Nonmetropolitan Wyoming vs. Wyoming
Comparative Trends Analysis:
Total Employment Growth and Change, 1969-2022
Introduction
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming vs. Wyoming
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming:
2022 Jobs = 298,729
2022 Percent of State = 68.43%
Wyoming:
2022 Jobs = 436,564
2022 Percent of U.S. = 0.21%
Employment numbers remain the most popular and frequently cited statistics used for tracking local area economic conditions and trends. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) employment estimates reported measure the number of full- and part-time wage and salary employees, plus the number of proprietors of unincorporated businesses. People holding more than one job are counted in the employment estimates for each job they hold. This means BEA employment estimates represent a job count, not a people count. Also, BEA employment is by place-of-work, rather than by place-of-residence. Jobs held by neighboring county residents who commute to Nonmetropolitan Wyoming to work are included in the employment count for Nonmetropolitan Wyoming.
Data Definition:
The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 1.
Figure 1 traces Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment rose from 103,778 in 1969 to 298,729 in 2022, for a net gain of 194,951, or 187.85%.
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Total Employment, 1969-2022
Figure 2.
Figure 2 tracks Wyoming's annual total employment for the period 1969-2022 to illustrate total employment patterns over time. During this 54-year period, Wyoming's total employment rose from 157,954 in 1969 to 436,564 in 2022, for a net gain of 278,610, or 176.39%.
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Total Employment Indices (1969=100): 1969-2022
Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment growth in a broader context by offering direct comparisons across time with Wyoming, the United States. The growth indices shown here express each region's total employment in 1969 as a base figure of 100, and the total employments in later years as a percentage of the 1969 base figure. This method allows for more direct comparison of differences in total employment growth between regions that may differ vastly in size.
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's overall total employment growth was 187.85% over 1969-2022 outpaced Wyoming's increase of 176.39%, and outpaced the United States' increase of 133.32%.
Total Employment as a Percent of the Wyoming Total: 1969-2022
Total Employment as a Percent of the Wyoming Total: 1969-2022
Figure 4.
Another interesting and insightful way of highlighting the total employment growth of Nonmetropolitan Wyoming is to compare its individual percentage contributions to Wyoming's statewide total employment over time, as shown in Figure 4. A rising share means a region's total employment grew faster, or declined less, than Wyoming's total employment, while a declining share shows it grew more slowly.
In 1969, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment comprised 65.70% of Wyoming's total employment, while in 2022 it equated to 68.43% thereby yielding a +2.73% share-shift.
   
 
Total Employment Share-Shift
2022 vs. 1969
 
Share-
Shift*
 
2022
vs.
1969
+2.73%
=
68.43%
-
65.70%
 
   
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change, 1970-2022
Figure 5.
Figure 5 shows the short-run pattern of Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment growth by tracking the year-to-year percent change over 1970-2022. The average annual percent change for the entire 53-year period is also illustrated on this chart to provide a benchmark for gauging periods of relative high--and relative low--growth against the backdrop of the long-term average.
On average, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment grew at an annual rate of 2.05% over 1970-2022. Nonmetropolitan Wyoming recorded its highest growth in 1977 (8.03%) and posted its lowest growth in 1986 (-4.34%). In 2022, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment grew by 3.83%
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Nonmetropolitan Wyoming Total Employment:
Annual Percent Change and Decade Averages Over 1970-2022
Figure 6.
Over the past five decades some nonmetropolitan regions have experienced extreme swings in growth, and often such swings have tended to coincide with the decades themselves. Figure 6 again traces the annual percent change in Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's total employment since 1970, but this time they are overlayed with average growth rates for the decade of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020-2022.
During the 1970s, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's annual total employment growth rate averaged 5.57%. It averaged 0.37% during the 1980s, 1.86% throughout the 1990s, 2.20% in the 2000s, 0.27% during the 2010s, 2.04% thus far this decade (2020-2022).
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change by Decade
Figure 7.
Figure 7 compares the decade average growth rates for Nonmetropolitan Wyoming noted in the previous graph with the corresponding decade averages for Wyoming and the nation. As the chart reveals, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's average annual total employment growth recorded above Wyoming's average during the 1970s (5.57% vs. 5.38%), outgained Wyoming's average during the 1980s (0.37% vs. 0.01%), outperformed Wyoming's average in the 1990s (1.86% vs. 1.74%), outgained Wyoming's average in the 2000s (2.20% vs. 2.11%), recorded under Wyoming's average during the 2010s (0.27% vs. 0.52%), and fell below Wyoming's average over the 3 year period of the current decade, 2020-2022 (2.04% vs. 2.32%).
Finally, relative to nationwide total employment growth trends, Nonmetropolitan Wyoming surpassed the nation throughout the 1970s (5.57% vs. 2.21%), trailed the nation over the 1980s (0.37% vs. 1.88%), outgained the nation in the 1990s (1.86% vs. 1.73%), outpaced the nation over the 2000s (2.20% vs. 0.74%), trailed the nation throughout the 2010s (0.27% vs. 1.51%), and recorded above the nation over 2020-2022 (2.04% vs. 1.82%).
   
