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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued claims decreased from May 2011 in all industries except natural resources & mining (6.3%).

 

Continued Claims

Continued Weeks Claimed

Percent Change Weeks Claimed

May 12

May 12

May 12

Apr 12

May 11

Apr 12

May 11

Wyoming Statewide

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

22,262

25,796

28,720

-13.7

-22.5

EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED

8,405

9,518

16,678

-11.7

-49.6

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb

5,756

7,908

8,507

-27.2

-32.3

Benefit Exhaustions

601

842

877

-28.6

-31.5

Benefit Exhaustion Rates

10.4%

10.6%

10.3%

-0.2%

0.1%

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

7,002

9,052

9,274

-22.6

-24.5

Natural Res. & Mining

1,818

1,941

1,710

-6.3

6.3

Mining

1,633

1,723

1,524

-5.2

7.2

Oil & Gas Extraction

137

136

115

0.7

19.1

Construction

4,233

5,903

6,506

-28.3

-34.9

Manufacturing

951

1,208

1,058

-21.3

-10.1

TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING

11,129

11,792

13,995

-5.6

-20.5

Trade, Transp., & Utilities

2,895

3,106

3,885

-6.8

-25.5

Wholesale Trade

406

422

503

-3.8

-19.3

Retail Trade

1,644

1,809

2,446

-9.1

-32.8

Transp., Warehousing & Utilities

845

875

936

-3.4

-9.7

Information

144

150

200

-4.0

-28.0

Financial Activities

466

569

492

-18.1

-5.3

Prof. & Business Services

1,627

1,965

1,911

-17.2

-14.9

Educational & Health Svcs.

1,196

1,227

1,598

-2.5

-25.2

Leisure & Hospitality

4,277

4,195

5,287

2.0

-19.1

Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.

524

580

622

-9.7

-15.8

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

1,743

2,187

2,201

-20.3

-20.8

Federal Government

635

1,061

791

-40.2

-19.7

State Government

212

229

254

-7.4

-16.5

Local Government

896

897

1,156

-0.1

-22.5

Local Education

194

211

211

-8.1

-8.1

UNCLASSIFIED

2,388

2,765

3,250

-13.6

-26.5

Laramie County

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

2,662

3,107

2,962

-14.3

-10.1

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS

661

910

861

-27.4

-23.2

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

704

1,037

860

-32.1

-18.1

Construction

459

746

739

-38.5

-37.9

Total Service-Providing

1,481

1,597

1,631

-7.3

-9.2

Trade, Transp., & Utilities

360

441

515

-18.4

-30.1

Financial Activities

125

152

95

-17.8

31.6

Prof. & Business Svcs.

412

458

262

-10.0

57.3

Educational & Health Svcs.

256

225

403

13.8

-36.5

Leisure & Hospitality

235

216

224

8.8

4.9

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

344

344

352

0.0

-2.3

UNCLASSIFIED

133

129

119

3.1

11.8

Natrona County

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

1,896

2,155

2,845

-12.0

-33.4

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS

469

638

841

-26.5

-44.2

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

653

790

825

-17.3

-20.8

Construction

383

533

523

-28.1

-26.8

TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING

1,091

1,161

1,826

-6.0

-40.3

Trade, Transp., & Utilities

332

368

641

-9.8

-48.2

Financial Activities

61

74

63

-17.6

-3.2

Professional & Business Svcs.

199

226

340

-11.9

-41.5

Educational & Health Svcs.

234

229

288

2.2

-18.8

Leisure & Hospitality

134

129

296

3.9

-54.7

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

96

122

121

-21.3

-20.7

UNCLASSIFIED

56

82

73

-31.7

-23.3

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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