Table 3: Wyoming Average Monthly Employment, Total Payroll, and Average Weekly Wage for Second Quarter by Industry, 2004 and 2005

	Average Monthly Employment				Total Payroll				Average Weekly Wage
	Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change
Industry Title and NAICS^a Sector	2004	2005	No.	%	2004	2005	Amount	%	2004	2005	Amt.	%
Total, All Industries	250,786	257,739	6,953	2.8	$1,909,209,013	$2,063,607,638	$154,398,625	8.1	$586	$616	$30	5.2

Total Private (11-99)	188,907	195,168	6,261	3.3	$1,386,274,384	$1,516,416,171	$130,141,787	9.4	$564	$598	$33	5.9
Agriculture (11)	2,550	2,423	-127	-5.0	13,462,966	12,881,054	-581,912	-4.3	406	409	3	0.7
Mining (21)	19,689	22,211	2,522	12.8	278,817,266	329,992,639	51,175,373	18.4	1,089	1,143	54	4.9
Utilities (22)	2,219	2,297	78	3.5	39,090,891	42,181,912	3,091,021	7.9	1,355	1,413	58	4.3
Construction (23)	19,977	20,809	832	4.2	160,120,276	174,009,627	13,889,351	8.7	617	643	27	4.3
Manufacturing (31-33)	9,343	9,567	224^b	2.4	87,615,334	94,851,286	7,235,952	8.3	721	763	41	5.7
Wholesale Trade (42)	7,380	7,728	348	4.7	75,308,571	81,219,955	5,911,384	7.8	785	808	23	3.0
Retail Trade (44-45)	30,018	30,228	210	0.7	148,840,792	157,945,717	9,104,925	6.1	381	402	21	5.4
Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)	7,327	7,686	358	4.9	58,993,972	66,006,557	7,012,585	11.9	619	661	41	6.7
Information (51)	4,251	4,337	86	2.0	32,150,498	31,432,149	-718,349	-2.2	582	557	-24	-4.2
Finance & Insurance (52)	6,888	6,793	-95	-1.4	61,579,057	61,928,140	349,083	0.6	688	701	14	2.0
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (53)	3,601	4,013	412	11.4	22,191,961	29,351,648	7,159,687	32.3	474	563	89	18.7
Professional & Technical Services (54)	7,713	8,196	483	6.3	69,752,546	78,447,724	8,695,178	12.5	696	736	41	5.8
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises (55)	742	746	4	0.5	12,323,929	13,678,102	1,354,173	11.0	1,277	1,410	133	10.4
Administrative & Waste Services (56)	7,209	7,096	-113^c	-1.6	37,505,898	37,548,655	42,757	0.1	400	407	7	1.7
Educational Services (61)	1,204	1,325	121	10.0	6,692,260	6,935,258	242,998	3.6	427	403	-25	-5.8
Health Care & Social Assistance (62)	19,293	19,801	508	2.6	145,938,578	153,875,744	7,937,166	5.4	582	598	16	2.7
Ambulatory health care services (621)	7,308	7,406	98	1.3	75,272,227	80,058,279	4,786,052	6.4	792	832	39	4.9
Hospitals (622)	2,737	2,858	121	4.4	26,290,056	25,904,554	-385,502	-1.5	739	697	-42	-5.6
Nursing & residential care facilities (623)	4,214	4,367	154	3.6	23,337,802	24,946,126	1,608,324	6.9	426	439	13	3.1
Social assistance (624)	5,034	5,170	136	2.7	21,038,493	22,966,785	1,928,292	9.2	321	342	20	6.3
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (71)	2,739	2,751	12	0.5	10,058,942	10,114,151	55,209	0.5	283	283	0	0.1
Accommodation & Food Services (72)	29,223	29,638	414	1.4	85,450,343	91,556,012	6,105,669	7.1	225	238	13	5.6
Other Services (81)	7,539	7,521	-18	-0.2	40,380,304	42,441,528	2,061,224	5.1	412	434	22	5.4

Total Government	61,879	62,571	692	1.1	$522,934,629	$547,191,467	$24,256,838	4.6	$650	$673	$23	3.5
Federal Government	7,660	7,544	-115	-1.5	91,742,867	91,634,384	-108,483	-0.1	921	934	13	1.4
State Government	14,421	14,462	41	0.3	121,311,629	123,410,650	2,099,021	1.7	647	656	9	1.4
Local Government	39,799	40,565	766	1.9	309,880,133	332,146,433	22,266,300	7.2	599	630	31	5.2

^a North American Industry Classification System.
^b Increase partially due to noneconomic code changes of employers from Mining (21) and Construction (23) to Manufacturing (31-33).
^c Large employer downsized, laid off employees.
Preliminary: Subject to Revision.
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: October 2005

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