Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

© Copyright 2005 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 42 No. 6

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

April 2005 initial claims were 2.5 percent higher than one year ago. This marks the first time in several months an over-the-year increase occurred.


							Percent Change
							Claims Filed
				Claims Filed			Mar05	Apr04
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Apr05	Mar05	Apr04	Apr05	Apr05

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				2,088	1,715	2,038	21.7	2.5
				705	690	641	2.2	10.0
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				178	135	181	31.9	-1.7
	Natural Resources and Mining			138	112	150	23.2	-8.0
		Mining		12	9	17	33.3	-29.4
			Oil & Gas Extraction	452	449	385	0.7	17.4
	Construction			75	106	75	-29.2	0.0
	Manufacturing			1,135	768	1,119	47.8	1.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				265	226	236	17.3	12.3
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			30	27	28	11.1	7.1
		Wholesale Trade		144	130	133	10.8	8.3
		Retail Trade		91	69	75	31.9	21.3
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		16	19	34	-15.8	-52.9
	Information			35	32	47	9.4	-25.5
	Financial Activities			139	95	135	46.3	3.0
	Professional & Business Services			83	80	95	3.8	-12.6
	Educational & Health Services			562	293	522	91.8	7.7
	Leisure & Hospitality			35	23	50	52.2	-30.0
	Other Services			128	123	137	4.1	-6.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				48	64	49	-25.0	-2.0
	Federal Government			17	23	18	-26.1	-5.6
	State Government			63	36	70	75.0	-10.0
	Local Government			6	6	13	0.0	-53.8
		Local Education		120	134	141	-10.4	-14.9
UNCLASSIFIED
				260	248	295	4.8	-11.9
LARAMIE COUNTY
				100	100	96	0.0	4.2
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				88	87	80	1.1	10.0
				129	122	169	5.7	-23.7
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				32	52	47	-38.5	-31.9
	Construction			14	6	10	133.3	40.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				29	18	40	61.1	-27.5
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			21	12	17	75.0	23.5
	Financial Activities			25	27	14	-7.4	78.6
	Professional & Business Services			20	16	20	25.0	0.0
	Educational & Health Services			11	10	10	10.0	10.0
	Leisure & Hospitality			220	217	212	1.4	3.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
UNCLASSIFIED				98	103	80	-4.9	22.5
				69	81	55	-14.8	25.5
NATRONA COUNTY				104	104	104	0.0	0.0
				27	33	22	-18.2	22.7
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				4	7	9	-42.9	-55.6
				28	11	25	154.5	12.0
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				14	22	25	-36.4	-44.0
	Construction			22	22	17	0.0	29.4
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				10	6	15	66.7	-33.3
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			8	4	13	100.0	-38.5
	Financial Activities			7	8	8	-12.5	-12.5
	Professional & Business Services			11	16	25	-31.3	-56.0
	Educational & Health Services			22	18	26	22.2	-15.4
	Leisure & Hospitality			22	16	27	37.5	-18.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				6	10	11	-40.0	-45.5
UNCLASSIFIED				4	5	4	-20.0	0.0