Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Large Job Gains in Oil & Gas and Related Sectors in Third Quarter 2011
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See also Total Wages, Average Monthly Employment, and Average Monthly Wage Changes for Wyoming by Year/Quarter, 2002Q4 to 2011Q4

Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Natrona County), 6 (Laramie County)^a
Figures 1, 2, 3

 

Table 1: Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter 2007 (2007Q3) to Third Quarter 2011 (2011Q3)

	Average Monthly Employment Percentage Change Over the Previous		Total Wages Percentage Change Over the Previous		Average Weekly Wage Percentage Change Over the Previous
	Year	Quarter	Year	Quarter	Year	Quarter
2007Q3	3.7	1.8	8.0	1.0	4.1	-0.8
2008Q3	3.4	2.1	10.1	2.3	6.5	0.2
2009Q3	-5.3	0.1	-8.4	-1.3	-3.2	-1.5
2010Q3	0.0	1.9	4.8	2.3	4.8	0.3
2011Q3a	1.2	2.4	6.3	3.9	5.1	1.5
Five-Year Average for Q3	0.6	1.7	4.2	1.6	3.4	0.0
aPreliminary.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

 

Table 2: Over-the-Year Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter 2004 (2004Q3) to Third Quarter 2011 (2011Q3)

	Average Monthly Employment	Total Wages
2004Q3	2.0	7.1
2004Q4	2.4	6.5
2005Q1	1.9	6.6
2005Q2	2.1	8.3
2005Q3	2.7	11.7
2005Q4	3.4	10.1
2006Q1	5.1	15.1
2006Q2	5.0	15.5
2006Q3	4.6	14.8
2006Q4	5.1	17.1
2007Q1	4.8	14.5
2007Q2	3.9	12.4
2007Q3	3.7	8.0
2007Q4	3.8	11.3
2008Q1	3.6	10.6
2008Q2	3.1	8.7
2008Q3	3.4	10.1
2008Q4	2.4	6.8
2009Q1	-1.0	-1.2
2009Q2	-3.4	-5.0
2009Q3	-5.3	-8.4
2009Q4	-6.3	-8.4
2010Q1	-4.7	-4.9
2010Q2	-1.7	1.1
2010Q3	0.0	4.8
2010Q4	1.1	6.0
2011Q1	1.1	5.4
2011Q2	0.8	4.7
2011Q3a	1.2	6.3
aPreliminary.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

 

Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by County, 2010 and 2011^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
County	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2010	2011	n	%	2010	2011	$	%	2010	2011	$	%
Total	278,295	281,688	3,393	1.2	$2,866,694,334	$3,048,326,192	$181,631,858	6.3	$792	$832	$40	5.1
Albany	15,015	15,350	335	2.2	$137,111,504	$143,567,845	$6,456,341	4.7	$702	$719	$17	2.4
Big Horn	4,282	4,422	140	3.3	36,192,045	38,811,342	2,619,297	7.2	650	675	25	3.8
Campbell	27,882	27,101	-781	-2.8	375,709,213	373,971,940	-1,737,273	-0.5	1,037	1,061	24	2.3
Carbon	6,797	6,837	40	0.6	61,360,867	65,907,594	4,546,727	7.4	694	742	48	6.9
Converse	5,429	5,516	87	1.6	54,730,950	59,920,324	5,189,374	9.5	775	836	61	7.9
Crook	2,383	2,348	-35	-1.5	19,876,382	20,737,649	861,267	4.3	642	679	37	5.8
Fremont	16,784	16,762	-22	-0.1	150,429,446	160,531,285	10,101,839	6.7	689	737	48	7.0
Goshen	4,411	4,520	109	2.5	32,769,540	35,337,579	2,568,039	7.8	571	601	30	5.3
Hot Springs	2,177	2,184	7	0.3	17,069,771	17,940,946	871,175	5.1	603	632	29	4.8
Johnson	3,398	3,388	-10	-0.3	25,443,151	26,954,243	1,511,092	5.9	576	612	36	6.3
Laramie	42,980	43,538	558	1.3	418,565,229	455,896,263	37,331,034	8.9	749	805	56	7.5
Lincoln	6,178	6,082	-96	-1.6	58,502,872	63,070,097	4,567,225	7.8	728	798	70	9.6
Natrona	38,280	39,830	1,550	4.0	434,695,410	463,451,463	28,756,053	6.6	874	895	21	2.4
Niobrara	870	886	16	1.8	6,162,859	6,558,565	395,706	6.4	545	569	24	4.4
Park	14,976	15,319	343	2.3	128,072,177	135,384,223	7,312,046	5.7	658	680	22	3.3
Platte	3,410	3,400	-10	-0.3	29,406,545	32,342,409	2,935,864	10.0	663	732	69	10.4
Sheridan	13,051	12,973	-78	-0.6	115,923,581	118,012,622	2,089,041	1.8	683	700	17	2.5
Sublette	5,875	6,289	414	7.0	81,356,507	92,366,225	11,009,718	13.5	1,065	1,130	65	6.1
Sweetwater	23,926	24,964	1,038	4.3	292,947,021	337,703,392	44,756,371	15.3	942	1,041	99	10.5
Teton	19,791	19,966	175	0.9	180,556,677	184,167,641	3,610,964	2.0	702	710	8	1.1
Uinta	9,688	8,951	-737	-7.6	100,667,849	91,623,571	-9,044,278	-9.0	799	787	-12	-1.5
Washakie	4,007	3,996	-11	-0.3	35,594,823	37,648,266	2,053,443	5.8	683	725	42	6.1
Weston	2,273	2,254	-19	-0.8	18,943,143	19,192,320	249,177	1.3	641	655	14	2.2
Nonclassifiedb	4,431	4,808	377	8.5	54,606,772	67,228,388	12,621,616	23.1	948	1,076	128	13.5
aPreliminary.
bThe employer may be located statewide or in more than one county.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2010 and 2011^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
NAICSb Title	2010	2011	n	%	2010	2011	$	%	2010	2011	$	%
Total, All Industries	278,295	281,688	3,393	1.2	$2,866,694,334	$3,048,326,192	$181,631,858	6.3	$792	$832	$40	5.1
Total Private	215,935	219,435	3,500	1.6	$2,187,921,201	$2,348,112,609	$160,191,408	7.3	$779	$823	$44	5.6
Agriculture	2,656	2,700	44	1.7	17,563,214	18,802,346	1,239,132	7.1	509	536	27	5.3
Mining	25,688	27,965	2,277	8.9	477,014,973	560,048,465	83,033,492	17.4	1,428	1,541	113	7.9
Utilities	2,495	2,486	-9	-0.4	47,360,811	53,726,298	6,365,487	13.4	1,460	1,662	202	13.8
Construction	24,617	22,988	-1,629	-6.6	293,302,820	281,778,736	-11,524,084	-3.9	917	943	26	2.8
Manufacturing	8,786	9,302	516	5.9	111,320,379	133,173,900	21,853,521	19.6	975	1,101	126	12.9
Wholesale Trade	8,496	8,909	413	4.9	113,274,718	123,894,669	10,619,951	9.4	1,026	1,070	44	4.3
Retail Trade	30,146	30,103	-43	-0.1	193,487,408	199,170,998	5,683,590	2.9	494	509	15	3.0
Transportation & Warehousing	9,179	9,564	385	4.2	104,014,887	115,655,915	11,641,028	11.2	872	930	58	6.7
Information	3,906	3,862	-44	-1.1	38,004,177	40,466,847	2,462,670	6.5	748	806	58	7.8
Finance & Insurance	6,776	6,679	-97	-1.4	76,861,291	79,717,871	2,856,580	3.7	873	918	45	5.2
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	4,052	4,068	16	0.4	36,686,498	41,033,926	4,347,428	11.9	696	776	80	11.5
Professional & Technical Services	9,233	9,121	-112	-1.2	117,157,363	121,408,935	4,251,572	3.6	976	1,024	48	4.9
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	866	860	-6	-0.7	16,973,699	17,369,222	395,523	2.3	1,508	1,554	46	3.1
Administrative & Waste Services	8,238	8,858	620	7.5	57,984,657	65,750,480	7,765,823	13.4	541	571	30	5.5
Educational Services	1,762	1,703	-59	-3.3	13,115,213	13,541,086	425,873	3.2	573	612	39	6.8
Health Care & Social Assistance	23,235	23,547	312	1.3	227,763,912	234,266,647	6,502,735	2.9	754	765	11	1.5
Ambulatory Health Care Services	8,768	8,993	225	2.6	119,143,660	124,383,304	5,239,644	4.4	1,045	1,064	19	1.8
Hospitals	3,291	3,277	-14	-0.4	43,099,506	41,621,728	-1,477,778	-3.4	1,007	977	-30	-3.0
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	4,539	4,587	48	1.1	31,537,003	33,106,434	1,569,431	5.0	534	555	21	3.9
Social Assistance	6,637	6,690	53	0.8	33,983,743	35,155,181	1,171,438	3.4	394	404	10	2.5
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3,475	3,485	10	0.3	18,525,113	19,198,617	673,504	3.6	410	424	14	3.4
Accommodation & Food Services	34,197	34,656	459	1.3	149,101,258	155,536,102	6,434,844	4.3	335	345	10	3.0
Other Services	8,131	8,579	448	5.5	78,408,810	73,571,549	-4,837,261	-6.2	742	660	-82	-11.1
Total Government	62,360	62,252	-108	-0.2	$678,773,133	$700,213,583	$21,440,450	3.2	$837	$865	$28	3.3
Federal Government	8,706	8,360	-346	-4.0	113,974,818	119,879,493	5,904,675	5.2	1,007	1,103	96	9.5
State Government	13,552	13,586	34	0.3	171,647,004	175,480,972	3,833,968	2.2	974	994	20	2.1
State Government Education	3,810	3,882	72	1.9	47,766,998	48,765,419	998,421	2.1	964	966	2	0.2
Local Government	40,102	40,307	205	0.5	393,151,311	404,853,118	11,701,807	3.0	754	773	19	2.5
Local Government Education	17,417	17,583	166	1.0	169,259,847	171,857,947	2,598,100	1.5	748	752	4	0.6
Hospitals	6,586	6,622	36	0.6	79,754,027	88,197,813	8,443,786	10.6	932	1,025	93	10.0
aPreliminary.
bNorth American Industry Classification System.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

