Apply the interactive tools included in this module to conduct your own research about how any two industry sectors compare and contrast across the counties of Wyoming. The analytical tools at your disposal for ranking and sorting the importance and growth of individual industry sectors across counties include: percent of total industry earning locally, location quotients, percent of total sector earnings statewide, growth rates and growth rates differenced against overall averages locally and their counterparts nationwide.

The earnings by major industry estimates compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are by place of work, and are the sum of wage and salary disbursements (payrolls), supplement to wages and salaries, and proprietors' income.