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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 2015 Wyoming Benchmark Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 299,782 299,274 301,009 300,184 302,758 306,610 305,519 303,045 301,031 301,007 300,575 298,503 301,608
Employment 285,809 286,328 287,643 287,710 289,613 293,364 293,511 291,632 290,265 289,074 287,203 284,575 288,894
Unemployment 13,973 12,946 13,366 12,474 13,145 13,246 12,008 11,413 10,766 11,933 13,372 13,928 12,714
Unemployment Rate 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.2
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 43,319 43,399 43,552 43,071 42,471 42,235 42,050 41,428 41,480 42,147 42,376 42,253 42,482
Employment 41,423 41,599 41,535 41,081 40,301 40,034 40,009 39,457 39,582 40,114 40,165 39,870 40,431
Unemployment 1,896 1,800 2,017 1,990 2,170 2,201 2,041 1,971 1,898 2,033 2,211 2,383 2,051
Unemployment Rate 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.6 4.8
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 32,057 32,098 32,207 31,871 31,420 31,259 31,130 30,656 30,708 31,218 31,376 31,274 31,439
Employment 30,708 30,838 30,791 30,454 29,876 29,678 29,660 29,250 29,343 29,737 29,775 29,557 29,972
Unemployment 1,349 1,260 1,416 1,417 1,544 1,581 1,470 1,406 1,365 1,481 1,601 1,717 1,467
Unemployment Rate 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.5 4.7
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 48,091 48,284 48,616 48,434 48,222 47,879 48,703 47,977 47,539 47,869 48,702 48,379 48,225
Employment 45,721 46,238 46,579 46,722 46,379 45,940 46,943 46,275 45,927 46,122 46,857 46,388 46,341
Unemployment 2,370 2,046 2,037 1,712 1,843 1,939 1,760 1,702 1,612 1,747 1,845 1,991 1,884
Unemployment Rate 4.9 4.2 4.2 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.9
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 31,439 31,572 31,758 31,638 31,517 31,304 31,840 31,321 31,093 31,308 31,877 31,634 31,525
Employment 29,847 30,185 30,407 30,501 30,277 29,990 30,645 30,209 29,982 30,109 30,589 30,283 30,252
Unemployment 1,592 1,387 1,351 1,137 1,240 1,314 1,195 1,112 1,111 1,199 1,288 1,351 1,273
Unemployment Rate 5.1 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.9 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.0
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 20,071 20,668 20,823 20,965 20,723 19,709 19,228 18,924 20,563 21,109 21,503 21,374 20,471
Employment 19,319 19,985 20,156 20,418 20,109 19,013 18,602 18,318 20,012 20,499 20,865 20,739 19,836
Unemployment 752 683 667 547 614 696 626 606 551 610 638 635 635
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,802 17,317 17,459 17,587 17,374 16,536 16,129 15,875 17,249 17,709 18,029 17,911 17,164
Employment 16,231 16,790 16,934 17,154 16,894 15,974 15,628 15,390 16,813 17,222 17,530 17,424 16,665
Unemployment 571 527 525 433 480 562 501 485 436 487 499 487 499
Unemployment Rate 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,356 5,297 5,391 5,436 5,611 5,832 5,759 5,645 5,514 5,501 5,485 5,318 5,513
Employment 5,095 5,043 5,109 5,210 5,375 5,583 5,519 5,428 5,308 5,284 5,248 5,056 5,272
Unemployment 261 254 282 226 236 249 240 217 206 217 237 262 241
Unemployment Rate 4.9 4.8 5.2 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.9 4.4
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 26,073 25,960 25,974 25,801 25,661 25,532 25,592 25,521 25,086 25,304 25,429 25,258 25,599
Employment 25,104 25,034 24,981 24,862 24,623 24,435 24,605 24,588 24,215 24,335 24,376 24,115 24,606
Unemployment 969 926 993 939 1,038 1,097 987 933 871 969 1,053 1,143 993
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.5 3.9
