Table 2: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll and Average Weekly Wages for Fourth Quarter 1997 by Industry

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change		Fourth Quarter		Change
	1997	1996	No.	Percent	1997	1996	No.	Percent	1997	1996	No.	Percent
Total	218,046	214,612	3,434	1.6%	$1,384,158,351	$1,298,293,406	$85,864,945	6.6%	$488	$465	$23	4.9%
Total Private	163,921	160,431	3,491	2.2%	$1,039,256,988	$965,266,917	$73,990,071	7.7%	$488	$463	$25	5.4%
--Agriculture	2,972	2,927	45	1.5	14,178,264	13,208,850	969,414	7.3	367	347	20	5.7
--Mining	17,472	16,230	1,242	7.7	213,991,052	191,575,482	22,415,570	11.7	942	908	34	3.8
--Construction	15,623	14,935	688	4.6	108,193,328	100,967,016	7,226,312	7.2	533	520	13	2.4
--Manufacturing	11,078	11,003	75	0.7	88,607,650	84,601,451	4,006,199	4.7	615	591	24	4.0
--TCPU*	11,063	11,201	-137	-1.2	97,639,788	93,831,205	3,808,583	4.1	679	644	34	5.4
--Wholesale Trade	7,847	7,430	416	5.6	63,019,253	56,476,989	6,542,264	11.6	618	585	33	5.7
--Retail Trade	44,386	44,820	-434	-1.0	151,967,324	146,109,785	5,857,539	4.0	263	251	13	5.0
--FIRE**	8,184	7,943	240	3.0	61,520,007	58,426,200	3,093,807	5.3	578	566	12	2.2
--Services	45,297	43,942	1,355	3.1	240,140,322	220,069,939	20,070,383	9.1	408	385	23	5.9
Total Government	54,125	54,181	-57	-0.1%	$344,901,363	$333,026,489	$11,874,874	3.6%	$490	$473	$17	3.7%
--Federal Government	6,871	6,965	-94	-1.3	68,745,531	63,045,372	5,700,159	9.0	770	696	73	10.5
--State Government	11,605	11,518	87	0.8	77,688,262	74,985,739	2,702,523	3.6	515	501	14	2.8
--Local Government	35,648	35,699	-50	-0.1	198,467,570	194,995,378	3,472,192	1.8	428	420	8	1.9

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