"Labor Market Information (LMI) is an applied science; it is the systematic collection and analysis of data which describes and predicts the relationship between labor demand and supply." The States' Labor Market Information Review, ICESA, 1995, p. 7.
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Table 1: Wyoming Covered Employment, Total Wages, & Average Weekly Wage by County, First Quarter 2023 & 2024a | ||||||||||||
Average Monthly Employment | Total Wages | Average Weekly Wage | ||||||||||
Change | Change | Change | ||||||||||
County | 2024Q1 | 2023Q1 | N | % | 2024Q1 | 2023Q1 | $ | % | 2024Q1 | 2023Q1 | $ | % |
Total Statewide | 273,209 | 269,780 | 3,429 | 1.3 | $4,181,143,734 | $4,017,310,098 | $163,833,636 | 4.1 | $1,177 | $1,145 | $32 | 2.8 |
Albany | 16,710 | 16,495 | 216 | 1.3 | $213,906,172 | $205,060,225 | $8,845,947 | 4.3 | $985 | $956 | $28 | 3.0 |
Big Horn | 3,992 | 3,850 | 142 | 3.7 | $50,406,923 | $46,311,526 | $4,095,397 | 8.8 | $971 | $925 | $46 | 5.0 |
Campbell | 24,788 | 24,585 | 203 | 0.8 | $421,519,394 | $424,307,375 | -$2,787,981 | -0.7 | $1,308 | $1,328 | -$20 | -1.5 |
Carbon | 6,033 | 6,001 | 32 | 0.5 | $86,822,487 | $82,435,130 | $4,387,357 | 5.3 | $1,107 | $1,057 | $50 | 4.8 |
Converse | 6,222 | 6,084 | 138 | 2.3 | $103,641,165 | $93,645,840 | $9,995,325 | 10.7 | $1,281 | $1,184 | $97 | 8.2 |
Crook | 2,548 | 2,439 | 109 | 4.5 | $35,559,952 | $32,438,245 | $3,121,707 | 9.6 | $1,074 | $1,023 | $51 | 4.9 |
Fremont | 15,187 | 15,080 | 107 | 0.7 | $187,796,205 | $180,150,547 | $7,645,658 | 4.2 | $951 | $919 | $32 | 3.5 |
Goshen | 4,051 | 4,114 | -63 | -1.5 | $46,558,726 | $45,122,937 | $1,435,789 | 3.2 | $884 | $844 | $40 | 4.8 |
Hot Springs | 1,874 | 1,946 | -72 | -3.7 | $21,139,823 | $21,569,483 | -$429,660 | -2.0 | $868 | $852 | $15 | 1.8 |
Johnson | 3,188 | 3,211 | -23 | -0.7 | $37,491,890 | $35,405,148 | $2,086,742 | 5.9 | $905 | $848 | $56 | 6.7 |
Laramie | 47,402 | 46,568 | 834 | 1.8 | $716,554,105 | $667,142,338 | $49,411,767 | 7.4 | $1,163 | $1,102 | $61 | 5.5 |
Lincoln | 6,979 | 6,802 | 177 | 2.6 | $105,307,867 | $98,947,098 | $6,360,769 | 6.4 | $1,161 | $1,119 | $42 | 3.7 |
Natrona | 38,978 | 38,516 | 462 | 1.2 | $587,208,101 | $553,842,574 | $33,365,527 | 6.0 | $1,159 | $1,106 | $53 | 4.8 |
Niobrara | 802 | 807 | -5 | -0.6 | $8,316,513 | $8,156,172 | $160,341 | 2.0 | $798 | $778 | $20 | 2.6 |
Park | 12,938 | 12,889 | 49 | 0.4 | $170,469,171 | $167,708,612 | $2,760,559 | 1.6 | $1,014 | $1,001 | $13 | 1.3 |
Platte | 3,268 | 3,272 | -5 | -0.1 | $44,214,854 | $41,608,096 | $2,606,758 | 6.3 | $1,041 | $978 | $63 | 6.4 |
Sheridan | 13,975 | 13,640 | 335 | 2.5 | $198,340,040 | $180,022,703 | $18,317,337 | 10.2 | $1,092 | $1,015 | $77 | 7.5 |
Sublette | 3,660 | 3,595 | 65 | 1.8 | $61,448,147 | $60,247,000 | $1,201,147 | 2.0 | $1,291 | $1,289 | $2 | 0.2 |
Sweetwater | 20,533 | 20,273 | 260 | 1.3 | $352,288,164 | $351,899,299 | $388,865 | 0.1 | $1,320 | $1,335 | -$15 | -1.2 |
Teton | 22,417 | 22,157 | 260 | 1.2 | $473,408,530 | $481,040,045 | -$7,631,515 | -1.6 | $1,625 | $1,670 | -$46 | -2.7 |
Uinta | 8,059 | 8,143 | -84 | -1.0 | $99,107,235 | $97,408,425 | $1,698,810 | 1.7 | $946 | $920 | $26 | 2.8 |
Washakie | 3,496 | 3,498 | -2 | -0.1 | $43,113,737 | $40,833,403 | $2,280,334 | 5.6 | $949 | $898 | $51 | 5.6 |
Weston | 2,364 | 2,353 | 11 | 0.5 | $32,745,865 | $30,240,051 | $2,505,814 | 8.3 | $1,066 | $989 | $77 | 7.8 |
Nonclassifiedb | 3,746 | 3,463 | 284 | 8.2 | $83,778,668 | $71,767,826 | $12,010,842 | 16.7 | $1,720 | $1,594 | $126 | 7.9 |
aPreliminary. | ||||||||||||
bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county. | ||||||||||||
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: July 2024. | ||||||||||||
Prepared by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 7/18/24. |
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