Table 5: Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2010 and 2011^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
NAICSb Title	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2010	2011	n	%	2010	2011	$	%	2010	2011	$	%
Total, All Industries	38,280	39,830	1,550	4.0	$434,695,410	$463,451,463	$28,756,053	6.6	$874	$895	$21	2.4
Total Private	32,847	34,440	1,593	4.8	$370,923,974	$397,689,248	$26,765,274	7.2	$869	$888	$19	2.2
Agriculture	140	127	-13	-9.3	759,646	749,983	-9,663	-1.3	417	454	37	8.9
Mining	3,324	3,955	631	19.0	66,612,402	85,418,147	18,805,745	28.2	1,542	1,661	119	7.7
Utilities	129	134	5	3.9	2,715,677	3,111,937	396,260	14.6	1,619	1,786	167	10.3
Construction	2,819	2,784	-35	-1.2	34,770,798	35,358,150	587,352	1.7	949	977	28	3.0
Manufacturing	1,603	1,769	166	10.4	19,264,638	21,388,701	2,124,063	11.0	924	930	6	0.6
Wholesale Trade	2,311	2,511	200	8.7	31,966,848	36,818,392	4,851,544	15.2	1,064	1,128	64	6.0
Retail Trade	4,680	4,739	59	1.3	32,625,974	33,620,234	994,260	3.0	536	546	10	1.9
Transportation & Warehousing	933	1,026	93	10.0	11,682,236	13,822,966	2,140,730	18.3	963	1,036	73	7.6
Information	495	476	-19	-3.8	4,403,972	4,880,015	476,043	10.8	684	789	105	15.4
Finance & Insurance	1,030	1,010	-20	-1.9	12,359,371	13,299,901	940,530	7.6	923	1,013	90	9.8
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	861	895	34	3.9	8,236,976	10,677,120	2,440,144	29.6	736	918	182	24.7
Professional & Technical Services	1,382	1,425	43	3.1	17,192,238	19,706,410	2,514,172	14.6	957	1,064	107	11.2
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	154	145	-9	-5.8	2,957,159	3,036,959	79,800	2.7	1,477	1,611	134	9.1
Administrative & Waste Services	1,458	1,481	23	1.6	10,344,365	11,304,354	959,989	9.3	546	587	41	7.5
Educational Services	99	116	17	17.2	586,077	710,191	124,114	21.2	455	471	16	3.5
Health Care & Social Assistance	5,532	5,586	54	1.0	66,139,786	64,434,617	-1,705,169	-2.6	920	887	-33	-3.6
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,847	1,879	32	1.7	30,862,058	30,100,395	-761,663	-2.5	1,285	1,232	-53	-4.1
Hospitals	1,730	1,744	14	0.8	23,190,822	21,869,521	-1,321,301	-5.7	1,031	965	-66	-6.4
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities	942	927	-15	-1.6	7,009,872	7,030,799	20,927	0.3	572	583	11	1.9
Social assistance	1,013	1,035	22	2.2	5,077,034	5,433,902	356,868	7.0	386	404	18	4.7
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	568	594	26	4.6	3,986,901	4,167,843	180,942	4.5	540	540	0	0.0
Accommodation & Food Services	3,585	3,737	152	4.2	13,741,395	14,866,034	1,124,639	8.2	295	306	11	3.7
Other Services	1,745	1,929	184	10.5	30,577,515	20,317,294	-10,260,221	-33.6	1,348	810	-538	-39.9
Total Government	5,433	5,390	-43	-0.8	$63,771,436	$65,762,215	$1,990,779	3.1	$903	$939	$36	4.0
Federal Government	759	704	-55	-7.2	11,122,401	11,531,372	408,971	3.7	1,127	1,260	133	11.8
State Government	701	733	32	4.6	9,063,440	9,720,239	656,799	7.2	995	1,020	25	2.5
Local Government	3,972	3,952	-20	-0.5	43,585,595	44,510,604	925,009	2.1	844	866	22	2.6
Local Government Education	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
aPreliminary.
bNorth American Industry Classification System.
ND-Not disclosable due to confidentiality of information.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

