Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims
Initial claims increased 4.5% compared to May and 168.6% compared to June 2008. On average, initial claims decline an average of 6.9% from May to June.
aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.
