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Wyoming Labor Force Trends

January 2024 | Volume 61, No. 1


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R&P Publishes New Summary Statistics Tables by County

by: Michael Moore, Research Supervisor

Article | Table and Figure

 

The Research & Planning (R&P) section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services has published new tables and figures with data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These new tables and figures provide summary employment and wage statistics for Wyoming by county of employment from first quarter 2001 (2001Q1) to the most current quarter; in this case, second quarter 2023 (2023Q2).

This brief article discusses the data that have been made available in these new tables and figures by using Teton County as an example. As shown in Table 1, the average monthly employment in Teton County for 2023Q2 was 22,752, up 4.3% over the year. This marked the ninth consecutive quarter of over-the-year job growth in Teton County. In addition, Teton County had $423.1 million in total wages (up 11.3% over the year) and an average weekly wage of $1,431 (up 6.8%).

The average monthly employment data presented in Table 1 were used to create Figure 1. This figure clearly illustrates the seasonal nature of Teton County's employment, which peaks during the third quarter of each year. Figure 1 also illustrates how employment declined substantially during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, but has consistently increased since.

Summary tables and figures are available for each county at https://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/QCEW_OTY_County/county_toc.htm.

Similar tables and figures are available by industry at https://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/QCEW_OTY/toc.htm.