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Table 1: Licensed Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Ambulatory Health Care in Wyoming, 2009Q1 to 2011Q1

		2009Q1	2009Q2	2009Q3	2009Q4	2010Q1	2010Q2	2010Q3	2010Q4	2011Q1
Active RNs & APRNs		802	794	822	840	859	863	875	874	911
% Change Prev. Qtr.		-1.2%	-1.0%	3.5%	2.2%	2.3%	0.5%	1.4%	-0.1%	4.2%
% Change Prev. Year		4.2%	-1.2%	3.7%	3.4%	7.1%	8.7%	6.4%	4.0%	6.1%
RN & APRN% of Total Employment		9.8%	9.6%	9.7%	9.8%	10.0%	9.9%	9.9%	10.0%	10.3%
Multiple Jobholders (RN & APRN)		161	156	176	166	168	167	173	176	179
% Change Previous Quarter		-9.0%	-3.1%	12.8%	-5.7%	1.2%	-0.6%	3.6%	1.7%	1.7%
% Change Previous Year		-9.0%	-23.5%	-5.4%	-6.2%	4.3%	7.1%	-1.7%	6.0%	6.5%
Unemployment Insurance Claimants (RN & APRN)		8	9	18	19	8	8	20	12	21
Claimant Rate		1.0%	1.1%	2.2%	2.3%	0.9%	0.9%	2.3%	1.4%	2.3%
Worker's Compensation Claimants (RN & APRN)		9	13	11	13	8	11	6	12	9
Claimant Rate		1.1%	1.6%	1.3%	1.5%	0.9%	1.3%	0.7%	1.4%	1.0%
Avg. Wages, Continuous RNs Only		$11,898	$12,030	$12,242	$13,763	$12,042	$12,699	$12,602	$13,898	N.A.
Avg. Wages, Continuous APRNs Only		$18,953	$19,052	$19,448	$22,045	$18,856	$19,606	$20,783	$23,278	N.A.
Avg. Age, All RNs & APRNs		44.7	44.9	44.7	45.0	45.1	45.5	45.5	45.9	45.5
Avg. Tenure, All RNs & APRNs (Years)		3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Exit Rate Percentage (RN & APRN)		8.7%	10.8%	10.7%	12.4%	8.5%	9.7%	8.7%	10.9%	N.A.
Age
<25	N	39	40	40	35	28	23	26	25	24
	%	4.9%	5.0%	4.9%	4.2%	3.3%	2.7%	3.0%	2.9%	2.6%
25-34	N	154	156	179	178	201	192	193	191	197
	%	19.2%	19.6%	21.8%	21.2%	23.4%	22.2%	22.1%	21.9%	21.6%
35-44	N	195	182	180	178	175	181	179	179	206
	%	24.3%	22.9%	21.9%	21.2%	20.4%	21.0%	20.5%	20.5%	22.6%
45-54	N	237	234	228	253	237	243	247	238	241
	%	29.6%	29.5%	27.7%	30.1%	27.6%	28.2%	28.2%	27.2%	26.5%
55-64	N	149	153	164	163	182	185	190	196	208
	%	18.6%	19.3%	20.0%	19.4%	21.2%	21.4%	21.7%	22.4%	22.8%
65+	N	28	28	30	33	36	39	40	45	34
	%	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.9%	4.2%	4.5%	4.6%	5.1%	3.7%
NA = Not available.
ND = Not discloseable.

 

 

Table 2: Licensed Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Hospitals in Wyoming, 2009Q1 to 2011Q1

		2009Q1	2009Q2	2009Q3	2009Q4	2010Q1	2010Q2	2010Q3	2010Q4	2011Q1
Active RNs & APRNs		2,700	2,735	2,728	2,726	2,709	2,739	2,758	2,752	2,727
% Change Prev. Qtr.		1.0%	1.3%	-0.3%	-0.1%	-0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	-0.2%	-0.9%
% Change Prev. Year		4.1%	4.1%	2.1%	2.0%	0.3%	0.1%	1.1%	1.0%	0.7%
RN & APRN% of Total Employment		27.4%	27.5%	27.3%	27.7%	27.7%	27.6%	27.5%	27.7%	27.4%
Multiple Jobholders (RN & APRN)		225	259	207	227	199	243	244	241	207
% Change Previous Quarter		-8.9%	15.1%	-20.1%	9.7%	-12.3%	22.1%	0.4%	-1.2%	-14.1%
% Change Previous Year Year		-13.8%	10.2%	-15.5%	-8.1%	-11.6%	-6.2%	17.9%	6.2%	4.0%
Unemployment Insurance Claimants (RN & APRN)		9	16	16	11	20	13	16	15	15
Claimant Rate		0.3%	0.6%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%
Worker's Compensation Claimants (RN & APRN)		47	41	51	59	48	58	64	63	53
Claimant Rate		1.7%	1.5%	1.9%	2.2%	1.8%	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%	1.9%
Avg. Wages, Continuous RNs Only		$14,483	$14,906	$15,215	$16,305	$14,243	$15,055	$15,845	$17,084	N.A.
Avg. Wages, Continuous APRNs Only		$28,267	$28,574	$31,032	$30,916	$29,592	$29,140	$33,773	$34,953	N.A.
Avg. Age, All RNs & APRNs		46.9	47.7	47.0	47.4	47.6	47.1	47.3	47.6	47.8
Avg. Tenure, All RNs & APRNs (Years)		6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	7.0
Exit Rate Percentage (RN & APRN)		4.8%	5.0%	4.8%	4.6%	3.9%	5.3%	4.9%	5.6%	N.A.
Age
<25	N	132	137	158	145	137	133	140	140	123
	%	4.9%	5.0%	5.8%	5.3%	5.1%	4.9%	5.1%	5.1%	4.5%
25-34	N	667	673	662	668	672	696	704	679	673
	%	24.7%	24.6%	24.3%	24.5%	24.8%	25.4%	25.5%	24.7%	24.7%
35-44	N	627	645	628	621	624	643	647	653	650
	%	23.2%	23.6%	23.0%	22.8%	23.0%	23.5%	23.5%	23.7%	23.8%
45-54	N	767	763	756	748	711	694	691	691	687
	%	28.4%	27.9%	27.7%	27.4%	26.2%	25.3%	25.1%	25.1%	25.2%
55-64	N	456	467	469	487	502	514	513	527	532
	%	16.9%	17.1%	17.2%	17.9%	18.5%	18.8%	18.6%	19.1%	19.5%
65+	N	49	49	54	55	61	57	61	60	60
	%	1.8%	1.8%	2.0%	2.0%	2.3%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
NA = Not available.
ND = Not discloseable.

