--- title: Government Employment - Wyoming Liberty Group - Wyoming Liberty Group description: Wyoming Liberty Group, a 501c3, founded in 2008 with the purpose of inviting citizens to prepare for informed, active and confident involvement in local and sta canonical_url: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-employment language: en-GB notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-employment. markdown-tokens: 846 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://mail.wyliberty.org/blog-tags/government-employment. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. [![Wyoming Liberty Group](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-lg-trees.png)![Wyoming Liberty Group](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-sm-trees.png)](https://mail.wyliberty.org/) ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1231/b2ap3_large_Sven-table-1-2017-01.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff Wyoming has the nation's highest Government Employment Ratio and the third-highest Government Compensation Ratio. Our state also lacks in industrial diversity. Main finding: Counties where government earnings are a significant share of employee compensation are more industrially diverse than counties with a relatively... ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1227/b2ap3_large_Sven-private-sector-wy-2018-01.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff With reference to the recent job losses in Wyoming coal mines, this Report presents a review of employment trends in the private sector since 1990. Main findings: 1) Job growth today is low by historic comparison. 2) In terms of employment, our economy is more diversified now than it was three decades ago. News storie... ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1218/b2ap3_large_Compensation-Ratios-fig1.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff The Government Employment Ratio (GER) is one of several measurements of the size of government. Likewise, the Government Compensation Ratio (GCR) is a measurement of the cost of government related directly to the performance of the private sector. Main finding: Wyoming has the largest GER and the second highest GCR of... ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1151/b2ap3_large_How-Wyoming-Compares-to-The-Surrounding-States-Fig1.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff My previous work looked at state and local government wages in the state of Wyoming. On average, in the state of Wyoming, there is a wage premium of 23% in state government. This analysis uses wages data from the Bureau of Labor and Statics, that does not include benefits. Local government employees' wages are similar... ![](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1101/b2ap3_large_Private_Sector_Employment_2018.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff The Bureau of Labor Statistics is slightly behind in releasing state and county level employment data. We will have state-level numbers for January on March 11 and the February numbers on March 22. We can also look forward to the county-level numbers for the third and fourth quarters of 2018. In the meantime, here is ... ![logo white 002](https://mail.wyliberty.org/images/general_art/logo_white_002.png) **Wyoming Liberty Group** P.O. Box 9 • Burns, WY 82053 Phone: (307) 632-7020