8.2 -4.9 -4.1 -0.3 -2.3 -0.9 -4.2 0.8
--Manufacturing -2.2 -3.0 -1.9 0.2 -2.8 -2.8 -1.8 1.2 1.3 -0.0 -0.7 -1.3
--TPU* 1.6 -1.2 -0.7 0.0 0.5 -1.5 -2.4 -2.3 -0.7 1.4 -0.8 -1.3
--Wholesale Trade -4.8 -1.7 -3.0 -2.5 -1.4 -2.9 -1.5 -3.9 -1.9 1.5 -1.1 -1.3
--Retail Trade -2.1 -2.5 -2.4 -1.3 -4.0 -4.0 -3.1 -1.2 -0.2 1.8 -1.6 0.2
--FIRE** 1.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 -1.9 -2.9 -0.9 -2.1 -0.4 1.9 12.1 5.0
--Services -2.4 -1.2 -3.0 1.0 -3.5 -0.9 -3.1 3.2 -4.7 3.9 1.2 -0.6
--Federal Government 4.6 0.6 -0.1 -1.0 -1.4 -0.5 -0.0 -2.3 2.4 4.4 2.1 -1.1
--State Government -1.7 -2.0 -1.7 -0.6 -3.3 -3.3 -5.3 -1.4 -1.8 -0.9 0.6 2.0
--Local Government 6.1 1.7 0.8 1.0 -1.7 -5.3 -4.1 -1.3 -1.3 -1.7 -1.5 -2.2


* TPU = Transportation & Public Utilities
** FIRE = Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate


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