Continued Claims

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 2

Over-the-year continued claims declined by 7.7 percent, led by a substantial (52.7%) decrease in Natural Resources and Mining.

							Percent Change
							Claims Filed
				Claims Filed			Nov 03	Dec 02
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Dec 03	Nov 03	Dec 02	Dec 03	Dec 03

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				20,768	16,038	22,496	29.5	-7.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				5,548	5,271	7,007	5.3	-20.8

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				7,776	4,631	9,450	67.9	-17.7
	Natural Resources and Mining			901	687	1,903	31.1	-52.7
		Mining		716	564	1,654	27.0	-56.7
			Oil & Gas Extraction	121	65	179	86.2	-32.4
	Construction			6,237	3,474	6,521	79.5	-4.4
	Manufacturing			638	470	1,026	35.7	-37.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				9,008	8,273	9,166	8.9	-1.7
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			2,231	2,044	2,504	9.1	-10.9
		Wholesale Trade		399	383	360	4.2	10.8
		Retail Trade		1,247	1,093	1,414	14.1	-11.8
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		585	568	730	3.0	-19.9
	Information			133	139	168	-4.3	-20.8
	Financial Activities			435	436	334	-0.2	30.2
	Professional & Business Services			1,935	1,454	2,124	33.1	-8.9
	Educational & Health Services			820	789	714	3.9	14.8
	Leisure & Hospitality			3,137	3,138	2,876	0.0	9.1
	Other Services			317	273	446	16.1	-28.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				2,365	1,893	2,187	24.9	8.1
	Federal Government			1,190	849	1,072	40.2	11.0
	State Government			253	257	296	-1.6	-14.5
	Local Government			922	787	819	17.2	12.6
		Local Education		183	189	252	-3.2	-27.4
UNCLASSIFIED				1,619	1,241	1,693	30.5	-4.4

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				2,818	2,052	2,457	37.3	14.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				760	672	777	13.1	-2.2

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				1,166	614	1,017	89.9	14.7
	Construction			1,044	532	887	96.2	17.7
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,216	1,056	1,120	15.2	8.6
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			382	332	341	15.1	12.0
	Financial Activities			69	79	57	-12.7	21.1
	Professional & Business Services			329	238	370	38.2	-11.1
	Educational & Health Services			146	161	116	-9.3	25.9
	Leisure & Hospitality			164	143	122	14.7	34.4
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				325	291	183	11.7	77.6
UNCLASSIFIED				111	91	137	22.0	-19.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED				2,648	2,046	2,863	29.4	-7.5
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS				715	736	890	-2.9	-19.7

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				1,302	839	1,374	55.2	-5.2
	Construction			1,089	648	1,013	68.1	7.5
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				1,119	1,011	1,249	10.7	-10.4
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			357	325	405	9.8	-11.9
	Financial Activities			73	87	65	-16.1	12.3
	Professional & Business Services			310	258	402	20.2	-22.9
	Educational & Health Services			179	156	145	14.7	23.4
	Leisure & Hospitality			137	114	127	20.2	7.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				135	132	148	2.3	-8.8
UNCLASSIFIED				92	64	92	43.8	0.0