Table 2: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll and Average Weekly Wages for First Quarter 1998 by Industry

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change		First Quarter		Change
	1998	1997	No.	Percent	1998	1997	No.	Percent	1998	1997	No.	Percent
Total	210,144	205,348	4,796	2.3%	$1,252,456,761	$1,205,488,333	46,968,428	3.9%	$458	$452	7	1.5%
Total Private	156,580	151,990	4,591	3.0%	$918,601,360	$877,051,367	41,549,993	4.7%	$451	$444	7	1.7%
--Agriculture	2,548	2,549	0	0.0	10,148,891	9,903,440	245,451	2.5	306	299	7	2.5
--Mining	17,122	15,839	1,282	8.1	199,367,696	193,772,522	5,595,174	2.9	896	941	-45	-4.8
--Construction	13,109	11,817	1,292	10.9	80,011,574	68,782,472	11,229,102	16.3	469	448	22	4.9
--Manufacturing	10,548	10,323	225	2.2	81,740,990	78,138,844	3,602,146	4.6	596	582	14	2.4
--TCPU*	10,764	10,839	-75	-0.7	89,461,250	88,576,366	884,884	1.0	639	629	11	1.7
--Wholesale Trade	7,673	7,450	222	3.0	56,680,295	51,905,343	4,774,952	9.2	568	536	32	6.0
--Retail Trade	42,246	42,415	-170	-0.4	137,652,500	131,407,342	6,245,158	4.8	251	238	12	5.2
--FIRE**	8,289	7,904	385	4.9	59,606,802	64,888,665	-5,281,863	-8.1	553	631	-78	-12.4
--Services	44,282	42,852	1,429	3.3	203,931,362	189,676,373	14,254,989	7.5	354	340	14	4.0
Total Government	53,563	53,358	205	0.4%	$333,855,401	$328,436,966	5,418,435	1.6%	$479	$473	6	1.3%
--Federal Government	6,601	6,658	-58	-0.9	60,635,802	62,073,200	-1,437,398	-2.3	707	717	-10	-1.5
--State Government	11,480	11,471	8	0.1	77,843,111	75,391,651	2,451,460	3.3	522	506	16	3.2
--Local Government	35,483	35,228	255	0.7	195,376,488	190,972,115	4,404,373	2.3	424	417	7	1.6

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