Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Sharp Slowdown
in Job Growth in Third Quarter 2012

by: David Bullard, Senior Economist
tables by: Nancy Brennan, Senior Economist

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Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, Natrona County, Laramie County
Figures 1, 2
Note: Due to space considerations, the Natrona County and Laramie County tables are not included in the print version of this issue of Wyoming Labor Force Trends.

 

Table 1: Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for Third Quarter 2008 (2008Q3) to Third Quarter 2012 (2012Q3)

	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
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
2011Q3	1.4	2.6	6.5	4.1	5.0	1.5
2012Q3a	0.6	1.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-1.5
Five-Year Average for Q3	0.0	1.5	2.6	1.4	2.5	-0.2
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 2013.

 

 

Table 2: Over-the-Year Percentage Change in Wyoming Covered Employment and Wages for First Quarter 2004 (2004Q1) to Third Quarter 2012 (2012Q3)

Year and Quarter	Average Monthly Employment	Total Wages
2004Q1	3.0	7.2
2004Q2	2.9	7.1
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
2011Q3	1.4	6.5
2011Q4	2.0	2.5
2012Q1	2.5	8.0
2012Q2	2.2	4.8
2012Q3a	0.6	0.1
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 2013.

 

 

 

Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by County, 2011 and 2012^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total	282,231	283,880	1,649	0.6	$3,053,914,162	$3,056,627,056	$2,712,894	0.1	$832	$828	-$4	-0.5
Albany	15,321	15,216	-105	-0.7	$143,482,983	$140,457,575	-$3,025,408	-2.1	$720	$710	-$10	-1.4
Big Horn	4,438	4,333	-105	-2.4	38,929,711	37,979,593	-950,118	-2.4	675	674	-1	-0.1
Campbell	27,168	27,451	283	1.0	375,730,224	367,243,007	-8,487,217	-2.3	1,064	1,029	-35	-3.3
Carbon	6,883	7,131	248	3.6	66,351,744	71,882,529	5,530,785	8.3	742	775	33	4.4
Converse	5,537	5,839	302	5.5	60,100,058	64,368,966	4,268,908	7.1	835	848	13	1.6
Crook	2,370	2,382	12	0.5	20,784,549	21,221,455	436,906	2.1	675	685	10	1.5
Fremont	16,838	16,898	60	0.4	160,574,038	162,583,205	2,009,167	1.3	734	740	6	0.8
Goshen	4,533	4,528	-5	-0.1	35,438,135	35,529,000	90,865	0.3	601	604	3	0.5
Hot Springs	2,189	2,163	-26	-1.2	17,952,134	17,578,400	-373,734	-2.1	631	625	-6	-1.0
Johnson	3,393	3,435	42	1.2	26,961,616	27,681,549	719,933	2.7	611	620	9	1.5
Laramie	43,566	43,989	423	1.0	456,356,981	454,286,294	-2,070,687	-0.5	806	794	-12	-1.5
Lincoln	6,147	5,698	-449	-7.3	63,651,537	56,286,176	-7,365,361	-11.6	797	760	-37	-4.6
Natrona	39,835	41,186	1,351	3.4	463,873,544	483,274,207	19,400,663	4.2	896	903	7	0.8
Niobrara	898	924	26	2.9	6,667,039	6,657,978	-9,061	-0.1	571	554	-17	-3.0
Park	15,328	15,596	268	1.7	135,482,694	134,152,343	-1,330,351	-1.0	680	662	-18	-2.6
Platte	3,403	3,232	-171	-5.0	32,324,389	29,979,699	-2,344,690	-7.3	731	714	-17	-2.3
Sheridan	13,021	12,975	-46	-0.4	118,044,361	118,605,136	560,775	0.5	697	703	6	0.9
Sublette	6,274	5,409	-865	-13.8	92,332,741	71,955,568	-20,377,173	-22.1	1,132	1,023	-109	-9.6
Sweetwater	24,969	24,866	-103	-0.4	337,721,870	335,255,704	-2,466,166	-0.7	1,040	1,037	-3	-0.3
Teton	20,008	20,181	173	0.9	184,573,391	187,795,916	3,222,525	1.7	710	716	6	0.8
Uinta	9,017	9,078	61	0.7	91,668,368	90,815,826	-852,542	-0.9	782	770	-12	-1.5
Washakie	3,998	3,970	-28	-0.7	37,850,736	37,291,391	-559,345	-1.5	728	723	-5	-0.7
Weston	2,254	2,306	52	2.3	19,168,312	19,926,847	758,535	4.0	654	665	11	1.7
Nonclassifiedb	4,843	5,094	251	5.2	67,893,007	83,818,692	15,925,685	23.5	1,078	1,266	187	17.4
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 2013.

