Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 11

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

September 2004 marked the first over-the-year increase in initial claims since May 2003. However, over-the-year claims declined in the Goods Producing sector.


							Percent Change
							Claims Filed
				Claims Filed			Aug04	Sep03
WYOMING STATEWIDE				Sep04	Aug04	Sep03	Sep04	Sep04

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				1,418	1,176	1,370	20.6	3.5

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				453	396	501	14.4	-9.6
	Natural Resources and Mining			98	119	108	-17.6	-9.3
		Mining		84	77	97	9.1	-13.4
			Oil & Gas Extraction	7	6	26	16.7	-73.1
	Construction			309	241	339	28.2	-8.8
	Manufacturing			46	36	54	27.8	-14.8
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				725	566	634	28.1	14.4
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			190	165	177	15.2	7.3
		Wholesale Trade		26	37	30	-29.7	-13.3
		Retail Trade		110	86	94	27.9	17.0
		Trans., Warehousing & Utilities		54	42	53	28.6	1.9
	Information			53	19	11	178.9	381.8
	Financial Activities			29	36	43	-19.4	-32.6
	Professional & Business Services			142	123	105	15.4	35.2
	Educational & Health Services			94	93	92	1.1	2.2
	Leisure & Hospitality			189	98	182	92.9	3.8
	Other Services			28	32	24	-12.5	16.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				108	112	122	-3.6	-11.5
	Federal Government			37	40	48	-7.5	-22.9
	State Government			20	19	17	5.3	17.6
	Local Government			51	53	57	-3.8	-10.5
		Local Education		11	14	13	-21.4	-15.4
UNCLASSIFIED				132	102	113	29.4	16.8

LARAMIE COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				271	210	208	29.0	30.3

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				72	38	57	89.5	26.3
	Construction			61	32	45	90.6	35.6
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				167	132	111	26.5	50.5
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			38	39	33	-2.6	15.2
	Financial Activities			5	11	4	-54.5	25.0
	Professional & Business Services			42	37	15	13.5	180.0
	Educational & Health Services			21	23	23	-8.7	-8.7
	Leisure & Hospitality			14	15	27	-6.7	-48.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				21	32	30	-34.4	-30.0
UNCLASSIFIED				11	8	10	37.5	10.0

NATRONA COUNTY

TOTAL CLAIMS FILED				187	146	215	28.1	-13.0

TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING				54	52	79	3.8	-31.6
	Construction			37	32	50	15.6	-26.0
TOTAL SERVICES PRODUCING				118	84	115	40.5	2.6
	Trade, Trans., Warehousing, & Util.			30	23	34	30.4	-11.8
	Financial Activities			5	7	9	-28.6	-44.4
	Professional & Business Services			42	18	20	133.3	110.0
	Educational & Health Services			20	11	23	81.8	-13.0
	Leisure & Hospitality			17	16	23	6.3	-26.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT				9	6	9	50.0	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED				6	4	12	50.0	-50.0