Table 6: Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2010 and 2011^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
NAICSb Title	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2010	2011	n	%	2010	2011	$	%	2010	2011	$	%
Total, All Industries	42,980	43,538	558	1.3	$418,565,229	$455,896,263	$37,331,034	8.9	$749	$805	$56	7.5
Total Private	29,541	30,147	606	2.1	$251,527,285	$279,733,620	$28,206,335	11.2	$655	$714	$59	9.0
Agriculture	290	294	4	1.4	2,064,990	2,154,745	89,755	4.3	548	564	16	2.9
Mining	57	163	106	186.0	840,594	2,862,227	2,021,633	240.5	1,134	1,351	217	19.1
Utilities	137	134	-3	-2.2	2,531,336	2,594,989	63,653	2.5	1,421	1,490	69	4.9
Construction	2,885	2,973	88	3.1	30,013,374	33,774,867	3,761,493	12.5	800	874	74	9.3
Manufacturing	1,446	1,486	40	2.8	19,007,432	26,956,346	7,948,914	41.8	1,011	1,395	384	38.0
Wholesale Trade	816	819	3	0.4	9,718,465	10,354,271	635,806	6.5	916	973	57	6.2
Retail Trade	5,157	5,338	181	3.5	33,030,748	36,338,039	3,307,291	10.0	493	524	31	6.3
Transportation & Warehousing	2,271	2,359	88	3.9	22,908,929	24,659,879	1,750,950	7.6	776	804	28	3.6
Information	1,086	1,098	12	1.1	11,840,642	12,903,275	1,062,633	9.0	839	904	65	7.7
Finance & Insurance	1,620	1,633	13	0.8	18,012,443	19,168,241	1,155,798	6.4	855	903	48	5.6
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	518	529	11	2.1	4,252,246	4,636,461	384,215	9.0	631	674	43	6.8
Professional & Technical Services	1,493	1,486	-7	-0.5	18,855,316	20,194,376	1,339,060	7.1	971	1,045	74	7.6
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	74	57	-17	-23.0	996,826	862,707	-134,119	-13.5	1,036	1,164	128	12.4
Administrative & Waste Services	1,797	1,812	15	0.8	11,074,188	11,368,323	294,135	2.7	474	483	9	1.9
Educational Services	215	221	6	2.8	1,466,921	1,452,856	-14,065	-1.0	525	506	-19	-3.6
Health Care & Social Assistance	3,873	3,944	71	1.8	38,942,561	41,463,162	2,520,601	6.5	773	809	36	4.7
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,802	1,868	66	3.7	26,238,937	28,490,405	2,251,468	8.6	1,120	1,173	53	4.7
Nursing & Residential Care Facilties	882	854	-28	-3.2	6,421,398	6,291,614	-129,784	-2.0	560	567	7	1.3
Hospitals & Social Assistance	1,189	1,222	33	2.8	6,282,226	6,681,143	398,917	6.3	406	421	15	3.7
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	309	302	-7	-2.3	910,371	988,170	77,799	8.5	227	252	25	11.0
Accommodation & Food Services	4,242	4,250	8	0.2	16,012,289	17,280,783	1,268,494	7.9	290	313	23	7.9
Other Services	1,256	1,249	-7	-0.6	9,047,614	9,719,903	672,289	7.4	554	599	45	8.1
Total Government	13,438	13,392	-46	-0.3	$167,037,944	$176,162,643	$9,124,699	5.5	$956	$1,012	$56	5.9
Federal Government	2,697	2,681	-16	-0.6	39,136,281	42,867,893	3,731,612	9.5	1,116	1,230	114	10.2
State Government	3,996	3,977	-19	-0.5	56,460,441	57,046,088	585,647	1.0	1,087	1,103	16	1.5
Local Government	6,745	6,733	-12	-0.2	71,441,222	76,248,662	4,807,440	6.7	815	871	56	6.9
Local Government Education	3,342	3,351	9	0.3	35,665,051	36,715,942	1,050,891	2.9	821	843	22	2.7
aPreliminary.
bNorth American Industry Classification System.
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, developed through a cooperative program between Research & Planning and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Extract date: January 2012.

 

 

^aDue to space considerations, tables for Natrona and Laramie counties appear in the online version of this article only.

Last modified by Phil Ellsworth.