| WYOMING STATEWIDE(*) | 
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| 		 | 	
	Employment in Thousands	 | 	
	% Change in Employment	 | 
	
			
| 		 | 	
	MAR 98 (p)	 | 	
	FEB 98 (r)	 | 	
	MAR 97	 | 	
	FEB 98-MAR 98	 | 	
	MAR 97-98	 | 
	
			
| 		 | 
	
			
| 	TOTAL NONAG. WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT	 | 	
	215.7	 | 	
	213.6	 | 	
	215.0	 | 	
	1.0	 | 	
	0.3	 | 
	
			
| 		 | 
	
			
| 	TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING	 | 	
	39.8	 | 	
	39.2	 | 	
	38.6	 | 	
	1.5	 | 	
	3.1	 | 
	
			
| 	--Mining	 | 	
	16.5	 | 	
	16.5	 | 	
	15.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	3.8	 | 
	
			
| 	----Coal Mining	 | 	
	4.5	 | 	
	4.5	 | 	
	4.5	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Oil & Gas Extraction	 | 	
	8.0	 | 	
	8.1	 | 	
	7.7	 | 	
	-1.2	 | 	
	3.9	 | 
	
			
| 	------Crude Petrol-Natural Gas	 | 	
	2.6	 | 	
	2.6	 | 	
	2.6	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Oil & Gas Field Services	 | 	
	5.4	 | 	
	5.5	 | 	
	5.1	 | 	
	-1.8	 | 	
	5.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Nonmetallic Minerals	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	3.2	 | 
	
			
| 	--Construction	 | 	
	12.7	 | 	
	12.2	 | 	
	12.4	 | 	
	4.1	 | 	
	2.4	 | 
	
			
| 	----General Building Contractors	 | 	
	3.1	 | 	
	3.0	 | 	
	2.9	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	6.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Heavy Construction	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	2.9	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	10.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Special Trade Construction	 | 	
	6.4	 | 	
	6.3	 | 	
	6.3	 | 	
	1.6	 | 	
	1.6	 | 
	
			
| 	--Manufacturing	 | 	
	10.6	 | 	
	10.5	 | 	
	10.3	 | 	
	1.0	 | 	
	2.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Durable Goods	 | 	
	4.9	 | 	
	4.8	 | 	
	4.8	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	2.1	 | 
	
			
| 	----Nondurable Goods	 | 	
	5.7	 | 	
	5.7	 | 	
	5.5	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	3.6	 | 
	
			
| 	------Printing & Publishing	 | 	
	1.6	 | 	
	1.6	 | 	
	1.6	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Petroleum & Coal Products	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	1.2	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	8.3	 | 
	
			
| 		 | 
	
			
| 	TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING	 | 	
	175.9	 | 	
	174.4	 | 	
	176.4	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	-0.3	 | 
	
			
| 	--Transportation & Public Utilities	 | 	
	13.5	 | 	
	13.6	 | 	
	13.7	 | 	
	-0.7	 | 	
	-1.5	 | 
	
			
| 	----Transportation	 | 	
	8.4	 | 	
	8.4	 | 	
	8.5	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	-1.2	 | 
	
			
| 	------Railroad Transportation	 | 	
	2.8	 | 	
	2.8	 | 	
	2.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	-3.4	 | 
	
			
| 	------Trucking & Warehousing	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	3.4	 | 	
	3.4	 | 	
	-2.9	 | 	
	-2.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Communications	 | 	
	2.0	 | 	
	2.0	 | 	
	2.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Telephone Communications	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	-3.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Electric Services	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	--Trade	 | 	
	49.8	 | 	
	49.3	 | 	
	50.1	 | 	
	1.0	 | 	
	-0.6	 | 
	
			
| 	----Wholesale Trade	 | 	
	7.8	 | 	
	7.7	 | 	
	7.6	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	2.6	 | 
	
			
| 	------Durable Goods	 | 	
	4.3	 | 	
	4.3	 | 	
	4.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	4.9	 | 
	
			
| 	------Nondurable Goods	 | 	
	3.5	 | 	
	3.4	 | 	
	3.5	 | 	
	2.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Retail Trade	 | 	
	42.0	 | 	
	41.6	 | 	
	42.5	 | 	
	1.0	 | 	
	-1.2	 | 
	