 
Total Employment Growth:
Average Annual Percent Change
 
 
 
2.05
5.57
0.37
1.86
2.20
0.27
2.04
3.83
 
1.97
5.38
0.01
1.74
2.11
0.52
2.32
3.84
 
1.62
2.21
1.88
1.73
0.74
1.51
1.82
4.78
 
   
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population): 1969-2022
Figure 8.
The job ratios shown in Figure 8 for Nonmetropolitan Wyoming, Wyoming and the nation not only portray a number of important trends, they also serves as a thumbnail guide to evaluating an economy's capacity to generate enough jobs fast enough to absorb the increasing number of workers attendant to a growing population. The job ratio is the number of full-time and part-time jobs by place of work, divided by population.
Nationally, the job ratio rose from 0.45 to 0.64 between 1969 and 2022. Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's job ratio registered 0.47 in 1969, and 0.74 in 2022. Underlying the rising job ratio over the past several decades have been the increases in the labor force participation rates, with the number and proportion of women in the labor market playing a leading role.
An assortment of other factors can contribute to regional differences in the job ratio. They include differences in the proportion of elderly and retirees who no longer work and participate in the labor force, differences in the number and proportion of part-time vs. full-time workers, differences in industry composition, and differences in age and sex distribution and degree of urbanization. Also, a disproportionate number of workers commuting to work outside a county tends to lower its local county job ratio, while a net inflow of workers commuting to work inside the county tends to augment its local county job ratio.
Avoid interpreting the job ratio as the fraction (or percent) of the local population employed. This interpretation should only apply to the "employment-population ratio" statistic compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Job Ratios (Employment/Population)
as a Percent of the U.S. Average:
1969-2022
Figure 9.
To highlight trends in a local job ratio relative to nationwide trends, Figure 9 tracks Nonmetropolitan Wyoming's, Wyoming's job ratio as a percent of the national job ratio over 1969-2022.

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Nonmetropolitan Wyoming:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
103,778
100.0
N
65.70
0.47
103.07
1970
 
