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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims Statistics

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming by County of Residence, Industry, and Selected Demographics, 2019-2023


Weekly UI Claims Data Table of Contents

Updated November 30, 2023, for the week ending November 25, 2023.

Current Monthly UI Claims Report

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims Report, October 2023

Initial and continued Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims followed their normal seasonal patterns and continued to increase from September to October. Initial claims nearly doubled as seasonal employment ended in industries such as leisure & hospitality and construction.

There were 1,715 initial claims in October 2023, up 81.1% over the month. Initial claims were slightly lower compared to October 2022.

The total number of continued weeks claimed increased from 5,411 in October 2022 to 6,179 in October 2023 (768, or 14.2%). Over the month, continued claims increased 12.7% and followed their normal seasonal trends.

The number of unique claimants with continued claims increased from 2,146 in October 2022 to 2,331 in October 2023 (185, or 8.6%).

The October 2023 Unemployment Insurance claims report also provides detailed information on initial and continued claims at the industry and county levels.

October 2023 UI Claims Report

Published November 17, 2023.

Monthly Tables and Figures

*Information displayed in Initial and Continued Claims are adjusted for monthly comparisons by normalizing the number of weeks in each month to a standard 4.33 weeks.

**NAICS = North American Industry Classification code.

***SIC = Standard Industrial Classification code.  

Annual Tables and Figures

Article: Wyoming Unemployment Claims Drop to Historic Lows in 2022 (Wyoming Labor Force Trends, March 2023)

Updated March 29, 2023.

NEW! Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims by Occupation

Unemployment Insurance Claims Data for Wyoming by Occupation, Educational Requirement, and Gender, 2019-2020

Table of Contents

Published March 26, 2021.

Selected Articles from Wyoming Labor Force Trends and Other Publications

Previous Monthly UI Claims Reports

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