All other industries maintained over 40 percent returning to the same industry. This may be due to easily transferable skills from this industry to another or it may be an indication of low wages as shown in Figure 2 . This is nearly 30 percent higher than any other industry. It may be due to relatively high wages, which provide an incentive to stay in Mining. In summary, once in Mining almost always in Mining.
Manufacturing is a classic case of the change in Wyoming's economy.
Nearly 40 percent of these workers go back to Manufacturing. It is basically tough to stay in this industry. Again, Wholesale Trade follows Manufacturing and T.C.P.U. with roughly the same proportions of job changers going to Services and Retail Trade. Unlike Manufacturing, T.C.P.U. and Wholesale Trade, over 50 percent of Retail Trade workers return to Retail Trade. They are also successful in transferring skills to the Services industry with a small proportion going to Construction.