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Wyoming Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), 2024 Annual Data

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Top 5 Industries for Wyoming Counties by Average Monthly Employment

Table 3: Top 5 Industry Subsectors (3-Digit NAICS) for Wyoming Counties by Total Covered Employment, 2024
Wyoming
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 30,625 281,904 $17,361,390,466 $61,586
Local Government 611  Educational Services  145 22,344 $1,113,984,265 $49,857
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  1,402 21,775 $510,961,536 $23,466
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  2,080 12,491 $809,876,364 $64,839
Private 721  Accommodation  599 12,129 $446,640,523 $36,823
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  4,328 11,402 $1,039,327,500 $91,150
Albany County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,671 17,050 $918,736,687 $53,886
State Government 611  Educational Services  5 3,658 $237,817,229 $65,014
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  96 1,723 $33,758,828 $19,598
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  362 1,155 $113,838,549 $98,597
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  97 758 $48,395,018 $63,818
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  107 617 $35,230,484 $57,139
Big Horn County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 521 4,180 $217,985,628 $52,152
Local Government 611  Educational Services  9 552 $27,395,018 $49,613
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  10 220 $8,942,913 $40,589
Private 237  Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction  11 165 $14,051,582 $85,332
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  20 130 $1,776,705 $13,659
Private 721  Accommodation  10 123 $2,596,564 $21,124
Campbell County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,043 24,807 $1,659,994,985 $66,916
Private 212  Mining, Except Oil & Gas 11 3,248 $341,309,741 $105,078
Local Government 611  Educational Services  32 1,890 $92,175,824 $48,759
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  99 1,873 $44,328,620 $23,664
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  130 1,492 $130,727,483 $87,619
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  130 1,247 $93,713,059 $75,171
Carbon County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 687 6,527 $393,834,883 $60,342
Private 721  Accommodation  37 700 $28,239,163 $40,317
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  44 462 $10,004,854 $21,640
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  11 346 $15,553,403 $44,920
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  37 252 $22,215,667 $88,245
Private 237  Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction  15 237 $24,897,503 $105,199
Converse County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 664 6,322 $418,268,209 $66,163
Local Government 611  Educational Services  4 632 $29,913,745 $47,351
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  45 580 $53,483,864 $92,241
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  25 345 $6,185,247 $17,945
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  4 270 $16,494,913 $60,997
Private 221  Utilities  9 236 $26,006,082 $110,392
Crook County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 368 2,706 $155,714,008 $57,540
Private 212  Mining, Except Oil & Gas 4 307 $25,755,045 $83,893
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  19 148 $2,685,031 $18,183
Private 457  Gasoline Stations & Fuel Dealers  8 136 $5,712,386 $42,158
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  31 132 $7,901,995 $59,674
Private 236  Construction of Buildings  22 113 $6,763,117 $59,676
Fremont County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,851 15,552 $798,573,184 $51,350
Local Government 611  Educational Services  13 2,114 $112,828,408 $53,383
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  95 1,135 $22,685,079 $19,990
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  11 1,133 $57,497,945 $50,760
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  102 771 $52,319,661 $67,830
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  196 490 $35,782,286 $73,074
Goshen County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 500 4,094 $194,474,428 $47,497
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  26 286 $4,676,856 $16,329
State Government 922  Justice, Public Order, & Safety Activities  4 285 $19,143,116 $67,247
Private 623  Nursing & Residential Care Facilities  7 271 $11,092,646 $40,932
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  6 229 $10,548,473 $45,997
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  21 179 $15,976,354 $89,129
Hot Springs County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 263 1,925 $89,733,891 $46,623
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  14 165 $2,339,295 $14,163
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  9 99 $7,265,881 $73,083
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  4 80 $3,789,175 $47,264
Private 624  Social Assistance  26 78 $2,435,924 $31,262
Private 721  Accommodation  6 75 $1,770,271 $23,683
Johnson County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 536 3,385 $166,757,016 $49,260
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  26 245 $4,889,708 $19,965
Private 721  Accommodation  21 187 $4,952,175 $26,506
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  69 176 $13,546,363 $76,968
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  4 150 $7,537,064 $50,137
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  10 141 $13,902,948 $98,547
Laramie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 4,752 48,212 $2,940,505,823 $60,991
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  200 3,905 $90,822,819 $23,258
Local Government 611  Educational Services  3 3,655 $179,715,362 $49,174
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  891 2,345 $211,620,661 $90,250
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  277 2,295 $174,205,004 $75,912
Private 561  Administrative & Support Services  417 2,080 $91,765,994 $44,109
Lincoln County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,212 7,284 $452,170,203 $62,077
Local Government 611  Educational Services  5 704 $39,016,844 $55,448
