All four occupational classifications demonstrated above normal attrition rates with migration from the state as the most likely explanation. The highest attrition rate for former IT employees suggests a much higher rate of out-migration. For 38 former DFS employees, average wages two quarters after their exit represented a 20.1 percent decrease. The wages of the case workers may or may not have been the primary impetus for leaving their jobs. The analysis of highway patrol officers and IT staff show that, on average, those who exited their jobs and stayed in Wyoming to work in the private sector increased their wages.
Corrections officers have an increased likelihood of holding a secondary job.
Highway patrol officers demonstrated the highest level of multiple-job holding. For all four occupational groups, multiple-job holding rates fell within the normal range of labor attachment for State Government as a whole. Multiple-job holding by State Government employees is associated with the greater likelihood that these employees may exit State employment. For any given stock of employed workers at any given point in time, it is normal for that stock of workers to diminish, or experience attrition, over time. Attrition occurs due to worker death, injury, retirement, withdrawal to meet the needs of young or sick family members, new job opportunities in another state, and for other reasons.