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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

The total number of initial unemployment insurance claims increased 20.7% (616 claims) from March 2015 to March 2016.

Initial
Claims
Claims Filed % Change
Claims Filed
Mar
16
Mar
16
Mar
16
Feb
16
Mar
15
Feb
16
Mar
15
Wyoming
Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED
3,595 3,829 2,979 -6.1 20.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
1,699 2,017 1,455 -15.8 16.8
Natural Res. & Mining
772 775 691 -0.4 11.7
Mining
758 758 676 0.0 12.1
Oil & Gas Extraction
74 32 37 131.3 100.0
Construction
781 1,043 630 -25.1 24.0
Manufacturing
144 198 134 -27.3 7.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
1,463 1,330 1,142 10.0 28.1
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
570 554 401 2.9 42.1
Wholesale Trade
178 156 92 14.1 93.5
Retail Trade
156 179 121 -12.8 28.9
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities
236 219 188 7.8 25.5
Information
12 12 15 0.0 -20.0
Financial Activities
86 85 83 1.2 3.6
Prof. and Business Svcs.
233 281 147 -17.1 58.5
Educational & Health Svcs.
87 99 87 -12.1 0.0
Leisure & Hospitality
387 208 339 86.1 14.2
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.
79 84 66 -6.0 19.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
145 166 129 -12.7 12.4
Federal Government
62 51 48 21.6 29.2
State Government
12 19 20 -36.8 -40.0
Local Government
70 95 60 -26.3 16.7
Local Education
20 16 15 25.0 33.3
UNCLASSIFIED
286 315 251 -9.2 13.9
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED
303 449 254 -32.5 19.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
151 217 116 -30.4 30.2
Construction
103 147 75 -29.9 37.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
124 198 107 -37.4 15.9
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
49 80 41 -38.8 19.5
Financial Activities
6 7 11 -14.3 -45.5
Prof. & Business Svcs.
28 54 19 -48.1 47.4
Educational & Health Svcs.
12 20 12 -40.0 0.0
Leisure & Hospitality
14 20 11 -30.0 27.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
17 18 17 -5.6 0.0
UNCLASSIFIED
10 15 12 -33.3 -16.7
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED
671 650 523 3.2 28.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING
335 346 297 -3.2 12.8
Construction
156 162 121 -3.7 28.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING
312 277 202 12.6 54.5
Trade, Transp., & Utilities
157 123 95 27.6 65.3
Financial Activities
21 23 16 -8.7 31.3
Prof. & Business Svcs.
44 46 35 -4.3 25.7
Educational & Health Svcs.
24 21 25 14.3 -4.0
Leisure & Hospitality
30 24 11 25.0 172.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT
9 9 12 0.0 -25.0
UNCLASSIFIED
13 17 10 -23.5 30.0
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.

Initial Claims by Industry

 

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Initial Claims by County

 

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May 2016, Vol. 53 No. 5


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