Table 52: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Fremont 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 % |
Total |
13,200 |
13,286 |
85 |
0.6 |
$272,277,014 |
$295,360,369 |
$23,083,355 |
8.5 |
$397 |
$428 |
$31 |
7.8 |
Private
|
9,711
|
9,813
|
102
|
1.0
|
$187,377,822
|
$208,995,090
|
$21,617,268
|
11.5
|
$371
|
$410
|
$39
|
10.4
|
--Agriculture
|
140
|
134
|
-6
|
-4.3
|
1,831,010
|
1,879,858
|
48,848
|
2.7
|
252
|
270
|
18
|
7.3
|
--Mining
|
504
|
457
|
-47
|
-9.4
|
19,040,392
|
19,736,898
|
696,506
|
3.7
|
726
|
831
|
105
|
14.4
|
--Construction
|
846
|
959
|
113
|
13.4
|
18,764,376
|
22,532,633
|
3,768,257
|
20.1
|
427
|
452
|
25
|
5.9
|
--Manufacturing
|
697
|
649
|
-48
|
-6.9
|
13,903,551
|
13,047,415
|
-856,136
|
-6.2
|
383
|
387
|
3
|
0.8
|
--TCPU
|
638
|
672
|
34
|
5.3
|
19,408,268
|
21,175,546
|
1,767,278
|
9.1
|
585
|
606
|
21
|
3.6
|
--Wholesale Trade
|
299
|
272
|
-27
|
-8.9
|
5,809,021
|
5,477,043
|
-331,978
|
-5.7
|
374
|
387
|
13
|
3.5
|
--Retail Trade
|
2,893
|
2,780
|
-113
|
-3.9
|
36,751,374
|
48,521,652
|
11,770,278
|
32.0
|
244
|
336
|
91
|
37.4
|
--FIRE
|
308
|
341
|
33
|
10.8
|
6,895,213
|
8,031,878
|
1,136,665
|
16.5
|
431
|
453
|
22
|
5.1
|
--Services
|
3,387
|
3,549
|
162
|
4.8
|
64,974,617
|
68,592,167
|
3,617,550
|
5.6
|
369
|
372
|
3
|
0.7
|
Total Gov't
|
3,489
|
3,473
|
-17
|
-0.5
|
$84,899,192
|
$86,365,279
|
$1,466,087
|
1.7
|
$468
|
$478
|
$10
|
2.2
|
--Federal Gov't
|
431
|
425
|
-7
|
-1.5
|
15,082,325
|
15,401,121
|
318,796
|
2.1
|
673
|
697
|
25
|
3.7
|
--State Gov't
|
904
|
881
|
-23
|
-2.5
|
21,155,507
|
21,532,590
|
377,083
|
1.8
|
450
|
470
|
20
|
4.4
|
--Local Gov't
|
2,154
|
2,167
|
13
|
0.6
|
48,661,360
|
49,431,568
|
770,208
|
1.6
|
434
|
439
|
4
|
1.0
|