Gillette City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,934 16,860 16,887 16,765 16,690 16,624 16,649 16,591 16,308 16,425 16,507 16,388 16,636
Employment 16,266 16,220 16,186 16,109 15,954 15,832 15,942 15,931 15,690 15,767 15,794 15,625 15,943
Unemployment 668 640 701 656 736 792 707 660 618 658 713 763 693
Unemployment Rate 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.2
Carbon County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 7,945 7,805 7,878 7,981 8,313 8,786 9,028 9,124 8,876 8,440 8,185 8,051 8,368
Employment 7,590 7,465 7,532 7,689 8,009 8,470 8,747 8,879 8,637 8,145 7,855 7,712 8,061
Unemployment 355 340 346 292 304 316 281 245 239 295 330 339 307
Unemployment Rate 4.5 4.4 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.5 4.0 4.2 3.7
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,281 8,269 8,309 8,361 8,401 8,360 8,101 8,159 8,150 8,247 8,237 8,083 8,247
Employment 7,997 7,994 8,007 8,081 8,067 8,029 7,825 7,875 7,894 7,969 7,926 7,724 7,949
Unemployment 284 275 302 280 334 331 276 284 256 278 311 359 298
Unemployment Rate 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.8 4.4 3.6
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,633 3,500 3,501 3,529 3,718 3,953 3,838 3,880 3,751 3,663 3,642 3,529 3,679
Employment 3,472 3,354 3,358 3,411 3,582 3,818 3,728 3,781 3,653 3,553 3,515 3,393 3,552
Unemployment 161 146 143 118 136 135 110 99 98 110 127 136 127
Unemployment Rate 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.9 3.5
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 20,077 19,918 20,011 19,927 20,085 20,507 20,007 20,064 19,913 20,309 20,133 19,933 20,074
Employment 18,852 18,774 18,844 18,912 18,975 19,379 18,904 19,046 18,997 19,324 19,014 18,698 18,977
Unemployment 1,225 1,144 1,167 1,015 1,110 1,128 1,103 1,018 916 985 1,119 1,235 1,097
Unemployment Rate 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.9 5.6 6.2 5.5
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,938 6,794 6,828 6,918 7,082 7,214 7,108 7,178 7,075 7,106 7,100 6,928 7,023
Employment 6,677 6,579 6,600 6,699 6,843 6,948 6,883 6,967 6,877 6,883 6,878 6,704 6,795
Unemployment 261 215 228 219 239 266 225 211 198 223 222 224 228
Unemployment Rate 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,344 2,344 2,366 2,350 2,398 2,451 2,412 2,397 2,370 2,387 2,382 2,361 2,380
Employment 2,238 2,240 2,253 2,243 2,301 2,348 2,323 2,308 2,287 2,298 2,287 2,261 2,282
Unemployment 106 104 113 107 97 103 89 89 83 89 95 100 98
Unemployment Rate 4.5 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.0 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.1
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,142 4,035 4,072 4,073 4,195 4,439 4,370 4,306 4,190 4,122 4,086 3,977 4,167
Employment 3,886 3,800 3,834 3,855 3,981 4,242 4,187 4,134 4,037 3,959 3,909 3,772 3,966
Unemployment 256 235 238 218 214 197 183 172 153 163 177 205 201
Unemployment Rate 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.3 5.2 4.8
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,150 8,111 8,112 8,066 8,318 8,818 8,516 8,395 8,503 8,429 8,336 8,362 8,343
Employment 7,649 7,639 7,657 7,685 7,935 8,438 8,178 8,081 8,190 8,084 7,966 7,959 7,955
Unemployment 501 472 455 381 383 380 338 314 313 345 370 403 388
Unemployment Rate 6.1 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.8 4.7
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 1,309 1,264 1,266 1,268 1,329 1,397 1,378 1,344 1,340 1,320 1,306 1,282 1,317
Employment 1,264 1,224 1,230 1,236 1,295 1,353 1,332 1,300 1,308 1,282 1,265 1,243 1,278
Unemployment 45 40 36 32 34 44 46 44 32 38 41 39 39
Unemployment Rate 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.3 3.3 2.4 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 14,610 14,397 14,645 14,749 15,957 17,307 17,343 17,057 16,293 15,547 15,069 14,663 15,637
Employment 13,803 13,679 13,905 14,106 15,303 16,662 16,763 16,508 15,765 14,957 14,330 13,906 14,974
Unemployment 807 718 740 643 654 645 580 549 528 590 739 757 663
Unemployment Rate 5.5 5.0 5.1 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.8 4.9 5.2 4.2
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,683 4,706 4,918 4,968 5,043 5,039 4,970 5,004 4,947 4,848 4,739 4,588 4,871
Employment 4,468 4,508 4,730 4,805 4,868 4,854 4,787 4,818 4,778 4,666 4,535 4,380 4,683
Unemployment 215 198 188 163 175 185 183 186 169 182 204 208 188
Unemployment Rate 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 3.9
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,482 15,525 15,590 15,695 16,019 16,250 16,077 15,821 15,675 15,735 15,934 15,788 15,799
Employment 14,624 14,769 14,847 15,066 15,364 15,621 15,489 15,259 15,158 15,144 15,268 15,062 15,139
Unemployment 858 756 743 629 655 629 588 562 517 591 666 726 660
Unemployment Rate 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.2
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,756 4,521 4,510 4,405 4,528 4,774 4,630 4,602 4,521 4,435 4,382 4,312 4,531
Employment 4,501 4,256 4,252 4,160 4,288 4,536 4,416 4,398 4,323 4,226 4,160 4,063 4,298
Unemployment 255 265 258 245 240 238 214 204 198 209 222 249 233
Unemployment Rate 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.8 5.1
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 22,849 22,969 22,962 23,013 22,684 22,201 21,996 22,038 22,262 22,555 22,757 22,380 22,556
Employment 21,848 21,948 21,884 21,996 21,561 21,048 20,966 21,081 21,346 21,554 21,651 21,223 21,509
Unemployment 1,001 1,021 1,078 1,017 1,123 1,153 1,030 957 916 1,001 1,106 1,157 1,047
Unemployment Rate 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.4 5.0 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.9 5.2 4.6
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 13,849 13,764 13,800 13,307 13,906 16,041 16,760 16,544 15,390 14,380 13,011 14,133 14,574
Employment 13,275 13,263 13,313 12,411 13,201 15,568 16,383 16,202 15,044 13,832 12,128 13,566 14,016
Unemployment 574 501 487 896 705 473 377 342 346 548 883 567 558
Unemployment Rate 4.1 3.6 3.5 6.7 5.1 2.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.8 6.8 4.0 3.8
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 9,687 9,737 9,828 9,714 9,836 9,480 9,500 9,512 9,400 9,427 9,534 9,456 9,593
Employment 9,224 9,269 9,331 9,222 9,326 8,964 9,054 9,077 8,982 8,986 9,046 8,953 9,120
Unemployment 463 468 497 492 510 516 446 435 418 441 488 503 473
Unemployment Rate 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.3 4.9
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,216 4,103 4,168 4,213 4,276 4,391 4,331 4,239 4,252 4,176 4,246 4,178 4,233
Employment 4,017 3,907 3,965 4,037 4,089 4,200 4,163 4,086 4,114 4,032 4,079 4,004 4,058
Unemployment 199 196 203 176 187 191 168 153 138 144 167 174 175
Unemployment Rate 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.1
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,920 3,905 3,886 3,939 3,981 4,016 3,820 3,884 3,938 3,949 4,002 3,917 3,930
Employment 3,762 3,761 3,740 3,802 3,837 3,881 3,704 3,766 3,829 3,826 3,880 3,785 3,798
Unemployment 158 144 146 137 144 135 116 118 109 123 122 132 132
Unemployment Rate 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.4
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. 
Prepared by C. Cowan and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 8/2/24.