© Copyright 2006 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 43 No. 1
 

Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims
Data produced by: Douglas Leonard, Senior Research Analyst

Wyoming Statewide | Laramie County | Natrona County

Statewide initial claims fell by 8.9% over the year. Claims in goods-producing industries were less than November 2004 totals in all industries except Manufacturing, where claims increased 9.2%.

 

										Percent Change
										Claims Filed
							Claims Filed			Oct05	Nov04
WYOMING STATEWIDE							Nov05	Oct05	Nov04	Nov05	Nov05
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED							2,631	2,277	2,889	15.5	-8.9
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							1,051	671	1,118	56.6	-6.0
	Natural Resources and Mining						128	143	158	-10.5	-19.0
		Mining					102	133	122	-23.3	-16.4
			Oil & Gas Extraction				7	13	16	-46.2	-56.3
	Construction						840	473	884	77.6	-5.0
	Manufacturing						83	55	76	50.9	9.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							1,084	1,197	1,211	-9.4	-10.5
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						217	286	287	-24.1	-24.4
		Wholesale Trade					22	54	44	-59.3	-50.0
		Retail Trade					136	155	176	-12.3	-22.7
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities					59	77	67	-23.4	-11.9
	Information						16	16	21	0.0	-23.8
	Financial Activities						36	43	38	-16.3	-5.3
	Professional & Business Services						255	156	253	63.5	0.8
	Educational & Health Services						98	82	84	19.5	16.7
	Leisure & Hospitality						424	579	489	-26.8	-13.3
	Other Services						38	35	39	8.6	-2.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							307	275	350	11.6	-12.3
	Federal Government						201	174	251	15.5	-19.9
	State Government						23	30	21	-23.3	9.5
	Local Government						83	71	78	16.9	6.4
		Local Education					13	15	11	-13.3	18.2
UNCLASSIFIED							189	134	210	41.0	-10.0
LARAMIE COUNTY
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED							313	269	424	16.4	-26.2
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							150	106	247	41.5	-39.3
	Construction						141	91	224	54.9	-37.1
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							125	122	137	2.5	-8.8
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						29	36	36	-19.4	-19.4
	Financial Activities						7	9	7	-22.2	0.0
	Professional & Business Services						48	33	51	45.5	-5.9
	Educational & Health Services						17	18	16	-5.6	6.3
	Leisure & Hospitality						19	21	19	-9.5	0.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							17	26	27	-34.6	-37.0
UNCLASSIFIED							21	15	13	40.0	61.5
NATRONA COUNTY
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED							346	235	343	47.2	0.9
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING							194	88	179	120.5	8.4
	Construction						169	70	143	141.4	18.2
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING							118	124	136	-4.8	-13.2
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.						35	43	41	-18.6	-14.6
	Financial Activities						9	4	6	125.0	50.0
	Professional & Business Services						38	29	38	31.0	0.0
	Educational & Health Services						11	16	11	-31.3	0.0
	Leisure & Hospitality						19	19	29	0.0	-34.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT							20	13	17	53.8	17.6
UNCLASSIFIED							14	10	11	40.0	27.3