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Wyoming Liable Unemployment Insurance Benefit Expenditure

Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.

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Updated March 27, 2023.


 Table 2: Wyoming Liable Unemployment Insurance Benefit Expenditure, 1983-2022
 Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4  Annual Total
1983 $29,052,631 $23,700,333 $14,329,696 $9,034,246 $76,116,905
1984 $14,782,584 $8,573,118 $5,741,329 $5,069,737 $34,166,767
1985 $10,774,291 $8,424,280 $6,237,682 $8,488,088 $33,924,340
1986 $13,802,491 $15,921,290 $14,637,791 $17,503,781 $61,865,353
1987 $21,807,203 $14,408,823 $7,531,594 $7,065,650 $50,813,269
1988 $10,780,518 $5,776,895 $3,625,728 $4,884,279 $25,067,419
1989 $10,153,425 $5,685,397 $3,240,820 $3,293,635 $22,373,278
1990 $7,075,872 $4,464,098 $2,598,964 $3,937,711 $18,076,646
1991 $8,624,287 $5,397,940 $3,779,018 $5,861,943 $23,663,189
1992 $10,925,696 $7,380,781 $4,236,601 $5,239,957 $27,783,035
1993 $9,326,181 $5,647,344 $3,094,171 $4,467,000 $22,534,696
1994 $9,856,568 $5,831,269 $4,416,837 $5,247,501 $25,352,175
1995 $10,672,753 $7,733,850 $3,882,304 $6,351,287 $28,640,195
1996 $11,658,665 $8,155,337 $4,313,370 $6,034,867 $30,162,239
1997 $10,637,529 $6,233,825 $3,513,143 $4,912,823 $25,297,320
1998 $9,651,421 $5,791,717 $3,528,237 $5,740,119 $24,711,494
1999 $11,452,028 $6,181,847 $3,706,207 $5,247,860 $26,587,941
2000 $9,205,265 $6,234,963 $3,801,757 $5,522,063 $24,764,048
2001 $10,052,386 $5,708,782 $3,842,876 $5,851,800 $25,455,845
2002 $12,387,051 $8,663,171 $6,821,728 $10,658,926 $38,530,876
2003 $16,873,973 $11,971,366 $7,719,607 $9,958,737 $46,523,683
2004 $14,973,959 $9,506,513 $6,450,811 $8,885,072 $39,816,356
2005 $13,208,468 $7,831,299 $4,819,405 $6,923,882 $32,783,056
2006 $10,515,294 $6,501,638 $4,433,022 $6,467,494 $27,917,448
2007 $11,315,516 $8,454,822 $6,349,559 $7,781,576 $33,901,474
2008 $14,867,902 $11,556,356 $9,053,067 $14,467,624 $49,944,949
2009 $35,776,806 $48,476,328 $37,903,353 $39,375,474 $161,531,961
2010 $44,944,153 $32,402,092 $19,863,072 $22,738,425 $119,947,743
2011 $31,294,455 $22,274,378 $14,819,387 $18,433,786 $86,822,007
2012 $26,020,789 $18,135,736 $14,534,450 $18,821,811 $77,512,786
2013 $26,656,701 $18,376,324 $12,970,508 $17,170,524 $75,174,058
2014 $20,146,032 $13,630,949 $9,519,164 $12,731,132 $56,027,276
2015 $22,554,859 $23,279,068 $18,636,664 $21,926,613 $86,397,204
2016 $35,534,803 $34,168,478 $23,493,309 $20,206,874 $113,403,465
2017 $26,093,562 $13,409,529 $9,530,631 $11,116,638 $60,150,361
2018 $17,316,124 $9,664,486 $6,763,651 $8,620,257 $42,364,518
2019 $14,614,558 $8,738,286 $7,838,190 $12,657,555 $43,848,588
2020 $20,064,444 $73,757,484 $52,761,274 $26,956,181 $173,539,383
2021 $26,375,399 $15,283,418 $8,199,824 $8,383,084 $58,241,724
2022 $13,194,855 $7,398,684 $5,714,790 $13,133,028 $39,441,357
This table only includes the benefit expenses for which Wyoming is liable and paid by the Wyoming UI Trust Fund. 
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims database. 
Prepared by S. Wen, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 3/27/23.