 

Table 4: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
NAICSb Title	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	282,231	283,880	1,649	0.6	$3,053,914,162	$3,056,627,056	$2,712,894	0.1	$832	$828	-$4	-0.5
Total Private	219,943	220,828	885	0.4	$2,353,566,650	$2,345,735,947	-$7,830,703	-0.3	$823	$817	-$6	-0.7
Agriculture	2,733	2,752	19	0.7	19,001,613	19,450,564	448,951	2.4	535	544	9	1.7
Mining	27,998	27,537	-461	-1.6	560,144,403	550,013,584	-10,130,819	-1.8	1,539	1,536	-3	-0.2
Utilities	2,486	2,472	-14	-0.6	53,777,187	49,186,918	-4,590,269	-8.5	1,664	1,531	-133	-8.0
Construction	23,259	23,331	72	0.3	283,882,968	286,139,399	2,256,431	0.8	939	943	4	0.4
Manufacturing	9,320	9,435	115	1.2	133,281,143	127,187,829	-6,093,314	-4.6	1,100	1,037	-63	-5.7
Wholesale Trade	8,913	9,185	272	3.1	124,713,597	127,664,873	2,951,276	2.4	1,076	1,069	-7	-0.7
Retail Trade	30,106	30,203	97	0.3	199,288,884	198,922,443	-366,441	-0.2	509	507	-2	-0.4
Transportation & Warehousing	9,564	9,574	10	0.1	115,779,947	113,344,051	-2,435,896	-2.1	931	911	-20	-2.1
Information	3,865	3,936	71	1.8	40,460,996	39,704,052	-756,944	-1.9	805	776	-29	-3.6
Finance & Insurance	6,681	6,666	-15	-0.2	80,348,463	80,931,610	583,147	0.7	925	934	9	1.0
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	4,094	4,194	100	2.4	41,110,621	43,738,522	2,627,901	6.4	772	802	30	3.9
Professional & Technical Services	9,140	9,187	47	0.5	121,858,707	126,845,416	4,986,709	4.1	1,026	1,062	36	3.5
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	862	986	124	14.4	17,369,322	19,507,776	2,138,454	12.3	1,550	1,522	-28	-1.8
Administrative & Waste Services	8,845	8,488	-357	-4.0	65,785,673	64,563,249	-1,222,424	-1.9	572	585	13	2.3
Educational Services	1,700	1,664	-36	-2.1	13,535,761	12,991,535	-544,226	-4.0	612	601	-11	-1.8
Health Care & Social Assistance	23,537	23,634	97	0.4	234,271,528	230,699,534	-3,571,994	-1.5	766	751	-15	-2.0
Ambulatory Health Care Services	8,999	9,310	311	3.5	124,425,746	125,224,668	798,922	0.6	1,064	1,035	-29	-2.7
Hospitals	3,279	3,081	-198	-6.0	41,608,797	38,286,546	-3,322,251	-8.0	976	956	-20	-2.0
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	4,592	4,575	-17	-0.4	33,105,428	32,204,329	-901,099	-2.7	555	541	-14	-2.5
Social Assistance	6,667	6,668	1	0.0	35,131,557	34,983,991	-147,566	-0.4	405	404	-1	-0.2
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	3,494	3,481	-13	-0.4	19,221,491	16,803,668	-2,417,823	-12.6	423	371	-52	-12.3
Accommodation & Food Services	34,731	35,277	546	1.6	155,709,027	160,288,075	4,579,048	2.9	345	350	5	1.4
Other Services	8,615	8,827	212	2.5	74,025,319	77,752,849	3,727,530	5.0	661	678	17	2.6
Total Government	62,288	63,051	763	1.2	$700,347,512	$710,891,109	$10,543,597	1.5	$865	$867	$2	0.2
Federal Government	8,360	8,355	-5	-0.1	119,879,493	123,101,516	3,222,023	2.7	1,103	1,133	30	2.7
State Government	13,587	13,551	-36	-0.3	175,481,845	175,281,359	-200,486	-0.1	993	995	2	0.2
State Government Education	3,883	3,809	-74	-1.9	48,766,292	47,500,810	-1,265,482	-2.6	966	959	-7	-0.7
Local Government	40,341	41,146	805	2.0	404,986,174	412,508,234	7,522,060	1.9	772	771	-1	-0.1
Local Government Education	17,583	17,805	222	1.3	171,857,947	173,021,462	1,163,515	0.7	752	748	-4	-0.6
Hospitals	6,622	6,923	301	4.5	88,209,619	90,224,945	2,015,326	2.3	1,025	1,003	-22	-2.2
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 2013.

