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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Ending Balance by Quarter

Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.

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Updated March 27, 2023.


 Table 3: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Ending Balance by Quarter, 1983-2022
 Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
1983 $16,138,770 $8,468,609 $2,807,030 $5,461,599
1984 $3,719,280 $21,356,817 $21,545,551 $26,181,897
1985 $22,367,247 $33,682,181 $40,691,930 $43,560,948
1986 $38,715,904 $45,381,518 $43,361,086 $34,426,896
1987 $18,012,350 $14,917,370 $16,768,080 $17,160,905
1988 $11,900,438 $21,608,330 $29,019,949 $32,439,077
1989 $27,886,295 $38,549,078 $47,234,097 $52,539,386
1990 $51,608,080 $64,318,760 $74,503,527 $80,553,941
1991 $79,702,197 $87,493,214 $93,610,678 $96,093,278
1992 $89,635,303 $97,803,046 $103,836,809 $106,970,242
1993 $103,952,390 $112,473,245 $120,132,922 $124,965,892
1994 $122,348,721 $127,152,307 $131,905,706 $134,155,922
1995 $129,628,967 $132,941,944 $138,145,929 $139,602,411
1996 $133,899,583 $137,141,865 $141,905,316 $144,127,596
1997 $139,916,008 $146,032,886 $152,679,390 $156,708,102
1998 $154,179,661 $161,634,359 $168,836,221 $172,105,327
1999 $167,630,909 $174,262,448 $181,308,612 $185,062,023
2000 $183,400,377 $190,447,592 $197,733,148 $201,283,924
2001 $198,396,546 $205,371,945 $212,402,133 $215,645,924
2002 $210,470,186 $211,874,489 $213,625,561 $209,950,216
2003 $198,858,152 $196,754,286 $197,320,961 $194,367,590
2004 $185,297,278 $188,098,647 $192,507,735 $191,851,552
2005 $185,045,709 $192,520,715 $201,406,593 $204,878,612
2006 $202,446,242 $218,063,746 $231,824,858 $238,797,780
2007 $237,989,786 $250,807,533 $261,814,441 $267,882,953
2008 $263,801,719 $275,811,466 $283,613,614 $283,112,420
2009 $257,281,942 $230,119,161 $208,065,293 $179,839,606
2010 $142,906,900 $147,071,393 $156,554,771 $155,150,542
2011 $139,545,757 $166,452,867 $185,421,460 $194,651,075
2012 $186,896,254 $225,478,287 $250,482,718 $266,652,426
2013 $257,415,874 $292,921,353 $316,965,851 $328,508,410
2014 $326,726,456 $359,621,703 $382,962,199 $395,753,895
2015 $390,923,522 $393,473,092 $395,109,105 $389,352,732
2016 $364,440,063 $351,915,180 $346,645,837 $340,679,814
2017 $324,697,383 $336,130,546 $346,028,938 $349,473,781
2018 $342,151,812 $362,665,699 $376,693,993 $384,647,341
2019 $382,156,288 $404,524,340 $418,917,218 $423,283,629
2020* $415,741,123 $352,921,704 $350,322,524 $330,012,268
2021* $313,928,663 $376,236,891 $402,294,202 $475,436,095
2022 $474,598,491 $489,607,473 $500,255,085 $503,302,122
* Include federal CARES Fund $25 million in 2020, and additional $39,055,658 and $58 million in 2021. 
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims database. 
Prepared by S. Wen, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 3/27/23.