Table 1: Wyoming Monthly Employment for First Quarter 1998 by Industry

	1998 Monthly Employment
	January	February	March
Total	210,045	209,546	210,840
Total Private	156,756	156,062	156,923
--Agriculture	2,470	2,486	2,689
--Mining	17,418	17,057	16,890
--Construction	13,143	12,927	13,258
--Manufacturing	10,620	10,593	10,431
--TCPU*	10,715	10,808	10,769
--Wholesale Trade	7,607	7,657	7,754
--Retail Trade	42,376	42,080	42,281
--FIRE**	8,253	8,258	8,356
--Services	44,154	44,196	44,495
Total Government	53,289	53,484	53,917
--Federal Government	6,648	6,569	6,585
--State Government	11,525	11,453	11,461
--Local Government	35,116	35,462	35,871

* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate