Statewide
CES Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment¹

	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	AUG 96 (p)	JUL 96 (r)	AUG 95	JUL-AUG 96	AUG 95-96
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT*	227.4	225.0	224.5	1.1	1.3
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	43.1	42.9	43.3	0.5	-0.5
--Mining	17.1	17.1	17.4	0.0	-1.7
----Coal Mining	4.7	4.8	4.7	-2.1	0.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction	7.5	7.3	8.0	2.7	-6.3
------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas	2.7	2.7	2.9	0.0	-6.9
------Oil & Gas Field Services	4.8	4.6	5.1	4.3	-5.9
----Nonmetallic Minerals	4.2	4.2	4.1	0.0	2.4
--Construction	16.1	15.8	16.0	1.9	0.6
----General Building Contractors	3.7	3.6	3.7	2.8	0.0
----Heavy Construction	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.3	0.0
----Special Trade Construction	7.6	7.6	7.5	0.0	1.3
--Manufacturing	9.9	10.0	9.9	-1.0	0.0
----Durable Goods	4.9	5.0	4.9	-2.0	0.0
----Nondurable Goods	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0
------Printing & Publishing	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.0	-5.9
------Petroleum & Coal Products	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	AUG 96 (p)	JUL 96 (r)	AUG 95	JUL-AUG 96	AUG 95-96
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	184.3	182.1	181.2	1.2	1.7
--Transportation & Public Utilities	13.7	13.7	13.8	0.0	-0.7
----Transportation	8.4	8.5	8.5	-1.2	-1.2
------Railroad Transportation	2.4	2.4	2.5	0.0	-4.0
------Trucking & Warehousing	4.2	4.3	4.2	-2.3	0.0
----Communications	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
------Telephone Communications	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
----Electric, Gas, & Sanitary Services	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.0	-2.9
------Electric Services	2.1	2.1	2.3	0.0	-8.7
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	AUG 96 (p)	JUL 96 (r)	AUG 95	JUL-AUG 96	AUG 95-96
--Trade	56.1	56.0	55.4	0.2	1.3
----Wholesale Trade	7.7	7.7	7.7	0.0	0.0
------Durable Goods	4.2	4.2	4.2	0.0	0.0
------Nondurable Goods	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.0	0.0
----Retail Trade	48.4	48.3	47.7	0.2	1.5
------Bldg. Matls. & Garden Supply	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
------General Merchandise Stores	5.7	5.6	5.5	1.8	3.6
--------Department Stores	3.9	3.8	3.7	2.6	5.4
------Food Stores	5.5	5.4	5.5	1.9	0.0
------Auto. Dlrs. & Service Stations	7.9	7.9	7.9	0.0	0.0
--------Gas Stations	4.3	4.2	4.3	2.4	0.0
------Apparel & Accessory Stores	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
------Furniture & Home Furn. Stores	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0
------Eating & Drinking Places	19.5	19.6	19.0	-0.5	2.6
------Miscellaneous Retail	4.8	4.8	4.8	0.0	0.0
--Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	8.1	8.1	8.1	0.0	0.0
----Depos-Nondepos & Security Brkrs.	3.6	3.6	3.6	0.0	0.0
------Depository Institutions	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
----Insurance	2.3	2.3	2.2	0.0	4.5
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	AUG 96 (p)	JUL 96 (r)	AUG 95	JUL-AUG 96	AUG 95-96
--Services	53.7	54.0	53.4	-0.6	0.6
----Hotels & Other Lodging Places	13.0	13.4	12.9	-3.0	0.8
----Personal Services	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
----Business Services	5.8	5.8	5.7	0.0	1.8
----Automotive & Misc. Repair Svcs.	2.8	2.8	2.7	0.0	3.7
----Amusements (Rec.Svcs.& Mot.Pics.)	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0
----Health Services	9.9	10.0	9.9	-1.0	0.0
------Offices of Doctors of Medicine	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
----Legal Services	1.3	1.2	1.3	8.3	0.0
----Social Services	5.0	4.9	4.9	2.0	2.0
----Membership Organizations	3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0	0.0
----Engineering & Management	3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
--Government	52.7	50.3	50.5	4.8	4.4
----Total Federal Government	7.8	7.8	8.0	0.0	-2.5
------Department of Defense	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
----Total State Government	13.1	13.0	12.8	0.8	2.3
------State Education	4.7	4.7	4.5	0.0	4.4
----Total Local Government	31.8	29.5	29.7	7.8	7.1
------Local Hospitals	5.0	5.0	4.9	0.0	2.0
------Local Education	11.4	11.2	11.4	1.8	0.0

* 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.


(p) Subject to revision.
(r) Revised.