 

Natrona County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

NAICSb Title	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	39,835	41,186	1,351	3.4	$463,873,544	$483,274,207	$19,400,663	4.2	$896	$903	$7	0.8
Total Private	34,445	35,779	1,334	3.9	$398,111,329	$417,329,371	$19,218,042	4.8	$889	$897	$8	0.9
Agriculture	127	127	0	0.0	749,983	763,805	13,822	1.8	454	463	9	2.0
Mining	3,910	4,049	139	3.6	84,526,187	88,424,890	3,898,703	4.6	1,663	1,680	17	1.0
Utilities	134	136	2	1.5	3,111,937	2,384,126	-727,811	-23.4	1,786	1,348	-438	-24.5
Construction	2,819	3,090	271	9.6	35,834,505	40,064,682	4,230,177	11.8	978	997	19	1.9
Manufacturing	1,769	1,861	92	5.2	21,396,793	23,270,120	1,873,327	8.8	930	962	32	3.4
Wholesale Trade	2,510	2,732	222	8.8	36,898,104	40,014,322	3,116,218	8.4	1,131	1,127	-4	-0.4
Retail Trade	4,736	4,791	55	1.2	33,620,535	33,565,056	-55,479	-0.2	546	539	-7	-1.3
Transportation & Warehousing	1,027	1,156	129	12.6	13,870,429	15,962,234	2,091,805	15.1	1,039	1,062	23	2.2
Information	476	469	-7	-1.5	4,873,821	4,674,704	-199,117	-4.1	788	767	-21	-2.7
Finance & Insurance	1,010	1,046	36	3.6	13,926,547	13,646,314	-280,233	-2.0	1,061	1,004	-57	-5.4
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	901	941	40	4.4	10,722,052	12,923,719	2,201,667	20.5	915	1,056	141	15.4
Professional & Technical Services	1,425	1,481	56	3.9	19,698,077	20,492,936	794,859	4.0	1,063	1,064	1	0.1
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	145	219	74	51.0	3,036,959	3,861,527	824,568	27.2	1,611	1,356	-255	-15.8
Administrative & Waste Services	1,485	1,443	-42	-2.8	11,296,459	11,570,605	274,146	2.4	585	617	32	5.5
Educational Services	116	121	5	4.3	710,191	885,224	175,033	24.6	471	563	92	19.5
Health Care & Social Assistance	5,588	5,576	-12	-0.2	64,439,678	64,399,976	-39,702	-0.1	887	888	1	0.1
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,879	2,016	137	7.3	30,121,270	31,416,311	1,295,041	4.3	1,233	1,199	-34	-2.8
Hospitals	1,746	1,619	-127	-7.3	21,856,590	20,815,273	-1,041,317	-4.8	963	989	26	2.7
Nursing & Res. Care Facilities	927	904	-23	-2.5	7,027,916	6,799,070	-228,846	-3.3	583	579	-4	-0.7
Social assistance	1,035	1,038	3	0.3	5,433,902	5,369,322	-64,580	-1.2	404	398	-6	-1.5
Arts, Ent., & Recreation	594	511	-83	-14.0	4,167,843	2,023,410	-2,144,433	-51.5	540	305	-235	-43.5
Accommodation & Food Services	3,736	3,907	171	4.6	14,865,030	16,026,550	1,161,520	7.8	306	316	10	3.3
Other Services	1,936	2,123	187	9.7	20,366,199	22,375,171	2,008,972	9.9	809	811	2	0.2
Total Government	5,390	5,407	17	0.3	$65,762,215	$65,944,836	$182,621	0.3	$939	$938	-$1	-0.1
Federal Government	704	702	-2	-0.3	11,531,372	11,992,085	460,713	4.0	1,260	1,314	54	4.3
State Government	733	732	-1	-0.1	9,720,239	9,754,008	33,769	0.3	1,020	1,025	5	0.5
Local Government	3,952	3,973	21	0.5	44,510,604	44,198,743	-311,861	-0.7	866	856	-10	-1.2
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 2013.

