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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued weeks claimed decreased from year-ago levels in most industries. However, continued claims increased in natural resources & mining (18.0%) compared to June 2011.

 

Continued Claims

Claims Filed

Percent Change Claims Filed

Jun 12

Jun 12

Jun 12

May 12

Jun 11

May 12

Jun 11

Wyoming Statewide

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

19,241

22,262

23,902

-13.6

-19.5

EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED

7,358

8,405

14,800

-12.5

-50.3

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTSb

5,618

5,756

6,078

-2.4

-7.6

Benefit Exhaustions

462

601

622

-23.1

-25.7

Benefit Exhaustion Rates

8.2%

10.4%

10.2%

-2.2%

-2.0%

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

6,381

7,002

7,648

-8.9

-16.6

Natural Res. & Mining

1,753

1,818

1,486

-3.6

18.0

Mining

1,620

1,633

1,324

-0.8

22.4

Oil & Gas Extraction

106

137

92

-22.6

15.2

Construction

3,816

4,233

5,305

-9.9

-28.1

Manufacturing

812

951

857

-14.6

-5.3

TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING

8,814

11,129

11,068

-20.8

-20.4

Trade, Transp., & Utilities

2,586

2,895

3,331

-10.7

-22.4

Wholesale Trade

427

406

486

5.2

-12.1

Retail Trade

1,465

1,644

2,085

-10.9

-29.7

Transp., Warehousing & Utilities

694

845

760

-17.9

-8.7

Information

128

144

203

-11.1

-36.9

Financial Activities

438

466

468

-6.0

-6.4

Prof. & Business Services

1,501

1,627

1,630

-7.7

-7.9

Educational & Health Svcs.

1,490

1,196

1,841

24.6

-19.1

Leisure and Hospitality

2,174

4,277

3,009

-49.2

-27.8

Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.

497

524

586

-5.2

-15.2

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

1,739

1,743

2,043

-0.2

-14.9

Federal Government

371

635

465

-41.6

-20.2

State Government

213

212

251

0.5

-15.1

Local Government

1,155

896

1,327

28.9

-13.0

Local Education

327

194

362

68.6

-9.7

UNCLASSIFIED

2,307

2,388

3,143

-3.4

-26.6

Laramie County

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

2,583

2,662

2,880

-3.0

-10.3

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS

729

661

708

10.3

3.0

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

629

704

734

-10.7

-14.3

Construction

414

459

585

-9.8

-29.2

TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING

1,531

1,481

1,673

3.4

-8.5

Trade, Transp., and Utilities

387

360

470

7.5

-17.7

Financial Activities

122

125

102

-2.4

19.6

Prof. & Business Svcs.

348

412

257

-15.5

35.4

Educational and Health Svcs.

349

256

454

36.3

-23.1

Leisure & Hospitality

232

235

245

-1.3

-5.3

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

306

344

368

-11.0

-16.8

UNCLASSIFIED

117

133

105

-12.0

11.4

Natrona County

TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED

1,893

1,896

2,569

-0.2

-26.3

TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS

555

469

637

18.3

-12.9

TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING

584

653

694

-10.6

-15.9

Construction

330

383

386

-13.8

-14.5

TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING

1,143

1,091

1,733

4.8

-34.0

Trade, Transp., and Utilities

343

332

594

3.3

-42.3

Financial Activities

58

61

67

-4.9

-13.4

Professional & Business Svcs.

186

199

312

-6.5

-40.4

Educational & Health Svcs.

261

234

333

11.5

-21.6

Leisure & Hospitality

157

134

253

17.2

-37.9

TOTAL GOVERNMENT

104

96

90

8.3

15.6

UNCLASSIFIED

62

56

52

10.7

19.2

 

 

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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.