Wyoming Labor Force Trends

by: Patrick Harris, Principal Analyst
Revised by: Tom Gallagher, Manager; Tony Glover, Workforce Information Supervisor; Michele Holmes, Public Relations Specialist; and Michael Moore, Research Analyst

Table 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Figure 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Table 1: Number and Percentage of Individuals at First Marriage by Age and Gender in Wyoming, 2002-2012
	Females		Males
Age	N	Column %	N	Column %
Source: Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Statistics, 2002-2012.
18	1,506	5.5%	529	2.2%
19	2,145	7.8%	1,094	4.5%
20	2,486	9.0%	1,629	6.7%
21	2,718	9.9%	2,015	8.3%
22	2,832	10.3%	2,313	9.6%
23	2,689	9.8%	2,477	10.2%
24	2,414	8.8%	2,440	10.1%
25	2,329	8.4%	2,434	10.1%
26	2,059	7.5%	2,169	9.0%
27	1,825	6.6%	1,990	8.2%
28	1,671	6.1%	1,811	7.5%
29	1,521	5.5%	1,722	7.1%
30	1,382	5.0%	1,548	6.4%
Total	27,577	100.0%	24,171	100.0%

Table 2: Number and Percentage of Individuals (Parents) at First Birth of Child by Age and Gender in Wyoming, 2002-2012
	Females		Males
Age	N	Column %	N	Column %
Source: Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Statistics, 2002-2012.
18	1,949	6.4%	569	2.3%
19	2,861	9.4%	991	4.0%
20	2,917	9.6%	1,474	6.0%
21	2,793	9.2%	1,714	7.0%
22	2,672	8.8%	1,998	8.1%
23	2,606	8.6%	2,187	8.9%
24	2,462	8.1%	2,305	9.4%
25	2,401	7.9%	2,398	9.7%
26	2,343	7.7%	2,412	9.8%
27	2,156	7.1%	2,452	10.0%
28	1,988	6.6%	2,252	9.1%
29	1,637	5.4%	2,042	8.3%
30	1,498	4.9%	1,848	7.5%
Total	30,283	100.0%	24,642	100.0%

Table 3: Retention Rates for Females and Males Working in Wyoming by Cohort, 2002-2012
	2002 Cohort N = 7,373		2005 Cohort N = 6,704		2009 Cohort N = 5,965
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males
Age	N = 3,613	N = 3,751	N = 3,357	N = 3,342	N = 2,949	N = 3,012
Each cohort may contain a small number of individuals for whom gender could not be identified. Because of this, the number of females and males may not add up to the total.
18	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
19	84.1%	83.1%	86.7%	86.4%	82.8%	79.7%
20	75.9%	72.8%	78.5%	76.4%	76.8%	72.9%
21	68.4%	68.0%	71.8%	71.9%	71.7%	68.9%
22	63.3%	65.7%	65.0%	68.2%
23	60.4%	63.0%	61.3%	64.1%
24	56.4%	60.7%	57.4%	62.2%
25	52.9%	56.4%	54.8%	60.2%
26	50.8%	54.6%
27	48.6%	54.3%
28	46.2%	53.2%

Table 4: Instability Indices for Females and Males Working in Wyoming by Cohort, 2002-2012
	2002 Cohort N = 7,373		2005 Cohort N = 6,704		2009 Cohort N = 5,965
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males
Age	N = 3,613	N = 3,751	N = 3,357	N = 3,342	N = 2,949	N = 3,012
Each cohort may contain a small number of individuals for whom gender could not be identified. Because of this, the number of females and males may not add up to the total.
18	67.0%	71.9%	67.6%	72.0%	62.0%	66.3%
19	66.4%	68.9%	66.3%	67.5%	59.1%	61.6%
20	62.9%	65.1%	63.1%	62.5%	57.6%	58.3%
21	58.8%	59.6%	57.2%	57.1%	53.8%	53.8%
22	56.4%	55.2%	51.8%	50.4%
23	51.3%	50.3%	48.2%	48.3%
24	44.5%	44.8%	45.2%	43.7%
25	38.1%	39.3%	41.0%	40.4%
26	36.4%	37.9%
27	35.6%	34.4%
28	34.1%	31.5%

Table 5: Number and Percent of Individuals from Each Cohort by Primary State of Wages
			Found Working in WY or a Partner State						Not Found Working in WY or a Partner State
			Total		Partner State		WY		Not Found Working in WY or a Partner State
Cohort	Year	Age	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
2002 Cohort (N = 7,373)	2002	18	7,373	100.0%	441	6.0%	6,932	94.0%	0	0.0%
	2003	19	6,463	87.7%	754	10.2%	5,708	77.4%	910	12.3%
	2004	20	6,033	81.8%	988	13.4%	5,044	68.4%	1,340	18.2%
	2005	21	5,821	78.9%	1,129	15.3%	4,692	63.6%	1,552	21.1%
	2006	22	5,704	77.4%	1,261	17.1%	4,444	60.3%	1,669	22.6%
	2007	23	5,569	75.5%	1,365	18.5%	4,204	57.0%	1,804	24.5%
	2008	24	5,420	73.5%	1,411	19.1%	4,009	54.4%	1,953	26.5%
	2009	25	5,195	70.5%	1,396	18.9%	3,799	51.5%	2,178	29.5%
	2010	26	5,068	68.7%	1,384	18.8%	3,684	50.0%	2,305	31.3%
	2011	27	5,047	68.5%	1,438	19.5%	3,610	49.0%	2,326	31.5%
	2012	28	4,987	67.6%	1,454	19.7%	3,533	47.9%	2,386	32.4%

2005 Cohort (N = 6,704)	2005	18	6,704	100.0%	353	5.3%	6,351	94.7%	0	0.0%
	2006	19	6,004	89.6%	685	10.2%	5,319	79.3%	700	10.4%
	2007	20	5,655	84.4%	881	13.1%	4,774	71.2%	1,049	15.6%
	2008	21	5,483	81.8%	1,034	15.4%	4,449	66.4%	1,221	18.2%
	2009	22	5,235	78.1%	1,069	15.9%	4,167	62.2%	1,469	21.9%
	2010	23	5,119	76.4%	1,177	17.6%	3,941	58.8%	1,585	23.6%
	2011	24	4,975	74.2%	1,230	18.3%	3,745	55.9%	1,729	25.8%
	2012	25	4,911	73.3%	1,266	18.9%	3,645	54.4%	1,793	26.7%
2009 Cohort (N = 5,965)	2009	18	5,965	100.0%	230	3.9%	5,735	96.1%	0	0.0%
	2010	19	5,048	84.6%	481	8.1%	4,568	76.6%	917	15.4%
	2011	20	4,820	80.8%	609	10.2%	4,211	70.6%	1,145	19.2%
	2012	21	4,714	79.0%	747	12.5%	3,967	66.5%	1,251	21.0%
Source: Wage Records.