Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment¹

by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"Wyoming job growth surged ahead in June as 6,200 jobs were created giving the state a growth rate of 2.5 percent."

Wyoming Statewide| Laramie County | Natrona County

								Percent Change
					Employment in Thousands			Total Employment
WYOMING STATEWIDE*								MAY 01	JUN 00

					JUN01(p)	MAY01(r)	JUN 00	JUN 01	JUN 01
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					254.7	245.9	248.5	3.6	2.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					50.3	48.7	47.8	3.3	5.2
	Mining				19.3	18.5	17.0	4.3	13.5
		Coal Mining			4.7	4.6	4.6	2.2	2.2
		Oil & Gas Extraction			11.5	10.9	9.1	5.5	26.4
			Crude Petrol-Natural Gas		2.9	2.8	2.6	3.6	11.5
			Oil & Gas Field Services		8.6	8.1	6.5	6.2	32.3
		Nonmetallic Minerals			2.8	2.7	2.8	3.7	0.0
	Construction				19.7	19.2	19.4	2.6	1.5
		General Building Contractors			4.5	4.2	4.5	7.1	0.0
		Heavy Construction			6.3	6.4	6.0	-1.6	5.0
		Special Trade Construction			8.9	8.6	8.9	3.5	0.0
	Manufacturing				11.3	11.0	11.4	2.7	-0.9
		Durable Goods			5.1	5.1	5.2	0.0	-1.9
		Nondurable Goods			6.2	5.9	6.2	5.1	0.0
			Printing & Publishing		1.7	1.6	1.7	6.2	0.0
			Petroleum & Coal Products		1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0

TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					204.4	197.2	200.7	3.7	1.8
	Transportation & Public Utilities				14.5	14.3	14.6	1.4	-0.7
		Transportation			9.6	9.4	9.5	2.1	1.1
			Railroad Transportation		3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
			Trucking & Warehousing		3.8	3.6	3.7	5.6	2.7
		Communications			2.1	2.1	2.2	0.0	-4.5
			Telephone Communications		1.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	-9.1
		Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services			2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-3.4
			Electric Services		1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
	Trade				58.0	56.0	56.7	3.6	2.3
		Wholesale Trade			8.0	8.1	7.9	-1.2	1.3
			Durable Goods		4.7	4.8	4.5	-2.1	4.4
			Nondurable Goods		3.3	3.3	3.4	0.0	-2.9
		Retail Trade			50.0	47.9	48.8	4.4	2.5
			Building Materials & Garden Supply		2.3	2.3	2.2	0.0	4.5
			General Merchandise Stores		6.0	5.6	5.3	7.1	13.2
				Department Stores	4.6	4.6	3.8	0.0	21.1
			Food Stores		5.5	5.5	5.6	0.0	-1.8
			Auto Dealers & Service Stations		8.4	8.4	8.4	0.0	0.0
				Gas Stations	4.4	4.3	4.4	2.3	0.0
			Apparel & Accessory Stores		1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0
			Furniture & Home Furnishing Stores		1.7	1.7	1.6	0.0	6.2
			Eating & Drinking Places		18.8	17.3	18.7	8.7	0.5
			Miscellaneous Retail		6.0	5.8	5.7	3.4	5.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				8.3	8.2	8.2	1.2	1.2
		Depos-Nondepos & Security Brokers			4.3	4.3	4.2	0.0	2.4
			Depository Institutions		3.5	3.4	3.4	2.9	2.9
		Insurance			1.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
	Services				61.1	55.8	59.9	9.5	2.0
		Hotels & Other Lodging Places			12.7	8.8	12.9	44.3	-1.6
		Personal Services			2.1	2.0	1.9	5.0	10.5
		Business Services			8.5	8.2	8.3	3.7	2.4
		Automotive & Misc. Repair Services			3.1	2.9	3.0	6.9	3.3
		Amusements (Rec Services & Mot. Pics.)			4.0	3.4	3.9	17.6	2.6
		Health Services			11.4	11.3	10.9	0.9	4.6
			Offices of Doctors of Medicine		2.7	2.6	2.5	3.8	8.0
		Legal Services			1.3	1.2	1.3	8.3	0.0
		Social Services			6.2	6.3	6.0	-1.6	3.3
		Membership Organizations			3.7	3.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
		Engineering & Management			4.4	4.2	3.9	4.8	12.8
	Government				62.5	62.9	61.3	-0.6	2.0
		Total Federal Government			7.8	7.3	8.1	6.8	-3.7
			Department of Defense		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
		Total State Government			13.8	14.0	13.5	-1.4	2.2
			State Education		5.1	5.4	5.2	-5.6	-1.9
		Total Local Government			40.9	41.6	39.7	-1.7	3.0
			Local Hospitals		5.5	5.4	5.2	1.9	5.8
			Local Education		21.4	23.5	20.9	-8.9	2.4

LARAMIE COUNTY								MAY 01	JUN 00

					JUN01(p)	MAY01(r)	JUN 00	JUN 01	JUN 01
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					39.0	38.5	38.4	1.3	1.6

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					4.4	4.2	4.2	4.8	4.8
	Mining & Construction				2.7	2.5	2.5	8.0	8.0
	Manufacturing				1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					34.6	34.3	34.2	0.9	1.2
	Transportation & Public Utilities				2.8	2.8	3.0	0.0	-6.7
	Trade				9.0	9.2	8.9	-2.2	1.1
		Wholesale Trade			0.8	0.8	0.9	0.0	-11.1
		Retail Trade			8.2	8.4	8.0	-2.4	2.5
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
	Services				8.8	8.5	8.8	3.5	0.0
	Total Government				12.3	12.1	11.8	1.7	4.2
		Federal Government			2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.0
		State Government			3.5	3.5	3.4	0.0	2.9
		Local Government			6.3	6.1	5.9	3.3	6.8

NATRONA COUNTY*

TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					33.5	33.4	32.2	0.3	4.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					6.0	5.8	5.4	3.4	11.1
	Mining				2.3	2.2	1.9	4.5	21.1
	Construction				2.1	2.0	2.0	5.0	5.0
	Manufacturing				1.6	1.6	1.5	0.0	6.7
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					27.5	27.6	26.8	-0.4	2.6
	Transportation & Public Utilities				1.6	1.6	1.7	0.0	-5.9
		Transportation			1.1	1.1	1.2	0.0	-8.3
		Communications & Public Utilities			0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
	Trade				9.1	9.2	8.7	-1.1	4.6
		Wholesale Trade			2.5	2.5	2.4	0.0	4.2
		Retail Trade			6.6	6.7	6.3	-1.5	4.8
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
	Services				10.0	9.8	9.6	2.0	4.2
		Personal & Business Services			2.2	2.2	2.1	0.0	4.8
		Health Services			3.2	3.2	3.0	0.0	6.7
	Government				5.6	5.8	5.6	-3.4	0.0
		Federal Government			0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
		State Government			0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
		Local Government			4.2	4.4	4.2	-4.5	0.0
			Local Education		2.8	3.1	2.8	-9.7	0.0

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.
*Published in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(p) Subject to revision. (r) Revised.