Table 6:  Laramie County 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
Industry Title and NAICSa Sector	Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change		Second Quarter		Change
	2004	2005	No.	%	2004	2005	Amount	%	2004	2005	Amt.	%
Total, All Industries	39,944	40,632	688	1.7	$297,348,573	$313,721,552	$16,372,979	5.5	$573	$594	$21	3.7
Total Private (11-99)	27,664	27,966	302	1.1	$182,857,062	$190,723,705	$7,866,643	4.3	$508	$525	$16	3.2
Agriculture (11)	167	163	-4	-2.6	1,044,986	1,026,834	-18,152	-1.7	481	486	4	0.9
Mining (21)	73	78	6	7.8	743,772	1,292,739	548,967	73.8	787	1,269	482	61.2
Utilities (22)	114	125	11	9.6	1,648,973	1,863,640	214,667	13.0	1,109	1,144	34	3.1
Construction (23)	2,626	2,704	78	3.0	18,904,947	20,488,762	1,583,815	8.4	554	583	29	5.3
Manufacturing (31-33)	1,595	1,605	10	0.6	15,615,091	15,545,239	-69,852	-0.4	753	745	-8	-1.1
Wholesale Trade (42)	710	754	44	6.2	6,875,904	7,320,595	444,691	6.5	745	747	2	0.3
Retail Trade (44-45)	5,490	5,575	85	1.6	28,277,702	29,985,533	1,707,831	6.0	396	414	17	4.4
Transportation & Warehousing (48-49)	1,641	1,677	36	2.2	12,064,399	12,502,925	438,526	3.6	566	574	8	1.4
Information (51)	1,041	1,012	-29	-2.8	9,691,084	8,967,315	-723,769	-7.5	716	682	-34	-4.8
Finance & Insurance (52)	1,521	1,484	-37	-2.5	14,191,298	14,190,946	-352	0.0	718	736	18	2.5
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing (53)	489	523	34	7.0	3,059,667	3,561,416	501,749	16.4	482	524	42	8.8
Professional & Technical Services (54)	1,383	1,511	128	9.3	14,177,230	15,696,381	1,519,151	10.7	789	799	10	1.3
Mgmt. of Companies & Enterprises (55)	170	191	21	12.6	1,616,074	2,049,922	433,848	26.8	733	826	93	12.7
Administrative & Waste Services (56)	1,745	1,516	-229b	-13.1	9,114,147	7,367,803	-1,746,344	-19.2	402	374	-28	-6.9
Educational Services (61)	118	136	19	15.9	535,022	663,477	128,455	24.0	350	374	25	7.0
Health Care & Social Assistance (62)	3,043	3,172	128	4.2	25,578,962	27,495,808	1,916,846	7.5	647	667	20	3.1
Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (71)	282	247	-35	-12.4	789,706	741,200	-48,506	-6.1	215	231	15	7.2
Accommodation & Food Services (72)	4,152	4,186	34	0.8	11,827,192	12,706,264	879,072	7.4	219	234	14	6.6
Other Services  (81)	1,305	1,306	1	0.1	7,100,906	7,256,906	156,000	2.2	419	427	9	2.1
Total Government	12,279	12,666	386	3.1	$114,491,511	$122,997,847	$8,506,336	7.4	$717	$747	$30	4.2
Federal Government	2,599	2,572	-27	-1.0	32,022,407	32,623,577	601,170	1.9	948	976	28	2.9
State Government	3,782	3,805	23	0.6	37,853,792	40,139,477	2,285,685	6.0	770	811	42	5.4
Local Government	5,898	6,289	390	6.6	44,615,312	50,234,793	5,619,481	12.6	582	614	33	5.6
a North American Industry Classification System.
b Decrease of employment and wages due to project completion and business closings in employment & business support services.
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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