 

 

Table 3: Licensed Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Long-Term Care in Wyoming, 2009Q1 to 2011Q1

		2009Q1	2009Q2	2009Q3	2009Q4	2010Q1	2010Q2	2010Q3	2010Q4	2011Q1
Active RNs & APRNs		396	401	408	407	403	395	401	398	390
% Change Prev. Qtr.		10.0%	1.3%	1.7%	-0.2%	-1.0%	-2.0%	1.5%	-0.7%	-2.0%
% Change Prev. Year		7.9%	9.6%	12.7%	13.1%	1.8%	-1.5%	-1.7%	-2.2%	-3.2%
RN & APRN% of Total Employment		7.9%	8.0%	8.1%	8.3%	8.3%	8.0%	8.0%	8.1%	8.0%
Multiple Jobholders (RN & APRN)		84	80	64	80	78	75	83	97	78
% Change Previous Quarter		15.1%	-4.8%	-20.0%	25.0%	-2.5%	-3.8%	10.7%	16.9%	-19.6%
% Change Previous Year		33.3%	12.7%	-7.2%	9.6%	-7.1%	-6.3%	29.7%	21.3%	0.0%
Unemployment Insurance Claimants (RN & APRN)		6	7	13	8	8	10	16	14	15
Claimant Rate		1.5%	1.7%	3.2%	2.0%	2.0%	2.5%	4.0%	3.5%	3.8%
Worker's Compensation Claimants (RN & APRN)		11	8	6	N.D.	6	6	7	9	5
Claimant Rate		2.8%	2.0%	1.5%	N.D.	1.5%	1.5%	1.7%	2.3%	1.3%
Avg. Wages, Continuous RNs Only		$12,555	$12,813	$12,837	$13,104	$12,758	$13,964	$13,910	$14,719	N.A.
Avg. Wages, Continuous APRNs Only		N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.D.	N.A.
Avg. Age, All RNs & APRNs		44.4	44.7	44.5	45.1	45.9	46.6	46.9	47.0	47.2
Avg. Tenure, All RNs & APRNs (Years)		3.4	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.7
Exit Rate Percentage (RN & APRN)		11.4%	10.7%	9.6%	9.3%	10.4%	12.2%	12.2%	13.3%	N.A.
Age
<25	N	44	41	32	23	20	14	14	15	16
	%	11.1%	10.2%	7.8%	5.7%	5.0%	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	4.1%
25-34	N	74	79	92	95	87	83	76	79	71
	%	18.7%	19.7%	22.5%	23.3%	21.6%	21.0%	19.0%	19.8%	18.2%
35-44	N	66	68	73	71	72	71	74	70	71
	%	16.7%	17.0%	17.9%	17.4%	17.9%	18.0%	18.5%	17.6%	18.2%
45-54	N	114	106	107	106	109	106	111	107	103
	%	28.8%	26.4%	26.2%	26.0%	27.0%	26.8%	27.7%	26.9%	26.4%
55-64	N	79	86	85	94	91	94	100	100	101
	%	19.9%	21.4%	20.8%	23.1%	22.6%	23.8%	24.9%	25.1%	25.9%
65+	N	19	21	19	18	24	27	26	27	28
	%	4.8%	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%	6.0%	6.8%	6.5%	6.8%	7.2%
NA = Not available.
ND = Not disclosable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 4: Employment Status of Licensed Registered Nurses (RNs) and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in Ambulatory Health Care in Wyoming, 2010Q4

	Employment Status						Total
	Continuous			Turnoverb
County of Work	N	Column %	Average Wage	N	Column %	Average Wage	N	Column %	Average Wage
Natrona	730	20.9%	$17,749	117	22.1%	$11,437	847	21.0%	$16,877
Laramie	661	18.9%	$16,554	112	21.1%	$9,774	773	19.2%	$15,572
Campbell	246	7.0%	$17,870	28	5.3%	$12,967	274	6.8%	$17,369
Park	253	7.2%	$16,478	33	6.2%	$10,233	286	7.1%	$15,757
Albany	197	5.6%	$16,721	37	7.0%	$10,241	234	5.8%	$15,696
Fremont	226	6.5%	$14,994	33	6.2%	$11,306	259	6.4%	$14,524
Sheridan	197	5.6%	$16,673	27	5.1%	$9,291	224	5.6%	$15,783
Other Countiesa	984	28.2%	$16,429	143	27.0%	$12,438	1,127	28.0%	$15,923
Total	3,494	100.0%	$16,771	530	100.0%	$11,161	4,024	100.0%	$16,032
aOther Wyoming counties were aggregated to protect confidentiality.
bHire, exit, or both hire and exit.

 

 

Last modified by Phil Ellsworth.