• While overall employment in the State of Wyoming increased 12.44% between 1997 and 2002, employment within the construction industry rose by 24.89%, creating 3,452 new construction jobs as well as creating 391 construction establishments in 5 years.

• While the average worker in Wyoming brought home $27,196 in pay in 2002, the state’s construction workers made on average $28,857, an increase of 5.76% more than the average worker in Wyoming. 

• Construction workers in Wyoming saw a salary increase of 15.99% from 1997-2002, compared to the average salary increase construction workers across the United States, which increased by 14.97%. 

• The number of businesses in Wyoming grew from 14,920 in 1997 to 16,148 in 2002, an increase of 8.23%.  Construction establishments in Wyoming however, increased by 17.96% from 2,177 in 1997 to 2,568 in 2002.

• Of the 1,228 new businesses established between 1997 and 2002 in Wyoming, 391 or 31.84% of those establishments were in the construction industry.

• According to Union Membership and Coverage Database, available at www.unionstats.com, in 2006, only 10.6 percent of Wyoming’s private construction workforce belonged to a construction trade union.  That means that approximately 90 out of 100 Wyoming’s private construction workers do not belong to a labor union.

Data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census except where noted.

• The dollar threshold amount for contract coverage under state prevailing wage laws in Wyoming is $25,000.