--- title: Private Sector Wages - 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://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/private-sector-wages language: en-GB notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/private-sector-wages. markdown-tokens: 952 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/private-sector-wages. 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://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-lg-trees.png)![Wyoming Liberty Group](https://wyliberty.org/images/2020/06/01/wy-logo-sm-trees.png)](https://wyliberty.org/) ![](https://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://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://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://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1166/b2ap3_large_Larson-real-pay-gap-wy-01.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff We hear a lot about the gender pay gap in our state. This non-issue keeps coming back, as we noted back in February, despite the fact that it is mostly a matter of statistical mythology. Last year I debunked the Department of Workforce Studies report on the issue, explaining that the DWS appeared to have created the p... ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1162/b2ap3_large_Cheyenne-Really-Good-for-Small-Businesses_Fig1.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff On May 10 Wyoming News Now reported: According to Verizon, Cheyenne has been voted one of the best places nationwide to start a new business. Ranking in at #6, it is the only state capital to break the top 10. Sounds good, doesn't it? We all want Cheyenne to be a good place to start a business – in fact, we all want W... ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1126/b2ap3_large_Difference_Between_Ave_2017_Gov_Wages.jpg) by Philip Baron In 2017 Wyoming had 292 state and local government employees per 1,000 people working in the private sector (according to employment data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics). The state government made up 5.4%1 of the employment in the state in 2017. Local government made up 16.7% of the state's employment for the same year. Wha... ![logo white 002](https://wyliberty.org/images/general_art/logo_white_002.png) **Wyoming Liberty Group** P.O. Box 9 • Burns, WY 82053 Phone: (307) 632-7020