Statewide
CES Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment ¹

	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT*	227.0	229.8	226.0	-1.2	0.4
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	43.9	43.5	43.4	0.9	1.2
--Mining	16.4	16.3	16.2	0.6	1.2
----Coal Mining	4.6	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction	8.0	7.9	8.0	1.3	0.0
------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas	2.6	2.6	2.6	0.0	0.0
------Oil & Gas Field Services	5.4	5.3	5.4	1.9	0.0
----Nonmetallic Minerals	3.1	3.2	3.1	-3.1	0.0
--Construction	16.3	16.4	16.0	-0.6	1.9
----General Building Contractors	3.5	3.5	3.4	0.0	2.9
----Heavy Construction	5.5	5.6	5.5	-1.8	0.0
----Special Trade Construction	7.3	7.3	7.1	0.0	2.8
--Manufacturing	11.2	10.8	11.2	3.7	0.0
----Durable Goods	5.0	5.0	5.1	0.0	-2.0
----Nondurable Goods	6.2	5.8	6.1	6.9	1.6
------Printing & Publishing	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0	0.0
------Petroleum & Coal Products	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	183.1	186.3	182.6	-1.7	0.3
--Transportation & Public Utilities	13.9	14.0	14.0	-0.7	-0.7
----Transportation	8.7	8.8	8.8	-1.1	-1.1
------Railroad Transportation	2.8	2.9	2.9	-3.4	-3.4
------Trucking & Warehousing	3.7	3.7	3.8	0.0	-2.6
----Communications	2.0	1.9	1.9	5.3	5.3
------Telephone Communications	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
----Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services	3.2	3.2	3.3	0.0	-3.0
------Electric Services	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
--Trade	53.0	54.4	52.5	-2.6	1.0
----Wholesale Trade	7.5	7.4	7.3	1.4	2.7
------Durable Goods	4.1	4.1	4.0	0.0	2.5
------Nondurable Goods	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.0
----Retail Trade	45.5	47.0	45.2	-3.2	0.7
------Bldg. Matls. & Garden Supply	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
------General Merchandise Stores	5.1	5.5	5.1	-7.3	0.0
--------Department Stores	4.0	3.9	4.0	2.6	0.0
------Food Stores	5.5	5.5	5.5	0.0	0.0
------Auto. Dlrs. & Service Stations	7.7	7.9	7.7	-2.5	0.0
--------Gas Stations	4.1	4.2	4.1	-2.4	0.0
------Apparel & Accessory Stores	1.4	1.5	1.5	-6.7	-6.7
------Furniture & Home Furn. Stores	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0
------Eating & Drinking Places	17.7	18.5	17.5	-4.3	1.1
------Miscellaneous Retail	4.8	4.8	4.6	0.0	4.3
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	8.0	8.0	7.9	0.0	1.3
----Depos-Nondepos & Security Brkrs.	3.7	3.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
------Depository Institutions	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
----Insurance	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.0	0.0
	EMPLOYMENT IN THOUSANDS			% CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT
	OCT 97 (p)	SEP 97 (r)	OCT 96	SEP-OCT 97	OCT 96-97
--Services	48.5	51.3	48.2	-5.5	0.6
----Hotels & Other Lodging Places	8.7	11.1	8.9	-21.6	-2.2
----Personal Services	1.9	1.8	1.9	5.6	0.0
----Business Services	5.9	5.8	5.7	1.7	3.5
----Automotive & Misc. Repair Svcs.	2.8	2.7	2.8	3.7	0.0
----Amusements (Rec.Svcs.& Mot.Pics.)	3.3	3.7	3.2	-10.8	3.1
----Health Services	10.0	10.0	9.9	0.0	1.0
------Offices of Doctors of Medicine	2.1	2.1	2.0	0.0	5.0
----Legal Services	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
----Social Services	5.2	5.2	5.2	0.0	0.0
----Membership Organizations	3.3	3.3	3.2	0.0	3.1
----Engineering & Management	3.3	3.4	3.3	-2.9	0.0
--Government	59.7	58.6	60.0	1.9	-0.5
----Total Federal Government	7.2	7.5	7.2	-4.0	0.0
------Department of Defense	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.0	-10.0
----Total State Government	13.9	13.3	13.7	4.5	1.5
------State Education	5.6	5.0	5.6	12.0	0.0
----Total Local Government	38.6	37.8	39.1	2.1	-1.3
------Local Hospitals	5.0	5.0	4.9	0.0	2.0
------Local Education	21.8	20.3	22.0	7.4	-0.9

* 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.