Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
Continued weeks claimed in August 2010 were 23.8% less than in August 2009. Notable over-the-month increases included oil & gas extraction (22.1%), federal government (18.7%), and financial activities (12.5%).
| Percent Change Weeks Claimed | |||||
| Continued Weeks Claimed | Aug_10 | Aug_10 | |||
| Aug_10 | Jul_10 | Aug_09 | Jul_10 | Aug_09 | |
| Wyoming Statewide | |||||
| Total Weeks Claimed | 31,422 | 31,193 | 41,224 | 0.7 | -23.8 |
| Extended Weeks Claimed | 19,456 | 13,724 | 10,477 | 41.8 | 85.7 |
| Total Unique Claimants* | 8,552 | 8,815 | 11,544 | -3.0 | -25.9 |
| Benefit Exhaustions | 1,204 | 1,365 | 1,341 | -11.8 | -10.2 |
| Benefit Exhaustion Rates | 14.1% | 15.5% | 11.6% | -1.4% | 2.5% |
| Goods-Producing | 10,170 | 10,612 | 18,441 | -4.2 | -44.9 |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 2,296 | 2,191 | 9,147 | 4.8 | -74.9 |
| Mining | 2,086 | 2,025 | 8,860 | 3.0 | -76.5 |
| Oil & Gas Extraction | 160 | 131 | 408 | 22.1 | -60.8 |
| Construction | 6,686 | 7,111 | 7,431 | -6.0 | -10.0 |
| Manufacturing | 1,188 | 1,310 | 1,863 | -9.3 | -36.2 |
| Service-Providing | 14,723 | 14,253 | 16,385 | 3.3 | -10.1 |
| Trade, Transp., & Utilities | 4,942 | 4,838 | 6,234 | 2.1 | -20.7 |
| Wholesale Trade | 998 | 971 | 1,616 | 2.8 | -38.2 |
| Retail Trade | 3,071 | 2,884 | 2,830 | 6.5 | 8.5 |
| Transp., Wareh., & Utilities | 873 | 983 | 1,788 | -11.2 | -51.2 |
| Information | 289 | 260 | 287 | 11.2 | 0.7 |
| Financial Activities | 973 | 865 | 1,090 | 12.5 | -10.7 |
| Prof. & Business Services | 2,280 | 2,223 | 2,940 | 2.6 | -22.4 |
| Educational & Health Services | 2,400 | 2,252 | 2,120 | 6.6 | 13.2 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 2,740 | 2,808 | 2,562 | -2.4 | 6.9 |
| Other Svcs., ex. Public Admin. | 1,099 | 1,007 | 1,152 | 9.1 | -4.6 |
| Government | 3,135 | 2,862 | 2,400 | 9.5 | 30.6 |
| Federal Government | 1,014 | 854 | 501 | 18.7 | 102.4 |
| State Government | 350 | 386 | 437 | -9.3 | -19.9 |
| Local Government | 1,771 | 1,622 | 1,462 | 9.2 | 21.1 |
| Local Education | 578 | 462 | 483 | 25.1 | 19.7 |
| Unclassified | 3,394 | 3,466 | 3,998 | -2.1 | -15.1 |
| Laramie County | |||||
| Total Weeks Claimed | 4,150 | 4,094 | 3,911 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,146 | 1,136 | 1,099 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Goods-Producing | 903 | 938 | 976 | -3.7 | -7.5 |
| Construction | 735 | 751 | 656 | -2.1 | 12.0 |
| Service-Providing | 2,495 | 2,456 | 2,409 | 1.6 | 3.6 |
| Trade, Transp., & Utilities | 889 | 930 | 872 | -4.4 | 1.9 |
| Financial Activities | 210 | 188 | 151 | 11.7 | 39.1 |
| Prof. & Business Services | 360 | 327 | 455 | 10.1 | -20.9 |
| Educational & Health Svcs. | 503 | 435 | 438 | 15.6 | 14.8 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 303 | 347 | 314 | -12.7 | -3.5 |
| Government | 603 | 577 | 361 | 4.5 | 67.0 |
| Unclassified | 149 | 123 | 165 | 21.1 | -9.7 |
| Natrona County | |||||
| Total Weeks Claimed | 4,385 | 4,157 | 5,982 | 5.5 | -26.7 |
| Total Unique Claimants | 1,270 | 1,182 | 1,641 | 7.4 | -22.6 |
| Goods-Producing | 1,265 | 1,312 | 2,665 | -3.6 | -52.5 |
| Construction | 641 | 681 | 627 | -5.9 | 2.2 |
| Service-Providing | 2,788 | 2,568 | 2,953 | 8.6 | -5.6 |
| Trade, Transp., & Utilities | 1,061 | 947 | 1,240 | 12.0 | -14.4 |
| Financial Activities | 191 | 165 | 181 | 15.8 | 5.5 |
| Professional & Business Svcs. | 335 | 327 | 397 | 2.4 | -15.6 |
| Educational & Health Services | 489 | 457 | 324 | 7.0 | 50.9 |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 467 | 459 | 379 | 1.7 | 23.2 |
| Government | 271 | 202 | 194 | 34.2 | 39.7 |
| Unclassified | 61 | 75 | 170 | -18.7 | -64.1 |
| *Does not include claimants receiving extended benefits | |||||
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.