Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment⁽¹⁾
Wyoming Statewide | Laramie County | Natrona County
Data produced by: Gregg Detweiler, Senior Economist

"Wyoming's total nonagricultural employment growth continues to hover around one percent over the year (up 0.7% from April 1998 to 1999)."

WYOMING STATEWIDE(*)
	Employment in Thousands			% Change in Employment
	APR 99 (p)	MAR 99 (r)	APR 98	MAR-APR 99	APR 98-99
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT	224.2	221.1	222.6	1.4	0.7
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	42.1	40.6	41.6	3.7	1.2
--Mining	16.2	16.3	16.5	-0.6	-1.8
----Coal Mining	4.5	4.5	4.4	0.0	2.3
----Oil & Gas Extraction	8.1	8.2	8.3	-1.2	-2.4
------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas	2.5	2.5	2.6	0.0	-3.8
------Oil & Gas Field Services	5.6	5.7	5.7	-1.8	-1.8
----Nonmetallic Minerals	3.0	3.0	3.1	0.0	-3.2
--Construction	15.1	13.8	14.6	9.4	3.4
----General Building Contractors	3.8	3.6	3.6	5.6	5.6
----Heavy Construction	4.2	3.5	3.9	20.0	7.7
----Special Trade Construction	7.1	6.7	7.1	6.0	0.0
--Manufacturing	10.8	10.5	10.5	2.9	2.9
----Durable Goods	5.0	4.9	4.9	2.0	2.0
----Nondurable Goods	5.8	5.6	5.6	3.6	3.6
------Printing & Publishing	1.7	1.7	1.6	0.0	6.3
------Petroleum & Coal Products	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	182.1	180.5	181.0	0.9	0.6
--Transportation & Public Utilities	14.0	13.9	13.7	0.7	2.2
----Transportation	8.7	8.6	8.6	1.2	1.2
------Railroad Transportation	2.9	2.8	2.9	3.6	0.0
------Trucking & Warehousing	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.0	0.0
----Communications	2.2	2.1	2.0	4.8	10.0
------Telephone Communications	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.0	11.1
----Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services	3.1	3.1	3.1	0.0	0.0
------Electric Services	2.1	2.1	2.0	0.0	5.0
--Trade	51.1	50.3	51.0	1.6	0.2
----Wholesale Trade	7.8	7.7	7.8	1.3	0.0
------Durable Goods	4.4	4.3	4.4	2.3	0.0
------Nondurable Goods	3.4	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.0
----Retail Trade	43.3	42.6	43.2	1.6	0.2
------Building Materials & Garden Supply	2.1	1.9	2.0	10.5	5.0
------General Merchandise Stores	4.6	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0
--------Department Stores	3.9	4.0	3.8	-2.5	2.6
------Food Stores	5.5	5.3	5.5	3.8	0.0
------Automotive Dealers & Service Stations	7.9	7.8	7.8	1.3	1.3
--------Gas Stations	4.2	4.1	4.1	2.4	2.4
------Apparel & Accessory Stores	1.3	1.4	1.3	-7.1	0.0
------Furniture & Home Furnishing Stores	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
------Eating & Drinking Places	15.7	15.4	15.8	1.9	-0.6
------Miscellaneous Retail	4.7	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	8.6	8.6	8.5	0.0	1.2
----Depository-Nondepository & Security Brokers	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0
------Depository Institutions	3.2	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.0
----Insurance	2.4	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0
--Services	48.6	48.1	47.7	1.0	1.9
----Hotels & Other Lodging Places	7.1	7.0	7.1	1.4	0.0
----Personal Services	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
----Business Services	6.6	6.5	6.2	1.5	6.5
----Automotive & Miscellaneous Repair Services	2.8	2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0
----Amusements (Recreational Services& Motion Pictures)	3.3	3.5	3.3	-5.7	0.0
----Health Services	10.3	10.2	10.3	1.0	0.0
------Offices of Doctors of Medicine	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.0	0.0
----Legal Services	1.3	1.2	1.3	8.3	0.0
----Social Services	5.6	5.5	5.3	1.8	5.7
----Membership Organizations	3.2	3.2	3.3	0.0	-3.0
----Engineering & Management	3.6	3.5	3.5	2.9	2.9
--Government	59.8	59.6	60.1	0.3	-0.5
----Total Federal Government	6.6	6.5	6.7	1.5	-1.5
------Department of Defense	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
----Total State Government	13.7	13.7	13.8	0.0	-0.7
------State Education	5.5	5.5	5.6	0.0	-1.8
----Total Local Government	39.5	39.4	39.6	0.3	-0.3
------Local Hospitals	5.1	5.1	5.1	0.0	0.0
------Local Education	22.3	22.5	22.4	-0.9	-0.4

LARAMIE COUNTY
	Employment in Thousands			% Change in Employment
	APR 99 (p)	MAR 99 (r)	APR 98	MAR-APR 99	APR 98-99
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT	35.8	35.3	35.4	1.4	1.1
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	4.1	3.8	4.0	7.9	2.5
--Mining & Construction	2.4	2.1	2.3	14.3	4.3
--Manufacturing	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	31.6	31.6	31.4	0.0	0.6
--Transportation and Public Utilities	2.5	2.5	2.4	0.0	4.2
--Trade	8.2	8.2	8.2	0.0	0.0
----Wholesale Trade	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
----Retail Trade	7.4	7.4	7.4	0.0	0.0
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	2.3	2.3	2.2	0.0	4.5
--Services	7.4	7.3	7.4	1.4	0.0
--Total Government	11.2	11.3	11.2	-0.9	0.0
----Federal Government	2.4	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0
----State Government	3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
----Local Government	5.5	5.5	5.5	0.0	0.0

NATRONA COUNTY(*)
	Employment in Thousands			% Change in Employment
	APR 99 (p)	MAR 99 (r)	APR 98	MAR-APR 99	APR 98-99
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT	31.0	30.6	30.4	1.3	2.0
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	5.3	5.3	5.3	0.0	0.0
--Manufacturing	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
--Mining	1.9	2.0	2.0	-5.0	-5.0
--Construction	1.9	1.8	1.8	5.6	5.6
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	25.7	25.3	25.1	1.6	2.4
--Transportation & Public Utilities	1.8	1.8	1.7	0.0	5.9
----Transportation	1.2	1.2	1.1	0.0	9.1
----Communications & Public Utilities	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
--Trade	8.4	8.3	8.3	1.2	1.2
----Wholesale Trade	2.4	2.4	2.3	0.0	4.3
----Retail Trade	6.0	5.9	6.0	1.7	0.0
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
--Services	8.7	8.4	8.4	3.6	3.6
----Personal & Business Services	1.8	1.7	1.6	5.9	12.5
----Health Services	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0	0.0
--Government	5.6	5.6	5.5	0.0	1.8
----Local Government	4.2	4.2	4.1	0.0	2.4
------Local Education	2.9	3.0	2.8	-3.3	3.6

* 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. Data are not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Subject to revision.
(r) Revised.

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