This article identifies employment and wage trends within Wyoming's Manufacturing industry. Wage earners can use this as a tool to identify sub-groups with the best potential for employment. One can also note the changes in employment as a percentage of the total jobs.
Manufacturing is only a small part of Wyoming's economy.
The industry averaged 10,810 covered employees or 5.1 percent of the jobs in 1997. As a proportion of the total jobs, Manufacturing increased from 4.9 percent in 1990 to 5.1 percent in 1997. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries Table 1 shows Wyoming employment and the growth rates within the different major groups from the years 1990-1996, as well as the industry projections for the years 1998 and 2005. If we look at the Manufacturing industry by major industry groups, we can make several observations. The largest annual average employment in 1996 was in chemicals and allied products.