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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims increased slightly over the year (3.4%), but significant decreases were observed in educational & health services (-21.4%) and retail trade (-23.0%).

Continued Claims Continued Weeks Claimed Percent Change Weeks Claimed
Nov 12 Nov 12
Nov 12 Oct 12 Nov 11 Oct 12 Nov 11
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 25,318 18,748 24,858 35.0 1.9
EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED 5,190 4,869 10,842 6.6 -52.1
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb 7,455 5,071 6,348 47.0 17.4
Benefit Exhaustions 497 430 542 15.6 -8.3
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 6.7% 8.5% 8.5% -1.8% -1.9%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 6,658 5,286 5,418 26.0 22.9
Natural Res. & Mining 1,889 1,719 1,007 9.9 87.6
Mining 1,686 1,613 843 4.5 100.0
Oil & Gas Extraction 169 145 110 16.6 53.6
Construction 4,180 3,052 3,754 37.0 11.3
Manufacturing 587 513 656 14.4 -10.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 13,225 9,295 13,774 42.3 -4.0
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 2,876 2,687 3,056 7.0 -5.9
Wholesale Trade 615 730 420 -15.8 46.4
Retail Trade 1,480 1,291 1,814 14.6 -18.4
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 781 666 822 17.3 -5.0
Information 175 181 167 -3.3 4.8
Financial Activities 604 514 665 17.5 -9.2
Prof. & Business Services 1,790 1,436 1,722 24.7 3.9
Educational & Health Svcs. 1,236 1,137 1,376 8.7 -10.2
Leisure & Hospitality 5,818 2,695 6,286 115.9 -7.4
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 720 636 495 13.2 45.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 2,803 2,074 2,647 35.1 5.9
Federal Government 1,215 558 1,143 117.7 6.3
State Government 299 279 330 7.2 -9.4
Local Government 1,288 1,235 1,172 4.3 9.9
Local Education 331 351 273 -5.7 21.2
UNCLASSIFIED 2,630 2,093 3,018 25.7 -12.9
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,992 2,552 2,821 17.2 6.1
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 888 650 743 36.6 19.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 746 542 712 37.6 4.8
Construction 623 433 614 43.9 1.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,747 1,578 1,595 10.7 9.5
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 434 432 446 0.5 -2.7
Financial Activities 175 128 164 36.7 6.7
Prof. & Business Svcs. 399 328 341 21.6 17.0
Educational & Health Svcs. 215 210 272 2.4 -21.0
Leisure & Hospitality 296 253 243 17.0 21.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 357 332 377 7.5 -5.3
UNCLASSIFIED 140 98 135 42.9 3.7
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,066 2,035 2,249 1.5 -8.1
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 649 561 577 15.7 12.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 654 613 733 6.7 -10.8
Construction 306 239 481 28.0 -36.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,251 1,273 1,300 -1.7 -3.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 410 472 390 -13.1 5.1
Financial Activities 65 54 90 20.4 -27.8
Professional & Business Svcs. 188 178 221 5.6 -14.9
Educational & Health Svcs. 229 218 291 5.0 -21.3
Leisure & Hospitality 212 184 187 15.2 13.4
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 106 102 157 3.9 -32.5
UNCLASSIFIED 54 45 58 20.0 -6.9
aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.

 

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