 

Laramie County Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Third Quarter by Industry, 2011 and 2012^a

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
NAICSb Title	Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change		Third Quarter		Change
	2011	2012	n	%	2011	2012	$	%	2011	2012	$	%
Total, All Industries	43,566	43,989	423	1.0	$456,356,981	$454,286,294	-$2,070,687	-0.5	$806	$794	-$12	-1.5
Total Private	30,172	30,691	519	1.7	$280,182,321	$277,780,473	-$2,401,848	-0.9	$714	$696	-$18	-2.5
Agriculture	294	320	26	8.8	2,154,745	2,374,392	219,647	10.2	564	571	7	1.2
Mining	164	202	38	23.2	2,894,754	3,697,523	802,769	27.7	1,358	1,408	50	3.7
Utilities	134	136	2	1.5	2,642,274	2,748,741	106,467	4.0	1,517	1,555	38	2.5
Construction	3,000	3,087	87	2.9	33,995,963	32,877,150	-1,118,813	-3.3	872	819	-53	-6.1
Manufacturing	1,486	1,340	-146	-9.8	26,956,346	18,074,802	-8,881,544	-32.9	1,395	1,038	-357	-25.6
Wholesale Trade	818	923	105	12.8	10,352,364	11,655,872	1,303,508	12.6	974	971	-3	-0.3
Retail Trade	5,352	5,415	63	1.2	36,357,706	35,361,790	-995,916	-2.7	523	502	-21	-4.0
Transportation & Warehousing	2,367	2,422	55	2.3	24,714,650	24,993,644	278,994	1.1	803	794	-9	-1.1
Information	1,098	1,145	47	4.3	12,903,211	12,272,801	-630,410	-4.9	904	825	-79	-8.7
Finance & Insurance	1,637	1,626	-11	-0.7	19,157,363	19,840,943	683,580	3.6	900	939	39	4.3
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing	529	562	33	6.2	4,646,090	5,098,580	452,490	9.7	676	698	22	3.3
Professional & Technical Services	1,481	1,445	-36	-2.4	20,266,908	21,592,136	1,325,228	6.5	1,053	1,149	96	9.1
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises	57	78	21	36.8	862,707	1,239,030	376,323	43.6	1,164	1,222	58	5.0
Administrative & Waste Services	1,796	1,763	-33	-1.8	11,338,107	11,233,930	-104,177	-0.9	486	490	4	0.8
Educational Services	221	239	18	8.1	1,452,886	1,542,389	89,503	6.2	506	496	-10	-2.0
Health Care & Social Assistance	3,941	3,988	47	1.2	41,518,156	41,842,321	324,165	0.8	810	807	-3	-0.4
Ambulatory Health Care Services	1,872	1,927	55	2.9	28,501,343	28,950,713	449,370	1.6	1,171	1,156	-15	-1.3
Nursing & Residential Care Facilties	854	868	14	1.6	6,291,614	6,254,162	-37,452	-0.6	567	554	-13	-2.3
Hospitals & Social Assistance	1,215	1,193	-22	-1.8	6,725,199	6,637,446	-87,753	-1.3	426	428	2	0.4
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation	302	326	24	7.9	988,170	1,025,351	37,181	3.8	252	242	-10	-4.0
Accommodation & Food Services	4,250	4,271	21	0.5	17,280,337	17,206,756	-73,581	-0.4	313	310	-3	-1.0
Other Services	1,243	1,403	160	12.9	9,699,584	13,102,322	3,402,738	35.1	600	718	118	19.7
Total Government	13,394	13,298	-96	-0.7	$176,174,660	$176,505,821	$331,161	0.2	$1,012	$1,021	$9	0.9
Federal Government	2,681	2,553	-128	-4.8	42,867,893	41,631,625	-1,236,268	-2.9	1,230	1,254	24	2.0
State Government	3,978	3,975	-3	-0.1	57,055,255	57,224,961	169,706	0.3	1,103	1,107	4	0.4
Local Government	6,735	6,770	35	0.5	76,251,512	77,649,235	1,397,723	1.8	871	882	11	1.3
Local Government Education	3,351	3,299	-52	-1.6	36,715,942	36,424,136	-291,806	-0.8	843	849	6	0.8
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 2013.