Table 5: Quarterly Wages for Persons Aged 25 to 34 by Industry and Educational Attainment, 2000

Table 5: Quarterly Wages for Persons Aged 25 to 34 by Industry and Educational Attainment, 2000

	No Known College					Community College 1996-1998 Graduates

	Avg. Wage	Qtrs.	Number	Percent of Total Number	Qtrs/SSN	Avg. Wage	Qtrs.	Number	Percent of Total Number	Qtrs/SSN

Agriculture	$3,610	95	27	1.1	3.5	$2,873	47	16	1.7	2.9
Mining	9,416	898	244	10.2	3.7	9,647	139	40	4.3	3.5
Construction	6,441	1,014	271	11.3	3.7	$5,622	144	47	5.0	3.1
Manufacturing	6,828	639	162	6.8	3.9	5,666	118	39	4.2	3.0
TCPU*	6,373	438	118	4.9	3.7	5,368	76	22	2.4	3.5
Wholesale Trade	6,797	549	144	6.0	3.8	7,903	156	45	4.8	3.5
Retail Trade	3,881	2,182	561	23.5	3.9	2,914	531	163	17.4	3.3
FIRE**	4,715	440	114	4.8	3.9	4,296	131	41	4.4	3.2
Services	4,341	1,795	476	19.9	3.8	5,123	1,133	330	35.3	3.4
Government	4,885	1,063	275	11.5	3.9	4,483	640	193	20.6	3.3

Total	$5,459	9,113	2,392	100.0	3.8	$4,937	3,115	936	100.0	3.3

	University of Wyoming 1996-1998 Graduates					College Proxy

	Avg. Wage	Qtrs.	Number	Percent of Total Number	Qtrs/SSN	Avg. Wage	Qtrs.	Number	Percent of Total Number	Qtrs/SSN

Agriculture	***	***	***			***	***	***
Mining	***	***	***			$12,816	197	52	9.9	3.8
Construction	***	***	***			***	***	***
Manufacturing	$8,314	39	41	10.0	1.0	10,010	152	41	7.8	3.7
TCPU*	7,579	38	19	4.6	2.0	9,645	68	19	3.6	3.6
Wholesale Trade	***	***	***			8,844	91	24	4.6	3.8
Retail Trade	5,435	140	65	15.9	2.2	5,746	260	65	12.4	4.0
FIRE**	7,352	89	18	4.4	4.9	7,415	66	18	3.4	3.7
Services	5,997	445	127	31.0	3.5	6,533	481	127	24.2	3.8
Government	5,654	571	140	34.1	4.1	7,589	541	140	26.7	3.9

Total	$6,130	1,322	410	100.0	3.2	$7,882	1,988	524	100.0	3.8

* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.
*** Suppressed for confidentiality.
Note: Qtrs/SSN represents the average number of quarters each individual worked in 2000.