Table 49: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage for Big Horn County, Northwest Region by Division 1998 and 1999


  Average Employment Change Total Payroll Change Average Weekly Wage Change
  1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number % 1998 1999 Number %
Total 3,898 3,872 -26 -0.7 $91,677,983 $95,213,329 $3,535,346 3.9 $452 $473 $21 4.6
Private 2,598 2,551 -47 -1.8 $63,644,148 $66,024,190 $2,380,042 3.7 $471 $498 $27 5.6
-Agriculture 222 244 23 10.3 6,033,104 7,131,057 1,097,953 18.2 524 561 37 7.2
-Mining 738 607 -131 -17.7 24,894,699 20,673,969 -4,220,730 -17.0 649 655 6 0.9
-Construction 180 228 49 27.0 4,770,769 8,566,261 3,795,492 79.6 510 721 211 41.4
-Manufacturing 257 245 -12 -4.5 7,449,503 7,694,807 245,304 3.3 558 603 46 8.2
-TCPU* 180 191 11 6.4 5,849,063 6,162,226 313,163 5.4 626 620 -6 -0.9
-Wholesale Trade 129 136 8 5.9 2,506,536 2,828,975 322,439 12.9 375 400 25 6.6
-Retail Trade 525 521 -4 -0.8 5,903,166 5,976,610 73,444 1.2 216 221 4 2.0
-FIRE** 94 104 11 11.4 2,324,022 2,696,474 372,452 16.0 477 497 20 4.2
-Services 274 273 -1 -0.5 3,913,286 4,293,811 380,525 9.7 274 302 28 10.3
Total Government 1,300 1,321 21 1.6 $28,033,835 $29,189,139 $1,155,304 4.1 $415 $425 $10 2.5
-Federal Government 98 107 9 9.0 3,453,031 3,595,370 142,339 4.1 678 647 -30 -4.5
-State Government 197 202 4 2.2 4,464,152 4,815,738 351,586 7.9 435 459 24 5.6
-Local Government 1,005 1,013 8 0.8 20,116,652 20,778,031 661,379 3.3 385 395 10 2.5

 

* Transportation, Communications & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance & Real Estate.

 

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