While other states’ politicians are wondering how to keep their voters employed, Wyoming’s mining companies are scrambling to find workers for their projects. According to Matt Grant, Assistant Director of the Wyoming Mining Association, The mining industry has at least 700 job openings right now. He added, Those are direct jobs. If you include the service industry jobs, for which there is a ratio of three service industry jobs for every direct job, then the real number is closer to 2,800.

Grant explained that an unskilled worker could start tomorrow with an annual salary of $44,000. A skilled electrician can make up to $100, 000 per year, Grant confided. Living in Wyoming isn’t expensive, and of course, energy costs are somewhat lower. Right now, Campbell County’s Chamber of Commerce, the Casper Area Development company, and Sweetwater County’s job recruiters are slugging it out to find laid off auto workers for the increasing number of job openings this state offers. As Wyoming’s Secretary of State Joe Meyers told StockInterview.com, If the companies are going to build uranium plants, tell them to bring their own workers. There’s none here.