			
| 	------Bldg. Matls. & Garden Supply	 | 	
	1.7	 | 	
	1.7	 | 	
	1.7	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------General Merchandise Stores	 | 	
	4.4	 | 	
	4.3	 | 	
	4.5	 | 	
	2.3	 | 	
	-2.2	 | 
	
			
| 	--------Department Stores	 | 	
	3.8	 | 	
	3.7	 | 	
	3.7	 | 	
	2.7	 | 	
	2.7	 | 
	
			
| 	------Food Stores	 | 	
	5.3	 | 	
	5.3	 | 	
	5.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Auto. Dlrs. & Service Stations	 | 	
	7.6	 | 	
	7.5	 | 	
	7.5	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	1.3	 | 
	
			
| 	--------Gas Stations	 | 	
	4.0	 | 	
	4.0	 | 	
	3.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	2.6	 | 
	
			
| 	------Apparel & Accessory Stores	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	1.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Furniture & Home Furn. Stores	 | 	
	1.4	 | 	
	1.4	 | 	
	1.4	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Eating & Drinking Places	 | 	
	15.7	 | 	
	15.4	 | 	
	16.2	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	-3.1	 | 
	
			
| 	------Miscellaneous Retail	 | 	
	4.6	 | 	
	4.7	 | 	
	4.6	 | 	
	-2.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate	 | 	
	8.2	 | 	
	8.2	 | 	
	8.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	2.5	 | 
	
			
| 	----Depos-Nondepos & Security Brkrs.	 | 	
	3.8	 | 	
	3.8	 | 	
	3.7	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	2.7	 | 
	
			
| 	------Depository Institutions	 | 	
	3.1	 | 	
	3.1	 | 	
	3.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	3.3	 | 
	
			
| 	----Insurance	 | 	
	2.3	 | 	
	2.2	 | 	
	2.2	 | 	
	4.5	 | 	
	4.5	 | 
	
			
| 	--Services	 | 	
	45.6	 | 	
	45.2	 | 	
	45.5	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.2	 | 
	
			
| 	----Hotels & Other Lodging Places	 | 	
	6.7	 | 	
	6.5	 | 	
	6.7	 | 	
	3.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Personal Services	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Business Services	 | 	
	5.4	 | 	
	5.3	 | 	
	5.3	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	1.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Automotive & Misc. Repair Svcs.	 | 	
	2.9	 | 	
	2.8	 | 	
	2.8	 | 	
	3.6	 | 	
	3.6	 | 
	
			
| 	----Amusements (Rec.Svcs.& Mot.Pics.)	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	3.2	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Health Services	 | 	
	10.1	 | 	
	10.1	 | 	
	10.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	1.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Offices of Doctors of Medicine	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	2.1	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Legal Services	 | 	
	1.2	 | 	
	1.2	 | 	
	1.2	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Social Services	 | 	
	5.1	 | 	
	5.1	 | 	
	5.2	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	-1.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Membership Organizations	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Engineering & Management	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	3.3	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	--Government	 | 	
	58.8	 | 	
	58.1	 | 	
	59.1	 | 	
	1.2	 | 	
	-0.5	 | 
	
			
| 	----Total Federal Government	 | 	
	6.6	 | 	
	6.6	 | 	
	6.6	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Department of Defense	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.9	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 
	
			
| 	----Total State Government	 | 	
	13.6	 | 	
	13.5	 | 	
	13.5	 | 	
	0.7	 | 	
	0.7	 | 
	
			
| 	------State Education	 | 	
	5.5	 | 	
	5.4	 | 	
	5.4	 | 	
	1.9	 | 	
	1.9	 | 
	
			
| 	----Total Local Government	 | 	
	38.6	 | 	
	38.0	 | 	
	39.0	 | 	
	1.6	 | 	
	-1.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Local Hospitals	 | 	
	5.1	 | 	
	5.1	 | 	
	5.0	 | 	
	0.0	 | 	
	2.0	 | 
	
			
| 	------Local Education	 | 	
	21.9	 | 	
	21.4	 | 	
	22.3	 | 	
	2.3	 | 	
	-1.8	 |