Table 109: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Laramie County by Division 1997 and 1998


  1997 Average Employment 1998 Average Employment Change Number Change % 1997 Total Payroll 1998 Total Payroll Change Number Change % Avg. Wkly Wage 1997 Avg. Wkly Wage 1998 Change Number Change %
Private 23,361 23,757 396 1.7 $484,493,851 $524,004,376 $39,510,525 8.2 $399 $424 $25 6.4
--Agriculture 406 374 -32 -7.8 6,713,860 6,696,176 -17,684 -0.3 318 344 26 8.2
--Mining 97 93 -4 -4.2 2,664,863 3,157,156 492,293 18.5 530 655 126 23.7
--Construction 2,141 2,167 26 1.2 49,813,663 54,061,879 4,248,216 8.5 447 480 32 7.2
--Manufacturing 1,604 1,699 95 5.9 49,540,978 54,770,361 5,229,383 10.6 594 620 26 4.4
--TCPU 1,603 1,757 154 9.6 46,927,539 53,145,402 6,217,863 13.2 563 582 19 3.3
--Wholesale Trade 779 829 49 6.3 24,661,120 26,913,768 2,252,648 9.1 609 625 16 2.6
--Retail Trade 7,645 7,651 6 0.1 106,642,071 114,704,407 8,062,336 7.6 268 288 20 7.5
--FIRE 2,079 2,195 117 5.6 54,480,639 60,900,272 6,419,633 11.8 504 533 29 5.9
--Services 7,007 6,992 -15 -0.2 143,049,118 149,654,955 6,605,837 4.6 393 412 19 4.8
Total Gov't 10,778 10,863 85 0.8 $302,195,056 $317,018,718 $14,823,662 4.9 $539 $561 $22 4.1
--Federal Gov't 2,428 2,441 12 0.5 89,420,661 93,239,578 3,818,917 4.3 708 735 26 3.7
--State Gov't 3,257 3,274 18 0.5 95,717,145 101,217,922 5,500,777 5.7 565 594 29 5.2
--Local Gov't 5,093 5,148 55 1.1 117,057,250 122,561,218 5,503,968 4.7 442 458 16 3.6


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