105,088
101.3
1.26
65.93
0.47
103.91
1971
 
109,072
105.1
3.79
66.15
0.47
107.11
1972
 
114,129
110.0
4.64
66.24
0.49
108.34
1973
 
119,999
115.6
5.14
65.83
0.50
108.23
1974
 
128,799
124.1
7.33
66.47
0.52
111.46
1975
 
134,630
129.7
4.53
66.43
0.52
112.92
1976
 
143,206
138.0
6.37
66.89
0.53
113.05
1977
 
154,708
149.1
8.03
67.09
0.55
114.09
1978
 
166,682
160.6
7.74
66.72
0.56
113.11
1979
 
178,150
171.7
6.88
66.92
0.57
112.49
1980
 
188,091
181.2
5.58
67.42
0.57
112.71
1981
 
195,588
188.5
3.99
67.57
0.56
112.72
1982
 
194,439
187.4
-0.59
67.82
0.54
110.16
1983
 
188,108
181.3
-3.26
68.65
0.52
105.30
1984
 
189,442
182.5
0.71
68.65
0.53
103.43
1985
 
191,846
184.9
1.27
69.36
0.54
103.85
1986
 
183,516
176.8
-4.34
69.60
0.52
99.16
1987
 
178,686
172.2
-2.63
69.14
0.53
99.07
1988
 
182,232
175.6
1.98
69.11
0.56
101.68
1989
 
184,003
177.3
0.97
69.33
0.57
103.26
1990
 
188,517
181.7
2.45
69.61
0.59
106.57
1991
 
193,023
186.0
2.39
69.65
0.60
109.87
1992
 
195,750
188.6
1.41
69.94
0.60
111.02
1993
 
198,412
191.2
1.36
69.68
0.60
110.47
1994
 
208,942
201.3
5.31
70.21
0.62
113.45
1995
 
210,814
203.1
0.90
70.14
0.62
111.63
1996
 
213,354
205.6
1.20
70.25
0.62
111.22
1997
 
215,136
207.3
0.84
70.15
0.63
110.72
1998
 
217,577
209.7
1.13
70.18
0.63
110.05
1999
 
221,052
213.0
1.60
70.13
0.64
110.85
2000
 
227,520
219.2
2.93
70.08
0.66
112.24
2001
 
232,834
224.4
2.34
70.53
0.67
116.15
2002
 
234,760
226.2
0.83
70.26
0.67
117.11
2003
 
235,432
226.9
0.29
69.91
0.67
117.24
2004
 
239,959
231.2
1.92
69.80
0.68
117.34
2005
 
247,826
238.8
3.28
69.93
0.69
118.54
2006
 
260,718
251.2
5.20
70.40
0.71
121.17
2007
 
274,629
264.6
5.34
70.70
0.73
122.92
2008
 
282,744
272.5
2.95
70.87
0.74
125.17
2009
 
274,159
264.2
-3.04
70.75
0.70
122.88
2010
 
271,784
261.9
-0.87
70.58
0.69
122.59
2011
 
274,138
264.2
0.87
70.23
0.69
122.02
2012
 
277,650
267.5
1.28
69.99
0.69
121.23
2013
 
278,262
268.1
0.22
69.48
0.69
119.61
2014
 
282,264
272.0
1.44
69.45
0.70
119.89
2015
 
281,802
271.5
-0.16
69.40
0.70
117.76
2016
 
276,742
266.7
-1.80
69.51
0.69
115.08
2017
 
276,396
266.3
-0.13
69.28
0.69
115.37
2018
 
279,674
269.5
1.19
69.13
0.70
115.60
2019
 
281,527
271.3
0.66
68.99
0.71
116.36
2020
 
276,020
266.0
-1.96
68.71
0.70
118.14
2021
 
287,697
277.2
4.23
68.43
0.72
118.07
2022
 
298,729
287.9
3.83
68.43
0.74
116.86
Source: Calculations by the Wyoming Regional Economic Analysis Project (WY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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Wyoming:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
157,954
100.0
N
0.17
0.48
106.14
1970
 
