Table 85: Employment, Total Wages, Average Weekly Wage by Division
for Lincoln County, Southwest Region, Third Quarters 1998 and 1999
  Average Monthly Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage
  Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change Third Quarter Change
  1998 1999 Number Percent 1998 1999 Number Percent 1998 1999 Number Percent
Total, All Industries 5,017 5,437 420 8.4 $27,592,850 $31,604,813 $4,011,963 14.5 $423 $447 $24 5.7
Private 3,751 4,180 429 11.4 $21,543,512 $25,173,887 $3,630,375 16.9 $442 $463 $21 4.9
-Agriculture, Forestry, & Fishing 27 33 5 19.5 109,997 110,282 285 0.3 310 260 -50 -16.1
-Mining 489 469 -20 -4.0 5,086,776 4,985,042 -101,734 -2.0 801 818 17 2.1
-Construction 481 790 309 64.2 3,124,393 5,998,320 2,873,927 92.0 499 584 84 16.9
-Manufacturing 475 488 13 2.7 2,893,734 2,973,814 80,080 2.8 468 468 0 0.0
-TCPU* 410 407 -3 -0.8 4,414,063 4,581,418 167,355 3.8 827 866 38 4.6
-Wholesale Trade 67 70 3 4.5 301,763 326,873 25,110 8.3 348 361 13 3.7
-Retail Trade 1,043 1,148 105 10.0 3,064,383 3,406,224 341,841 11.2 226 228 2 1.0
-FIRE** 162 162 1 0.4 698,607 731,425 32,818 4.7 332 347 14 4.3
-Services 597 613 16 2.7 1,849,796 2,060,489 210,693 11.4 238 258 20 8.4
Total Government 1,266 1,257 -9 -0.7 $6,049,338 $6,430,926 $381,588 6.3 $368 $394 $26 7.1
-Federal 124 128 4 3.0 1,081,039 1,066,489 -14,550 -1.3 671 643 -28 -4.2
-State 118 124 5 4.5 827,764 910,376 82,612 10.0 538 566 28 5.2
-Local 1,024 1,005 -18 -1.8 4,140,535 4,454,061 313,526 7.6 311 341 30 9.5


* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.
Wyoming Department of Employment
Employment Resources Division
Research & Planning
Source: ES-202 Report (Second Run Date: March 2000)
Prepared 05/01/2000 Nancy Brennan
Preliminary: Subject to Revision


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