Small Businesses Play a Big Role in Wyoming's Economy
More than half (51.5%) of all businesses in Wyoming in 2011 had just one to three employees. Some of these micro-sized firms provided higher annual wages on average in their industries than larger firms. Larger Wyoming employers (those with 50 or more employees) made up just 4.1% of all businesses but contributed 57.0% of the state's jobs and 63.4% of Wyoming's total wages in 2011.
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Inside February Trends:
Wyoming Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9% in December 2012
Wyoming's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 5.1% in November to 4.9% in December (not a statistically significant change). Wyoming unemployment was down from its year-ago level of 5.6% and significantly lower than the current U.S. rate of 7.8%.
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- Small Businesses Play a Big Role in Wyoming's Economy
- Occupation Spotlight: Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
- Wyoming Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9% in December 2012
- Current Employment Statistics (CES) Estimates and Research & Planning's Short-Term Projections, December 2012
- Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment
- Campbell County
- Sweetwater County
- Teton County
- Nonagricultural Employment Growth Graph
- Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment Graph
- Economic Indicators
- Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
- Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims
- Statewide
- Laramie County
- Natrona County
- Statewide by Industry Graph
- Statewide by County Graph
- Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
- Statewide
- Laramie County
- Natrona County
- Statewide by Industry Graph
- Statewide by County Graph
- Map of Wyoming Regions, Counties, and County Seats with County Unemployment Rates