Sweetwater County, WY

FIPS 56037 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Sweetwater County had an annual average of 20,698 jobs across 1,732 establishments, paying $1.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

20,698

-0.8% YoY

Establishments

1,732

Total Wages

$1.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$68,267

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Sweetwater County, WY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 $174 $0.0M
212 NAICS 212 2,123 11 $2,594 $286.4M
611 NAICS 611 1,925 33 $981 $97.3M
722 NAICS 722 1,589 102 $377 $31.1M
325 NAICS 325 1,236 5 $2,590 $166.4M
621 NAICS 621 840 98 $2,039 $42.5M
238 NAICS 238 793 94 $1,349 $55.7M
213 NAICS 213 791 66 $1,536 $63.2M
921 NAICS 921 788 11 $1,412 $42.5M
721 NAICS 721 578 29 $500 $15.0M
237 NAICS 237 550 35 $1,657 $47.4M
561 NAICS 561 499 100 $871 $22.6M
541 NAICS 541 458 191 $1,420 $33.8M
624 NAICS 624 447 127 $535 $12.4M
484 NAICS 484 432 61 $1,356 $30.5M
423 NAICS 423 413 62 $1,512 $32.5M
457 NAICS 457 411 29 $617 $13.2M
455 NAICS 455 409 6 $619 $13.2M
441 NAICS 441 387 26 $1,116 $22.4M
221 NAICS 221 372 15 $2,307 $44.6M
445 NAICS 445 349 10 $688 $12.5M
444 NAICS 444 276 18 $698 $10.0M
811 NAICS 811 236 42 $981 $12.0M
522 NAICS 522 232 34 $1,241 $15.0M
459 NAICS 459 232 34 $437 $5.3M
488 NAICS 488 155 14 $1,475 $11.9M
531 NAICS 531 130 52 $719 $4.9M
492 NAICS 492 122 5 $929 $5.9M
458 NAICS 458 119 12 $342 $2.1M
486 NAICS 486 118 9 $2,334 $14.3M
812 NAICS 812 110 21 $459 $2.6M
524 NAICS 524 99 44 $1,075 $5.5M
236 NAICS 236 99 28 $1,244 $6.4M
532 NAICS 532 96 19 $1,238 $6.1M
924 NAICS 924 93 2 $1,737 $8.4M
551 NAICS 551 82 10 $1,920 $8.2M
456 NAICS 456 77 10 $629 $2.5M
327 NAICS 327 77 3 $1,412 $5.7M
449 NAICS 449 76 14 $700 $2.8M
491 NAICS 491 76 7 $1,288 $5.1M
923 NAICS 923 67 6 $1,711 $4.0M
562 NAICS 562 60 6 $1,135 $3.5M
519 NAICS 519 59 9 $561 $1.7M
517 NAICS 517 46 9 $1,162 $2.8M
922 NAICS 922 39 7 $1,487 $3.0M
926 NAICS 926 24 5 $1,118 $1.4M
332 NAICS 332 17 6 $989 $0.9M
513 NAICS 513 16 12 $1,009 $0.9M
339 NAICS 339 14 4 $1,074 $0.8M
518 NAICS 518 7 8 $2,198 $0.8M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

207

jobs · $78,625 avg pay

State Government

256

jobs · $64,149 avg pay

Local Government

3,800

jobs · $56,477 avg pay

Private

16,435

jobs · $70,929 avg pay

WY Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.5%

April 2026

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