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  153 558 $32,068,119 $57,462
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  48 441 $8,673,664 $19,683
Private 445  Food & Beverage Retailers  11 312 $9,229,871 $29,591
Private 211  Oil & Gas Extraction  6 295 $46,211,706 $156,873
Natrona County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 3,972 39,997 $2,457,648,233 $61,445
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  174 3,406 $76,770,951 $22,541
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  249 2,392 $184,551,434 $77,154
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  243 1,941 $138,724,378 $71,489
Private 423  Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods  233 1,693 $148,639,961 $87,775
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  124 1,623 $177,173,431 $109,159
Niobrara County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 124 809 $36,484,086 $45,126
Local Government 611  Educational Services  5 132 $7,126,845 $53,857
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  4 93 $3,063,699 $32,971
Private 457  Gasoline Stations & Fuel Dealers  3 37 $1,008,581 $27,385
Private 237  Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction  6 28 $1,518,117 $54,707
Private 624  Social Assistance  5 27 $592,183 $22,347
Park County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,885 14,249 $727,784,859 $51,076
Private 721  Accommodation  65 1,256 $42,114,645 $33,544
Local Government 611  Educational Services  4 1,111 $55,257,085 $49,718
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  82 1,101 $20,720,366 $18,820
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  109 698 $45,019,302 $64,467
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  136 568 $28,276,797 $49,746
Platte County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 429 3,320 $177,111,303 $53,354
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  33 278 $4,768,728 $17,169
Local Government 611  Educational Services  5 269 $11,036,354 $41,015
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  6 183 $7,249,695 $39,525
Private 112  Animal Production & Aquaculture  20 159 $7,106,508 $44,743
Private 445  Food & Beverage Retailers  6 120 $3,116,473 $26,025
Sheridan County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,749 14,388 $818,348,770 $56,877
Local Government 611  Educational Services  14 1,103 $58,143,704 $52,718
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  77 983 $23,897,478 $24,319
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  263 818 $65,932,179 $80,602
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  138 750 $42,231,591 $56,303
Private 624  Social Assistance  139 579 $16,727,434 $28,899
Sublette County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 604 3,900 $247,131,179 $63,362
Private 211  Oil & Gas Extraction  10 351 $53,743,831 $153,260
Local Government 611  Educational Services  6 340 $17,214,612 $50,594
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  4 290 $16,333,005 $56,336
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  23 229 $18,768,063 $82,046
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  49 228 $12,245,214 $53,825
Sweetwater County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 1,733 20,671 $1,411,632,856 $68,291
Private 212  Mining, Except Oil & Gas 11 2,123 $286,414,091 $134,894
Local Government 611  Educational Services  14 1,875 $95,633,105 $50,995
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  101 1,584 $31,080,392 $19,622
Private 325  Chemical Manufacturing  5 1,236 $166,423,042 $134,692
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  65 790 $63,195,436 $79,952
Teton County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 2,939 23,809 $1,959,216,132 $82,288
Private 721  Accommodation  85 5,232 $249,201,044 $47,629
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  96 2,423 $99,487,201 $41,054
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  217 1,584 $107,812,704 $68,056
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  564 1,295 $195,623,095 $151,011
Private 236  Construction of Buildings  162 1,229 $106,582,714 $86,717
Uinta County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 871 8,233 $406,141,273 $49,333
Local Government 611  Educational Services  4 993 $41,036,918 $41,347
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  47 538 $9,950,602 $18,513
Private 237  Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction  19 496 $35,170,390 $70,955
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  56 477 $25,136,269 $52,724
Private 455  General Merchandise Retailers  5 336 $11,077,343 $32,944
Washakie County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 438 3,571 $184,066,929 $51,552
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  24 215 $3,455,328 $16,059
Private 624  Social Assistance  37 166 $4,914,098 $29,662
Private 621  Ambulatory Health Care Services  19 136 $7,521,132 $55,404
Local Government 921  Executive, Legislative & General Government  3 133 $5,293,864 $39,954
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  25 128 $7,203,793 $56,096
Weston County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 286 2,430 $131,460,296 $54,108
Local Government 611  Educational Services  8 275 $11,880,003 $43,227
Private 213  Support Activities for Mining  20 223 $16,910,722 $76,003
Private 457  Gasoline Stations & Fuel Dealers  9 120 $2,861,925 $23,800
Private 722  Food Services & Drinking Places  12 109 $1,595,815 $14,630
Private 445  Food & Beverage Retailers  7 107 $2,358,370 $22,144
Unclassified County
Ownership   NAICSa Code Industry Title Units Total Covered Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage
Ownership - Total 0  Ownership - Total 518 4,485 $397,615,605 $88,656
Private 237  Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction  26 970 $92,909,608 $95,783
Private 541  Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services  62 411 $37,583,283 $91,426
Private 424  Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods  35 304 $23,014,621 $75,644
Federal Government 923  Administration of Human Resource Programs  10 252 $26,475,649 $104,991
Private 238  Specialty Trade Contractors  36 239 $18,295,826 $76,657
aNorth American Industry Classification System
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract Date: April 2025. 
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 5/19/25.