159,384
100.9
0.91
0.17
0.48
106.61
1971
 
164,883
104.4
3.45
0.18
0.48
109.51
1972
 
172,302
109.1
4.50
0.18
0.50
110.23
1973
 
182,288
115.4
5.80
0.19
0.52
110.77
1974
 
193,767
122.7
6.30
0.19
0.53
113.27
1975
 
202,679
128.3
4.60
0.20
0.53
116.05
1976
 
214,096
135.5
5.63
0.21
0.54
115.94
1977
 
230,589
146.0
7.70
0.22
0.56
117.23
1978
 
249,813
158.2
8.34
0.23
0.58
117.39
1979
 
266,229
168.5
6.57
0.24
0.59
116.94
1980
 
278,978
176.6
4.79
0.24
0.59
117.28
1981
 
289,465
183.3
3.76
0.25
0.59
117.55
1982
 
286,715
181.5
-0.95
0.25
0.57
114.89
1983
 
274,024
173.5
-4.43
0.24
0.54
108.55
1984
 
275,951
174.7
0.70
0.23
0.55
106.94
1985
 
276,585
175.1
0.23
0.22
0.55
106.38
1986
 
263,687
166.9
-4.66
0.21
0.53
101.21
1987
 
258,441
163.6
-1.99
0.20
0.54
101.34
1988
 
263,690
166.9
2.03
0.20
0.57
103.78
1989
 
265,401
168.0
0.65
0.19
0.58
104.94
1990
 
270,832
171.5
2.05
0.20
0.60
107.72
1991
 
277,118
175.4
2.32
0.20
0.60
110.93
1992
 
279,892
177.2
1.00
0.20
0.60
111.45
1993
 
284,727
180.3
1.73
0.20
0.60
111.12
1994
 
297,591
188.4
4.52
0.21
0.62
113.07
1995
 
300,567
190.3
1.00
0.20
0.62
111.53
1996
 
303,696
192.3
1.04
0.20
0.62
110.95
1997
 
306,691
194.2
0.99
0.20
0.63
110.55
1998
 
310,043
196.3
1.09
0.20
0.63
109.96
1999
 
315,198
199.6
1.66
0.20
0.64
110.72
2000
 
324,653
205.5
3.00
0.20
0.66
112.06
2001
 
330,130
209.0
1.69
0.20
0.67
114.90
2002
 
334,129
211.5
1.21
0.20
0.67
116.42
2003
 
336,769
213.2
0.79
0.20
0.67
116.96
2004
 
343,760
217.6
2.08
0.20
0.68
117.10
2005
 
354,384
224.4
3.09
0.21
0.69
118.19
2006
 
370,331
234.5
4.50
0.21
0.71
120.21
2007
 
388,463
245.9
4.90
0.22
0.73
121.85
2008
 
398,989
252.6
2.71
0.22
0.73
123.99
2009
 
387,490
245.3
-2.88
0.22
0.69
122.28
2010
 
385,075
243.8
-0.62
0.22
0.68
122.08
2011
 
390,340
247.1
1.37
0.22
0.69
121.94
2012
 
396,724
251.2
1.64
0.22
0.69
121.07
2013
 
400,510
253.6
0.95
0.22
0.69
119.77
2014
 
406,401
257.3
1.47
0.22
0.70
119.92
2015
 
406,045
257.1
-0.09
0.21
0.70
117.64
2016
 
398,144
252.1
-1.95
0.21
0.68
114.72
2017
 
398,968
252.6
0.21
0.20
0.69
115.15
2018
 
404,591
256.1
1.41
0.20
0.70
115.46
2019
 
408,043
258.3
0.85
0.20
0.71
116.15
2020
 
401,701
254.3
-1.55
0.21
0.70
118.06
2021
 
420,429
266.2
4.66
0.21
0.73
118.81
2022
 
436,564
276.4
3.84
0.21
0.75
117.81
Source: Calculations by the Wyoming Regional Economic Analysis Project (WY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
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United States:
Total Employment, 1969-2022
 
1969
 
91,053,200
100.0
N
0.45
1970
 
91,277,600
100.2
0.25
0.45
1971
 
91,581,400
100.6
0.33
0.44
1972
 
94,312,200
103.6
2.98
0.45
1973
 
98,427,500
108.1
4.36
0.47
1974
 
100,111,800
109.9
1.71
0.47
1975
 
98,900,600
108.6
-1.21
0.46
1976
 
101,591,200
111.6
2.72
0.47
1977
 
105,042,200
115.4
3.40
0.48
1978
 
109,686,600
120.5
4.42
0.49
1979
 
113,147,100
124.3
3.15
0.50
1980
 
113,983,200
125.2
0.74
0.50
1981
 
114,914,000
126.2
0.82
0.50
1982
 
114,163,300
125.4
-0.65
0.49
1983
 
115,645,700
127.0
1.30
0.49
1984
 
120,528,100
132.4
4.22
0.51
1985
 
123,796,700
136.0
2.71
0.52
1986
 
126,232,300
138.6
1.97
0.53
1987
 
129,548,400
142.3
2.63
0.53
1988
 
133,563,900
146.7
3.10
0.55
1989
 
136,177,800
149.6
1.96
0.55
1990
 
138,330,900
151.9
1.58
0.55
1991
 
137,612,800
151.1
-0.52
0.54
1992
 
138,166,100
151.7
0.40
0.54
1993
 
140,774,400
154.6
1.89
0.54
1994
 
144,196,600
158.4
2.43
0.55
1995
 
147,915,800
162.4
2.58
0.56
1996
 
151,056,200
165.9
2.12
0.56
1997
 
154,541,200
169.7
2.31
0.57
1998
 
158,481,200
174.1
2.55
0.57
1999
 
161,531,300
177.4
1.92
0.58
2000
 
165,370,800
181.6
2.38
0.59
2001
 
165,522,200
181.8
0.09
0.58
2002
 
165,095,100
181.3
-0.26
0.57
2003
 
165,921,500
182.2
0.50
0.57
2004
 
168,839,700
185.4
1.76
0.58
2005
 
172,338,400
189.3
2.07
0.58
2006
 
175,868,600
193.1
2.05
0.59
2007
 
179,543,700
197.2
2.09
0.60
2008
 
179,213,900
196.8
-0.18
0.59
2009
 
173,636,700
190.7
-3.11
0.57
2010
 
172,901,700
189.9
-0.42
0.56
2011
 
176,091,700
193.4
1.84
0.56
2012
 
178,979,700
196.6
1.64
0.57
2013
 
182,328,100
200.2
1.87
0.58
2014
 
186,239,800
204.5
2.15
0.58
2015
 
190,325,800
209.0
2.19
0.59
2016
 
193,425,900
212.4
1.63
0.60
2017
 
196,394,100
215.7
1.53
0.60
2018
 
200,292,200
220.0
1.98
0.61
2019
 
201,635,200
221.4
0.67
0.61
2020
 
195,286,600
214.5
-3.15
0.59
2021
 
202,752,100
222.7
3.82
0.61
2022
 
212,442,000
233.3
4.78
0.64
Source: Calculations by the Wyoming Regional Economic Analysis Project (WY-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2023
REAP_PI_CA1400_1000_PN
 
   
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