Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment

Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment¹

by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

Wyoming Statewide| Laramie County | Natrona County

"Small job losses were seen in Manufacturing (-200 jobs or -1.7%), Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities (-100 jobs or -0.7%) and Federal Government (-300 jobs or -3.6%)."

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

					JUL01(p)	JUN01(r)	JUL 00	JUL 01	JUL 01
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					252.1	255.4	246.0	-1.3	2.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					50.5	50.3	48.2	0.4	4.8
	Mining				19.4	19.3	17.3	0.5	12.1
		Coal Mining			4.7	4.7	4.6	0.0	2.2
		Oil & Gas Extraction			11.5	11.5	9.4	0.0	22.3
			Crude Petrol-Natural Gas		2.9	2.9	2.7	0.0	7.4
			Oil & Gas Field Services		8.6	8.6	6.7	0.0	28.4
		Nonmetallic Minerals			2.8	2.7	2.8	3.7	0.0
	Construction				19.8	19.7	19.4	0.5	2.1
		General Building Contractors			4.7	4.6	4.6	2.2	2.2
		Heavy Construction			6.2	6.2	5.8	0.0	6.9
		Special Trade Construction			8.9	8.9	9.0	0.0	-1.1
	Manufacturing				11.3	11.3	11.5	0.0	-1.7
		Durable Goods			5.1	5.1	5.2	0.0	-1.9
		Nondurable Goods			6.2	6.2	6.3	0.0	-1.6
			Printing & Publishing		1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
			Petroleum & Coal Products		1.2	1.2	1.3	0.0	-7.7

TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					201.6	205.1	197.8	-1.7	1.9
	Transportation & Public Utilities				14.5	14.6	14.6	-0.7	-0.7
		Transportation			9.6	9.7	9.5	-1.0	1.1
			Railroad Transportation		3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
			Trucking & Warehousing		3.7	3.8	3.7	-2.6	0.0
		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				58.9	57.9	57.9	1.7	1.7
		Wholesale Trade			8.1	8.0	7.8	1.3	3.8
			Durable Goods		4.8	4.7	4.5	2.1	6.7
			Nondurable Goods		3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
		Retail Trade			50.8	49.9	50.1	1.8	1.4
			Building Materials & Garden Supply		2.3	2.3	2.1	0.0	9.5
			General Merchandise Stores		6.2	6.0	5.7	3.3	8.8
				Department Stores	4.6	4.6	4.2	0.0	9.5
			Food Stores		5.5	5.4	5.9	1.9	-6.8
			Auto Dealers & Service Stations		8.5	8.5	8.6	0.0	-1.2
				Gas Stations	4.4	4.4	4.5	0.0	-2.2
			Apparel & Accessory Stores		1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0
			Furniture & Home Furnishing Stores		1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	0.0
			Eating & Drinking Places		19.4	18.9	19.2	2.6	1.0
			Miscellaneous Retail		6.0	5.9	5.7	1.7	5.3
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				8.4	8.3	8.2	1.2	2.4
		Depos-Nondepos & Security Brokers			4.4	4.4	4.2	0.0	4.8
			Depository Institutions		3.5	3.5	3.4	0.0	2.9
		Insurance			1.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
	Services				62.9	61.9	60.6	1.6	3.8
		Hotels & Other Lodging Places			13.5	12.5	13.4	8.0	0.7
		Personal Services			2.0	2.0	1.9	0.0	5.3
		Business Services			8.9	8.8	8.4	1.1	6.0
		Automotive & Misc. Repair Services			3.1	3.1	3.0	0.0	3.3
		Amusements (Rec Services & Mot. Pics.)			4.5	4.3	4.2	4.7	7.1
		Health Services			11.5	11.4	11.0	0.9	4.5
			Offices of Doctors of Medicine		2.7	2.7	2.5	0.0	8.0
		Legal Services			1.2	1.3	1.3	-7.7	-7.7
		Social Services			6.2	6.4	5.8	-3.1	6.9
		Membership Organizations			3.8	3.8	3.7	0.0	2.7
		Engineering & Management			4.4	4.3	3.9	2.3	12.8
	Government				56.9	62.4	56.5	-8.8	0.7
		Total Federal Government			8.0	7.8	8.3	2.6	-3.6
			Department of Defense		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
		Total State Government			13.4	13.8	13.2	-2.9	1.5
			State Education		4.6	5.1	4.6	-9.8	0.0
		Total Local Government			35.5	40.8	35.0	-13.0	1.4
			Local Hospitals		5.5	5.5	5.2	0.0	5.8
			Local Education		15.8	21.2	15.9	-25.5	-0.6

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					39.3	39.0	38.4	0.8	2.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					4.4	4.4	4.3	0.0	2.3
	Mining & Construction				2.7	2.7	2.5	0.0	8.0
	Manufacturing				1.7	1.7	1.8	0.0	-5.6
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					34.9	34.6	34.1	0.9	2.3
	Transportation & Public Utilities				2.8	2.8	3.0	0.0	-6.7
	Trade				9.4	9.2	9.1	2.2	3.3
		Wholesale Trade			0.8	0.8	0.9	0.0	-11.1
		Retail Trade			8.6	8.4	8.2	2.4	4.9
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
	Services				8.8	8.7	8.6	1.1	2.3
	Total Government				12.2	12.2	11.7	0.0	4.3
		Federal Government			2.5	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.0
		State Government			3.6	3.5	3.4	2.9	5.9
		Local Government			6.1	6.2	5.8	-1.6	5.2

NATRONA COUNTY*

TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY
EMPLOYMENT					32.4	33.5	31.8	-3.3	1.9

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING					5.9	6.0	5.6	-1.7	5.4
	Mining				2.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	15.0
	Construction				2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
	Manufacturing				1.5	1.6	1.5	-6.3	0.0
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING					26.5	27.5	26.2	-3.6	1.1
	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	9.1	8.8	0.0	3.4
		Wholesale Trade			2.6	2.5	2.4	4.0	8.3
		Retail Trade			6.5	6.6	6.4	-1.5	1.6
	Finance, Insurance & Real Estate				1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
	Services				9.8	10.0	9.6	-2.0	2.1
		Personal & Business Services			2.1	2.2	2.0	-4.5	5.0
		Health Services			3.2	3.2	3.0	0.0	6.7
	Government				4.8	5.6	4.9	-14.3	-2.0
		Federal Government			0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
		State Government			0.7	0.7	0.8	0.0	-12.5
		Local Government			3.4	4.2	3.4	-19.0	0.0
			Local Education		1.9	2.8	2.0	-32.1	-5.0

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.