| Table 3: Wyoming New Firm Associated Annual Wages by Region/County, 2007-2009 | ||||||||
2007  | 
    2008  | 
    2009  | 
    2009/2007 Changes | |||||
|  Regions and  Counties  | 
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Wages  | 
    Percent of State Total  | 
    Wages  | 
    Percent of State Total  | 
    Wages  | 
    Percent of State Total  | 
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Number  | 
    Percent  | 
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| Northwest | 15,592,125  | 
    7.3%  | 
    12,746,081  | 
    7.2%  | 
    13,089,951  | 
    10.2%  | 
    -2,502,174  | 
    -16.0%  | 
  
| Big Horn | 1,552,200  | 
    0.7%  | 
    2,171,460  | 
    1.2%  | 
    586,584  | 
    0.5%  | 
    -965,616  | 
    -62.2%  | 
  
| Fremont | 5,476,211  | 
    2.5%  | 
    5,518,074  | 
    3.1%  | 
    2,502,983  | 
    2.0%  | 
    -2,973,228  | 
    -54.3%  | 
  
| Hot Springs | 785,796  | 
    0.4%  | 
    554,366  | 
    0.3%  | 
    330,005  | 
    0.3%  | 
    -455,791  | 
    -58.0%  | 
  
| Park | 6,772,155  | 
    3.2%  | 
    3,960,317  | 
    2.2%  | 
    8,737,357  | 
    6.8%  | 
    1,965,202  | 
    29.0%  | 
  
| Washakie | 1,005,763  | 
    0.5%  | 
    541,864  | 
    0.3%  | 
    933,022  | 
    0.7%  | 
    -72,741  | 
    -7.2%  | 
  
| Northeast | 34,849,444  | 
    16.2%  | 
    31,034,494  | 
    17.6%  | 
    18,555,797  | 
    14.5%  | 
    -16,293,647  | 
    -46.8%  | 
  
| Campbell | 21,957,315  | 
    10.2%  | 
    14,767,411  | 
    8.4%  | 
    10,796,262  | 
    8.4%  | 
    -11,161,053  | 
    -50.8%  | 
  
| Crook | 757,201  | 
    0.4%  | 
    729,329  | 
    0.4%  | 
    655,366  | 
    0.5%  | 
    -101,835  | 
    -13.4%  | 
  
| Johnson | 1,544,373  | 
    0.7%  | 
    1,693,422  | 
    1.0%  | 
    1,252,246  | 
    1.0%  | 
    -292,127  | 
    -18.9%  | 
  
| Sheridan | 9,870,214  | 
    4.6%  | 
    13,322,653  | 
    7.6%  | 
    5,050,730  | 
    3.9%  | 
    -4,819,484  | 
    -48.8%  | 
  
| Weston | 720,341  | 
    0.3%  | 
    521,679  | 
    0.3%  | 
    801,193  | 
    0.6%  | 
    80,852  | 
    11.2%  | 
  
| Southwest | 91,897,844  | 
    42.8%  | 
    45,172,525  | 
    25.7%  | 
    32,823,117  | 
    25.6%  | 
    -59,074,727  | 
    -64.3%  | 
  
| Lincoln | 42,898,995  | 
    20.0%  | 
    4,376,167  | 
    2.5%  | 
    4,027,643  | 
    3.1%  | 
    -38,871,352  | 
    -90.6%  | 
  
| Sublette | 5,544,661  | 
    2.6%  | 
    4,009,712  | 
    2.3%  | 
    6,008,162  | 
    4.7%  | 
    463,501  | 
    8.4%  | 
  
| Sweetwater | 22,089,949  | 
    10.3%  | 
    13,929,913  | 
    7.9%  | 
    8,259,600  | 
    6.4%  | 
    -13,830,349  | 
    -62.6%  | 
  
| Teton | 11,993,441  | 
    5.6%  | 
    19,622,249  | 
    11.1%  | 
    11,624,493  | 
    9.1%  | 
    -368,948  | 
    -3.1%  | 
  
| Uinta | 9,370,798  | 
    4.4%  | 
    3,234,484  | 
    1.8%  | 
    2,903,219  | 
    2.3%  | 
    -6,467,579  | 
    -69.0%  | 
  
| Southeast | 35,308,272  | 
    16.4%  | 
    27,713,111  | 
    15.7%  | 
    22,171,436  | 
    17.3%  | 
    -13,136,836  | 
    -37.2%  | 
  
| Albany | 3,924,441  | 
    1.8%  | 
    4,151,095  | 
    2.4%  | 
    4,254,345  | 
    3.3%  | 
    329,904  | 
    8.4%  | 
  
| Goshen | 890,271  | 
    0.4%  | 
    1,088,594  | 
    0.6%  | 
    898,307  | 
    0.7%  | 
    8,036  | 
    0.9%  | 
  
| Laramie | 29,453,646  | 
    13.7%  | 
    21,472,886  | 
    12.2%  | 
    15,151,126  | 
    11.8%  | 
    -14,302,520  | 
    -48.6%  | 
  
| Niobrara | 42,454  | 
    0.0%  | 
    195,881  | 
    0.1%  | 
    232,764  | 
    0.2%  | 
    190,310  | 
    448.3%  | 
  
| Platte | 997,460  | 
    0.5%  | 
    804,655  | 
    0.5%  | 
    1,634,894  | 
    1.3%  | 
    637,434  | 
    63.9%  | 
  
| Central | 18,188,770  | 
    8.5%  | 
    39,341,871  | 
    22.4%  | 
    30,221,651  | 
    23.6%  | 
    12,032,881  | 
    66.2%  | 
  
| Carbon | 4,755,342  | 
    2.2%  | 
    20,893,343  | 
    11.9%  | 
    4,491,956  | 
    3.5%  | 
    -263,386  | 
    -5.5%  | 
  
| Converse | 1,273,633  | 
    0.6%  | 
    5,481,800  | 
    3.1%  | 
    2,895,398  | 
    2.3%  | 
    1,621,765  | 
    127.3%  | 
  
| Natrona | 12,159,795  | 
    5.7%  | 
    12,966,728  | 
    7.4%  | 
    22,834,297  | 
    17.8%  | 
    10,674,502  | 
    87.8%  | 
  
| Others* | 19,017,341  | 
    8.9%  | 
    20009270  | 
    11.4%  | 
    11454700  | 
    8.9%  | 
    -7,562,641  | 
    -39.8%  | 
  
| Statewide | 214,853,796  | 
    100.0%  | 
    176,017,352  | 
    100.0%  | 
    128,316,652  | 
    100.0%  | 
    -86,537,144  | 
    -40.3%  | 
  
| * Others include all firms missing county information, having more than one county location (multi-county firms), having foreign location, and out of state firms. | ||||||||