Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Wyoming Normalized^a Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

by: Patrick Harris, Principal Economist

Continued claims decreased slightly over the year (-5.4%) with a signficant decrease in extended benefit weeks claimed (-51.6%). Laramie county’s continued claims decreased over the year by 20.6%.

Continued Claims	Claims Filed			% Change Claims Filed
	Claims Filed			Jun 13	Jun 13
	Jun 13	May 13	Jun 12	May 13	Jun 12
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED	18,197	22,884	19,241	-20.5	-5.4
EXTENDED WEEKS CLAIMED	3,563	4,349	7,358	-18.1	-51.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS^b	5,330	6,219	5,618	-14.3	-5.1
Benefit Exhaustions	438	637	462	-31.2	-5.2
Benefit Exhaustion Rates	8.2%	10.2%	8.2%	-2.0%	0.0%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	5,938	7,716	6,381	-23.0	-6.9
Natural Res. & Mining	1,872	2,198	1,753	-14.8	6.8
Mining	1,710	2,002	1,620	-14.6	5.6
Oil & Gas Extraction	146	168	106	-13.1	37.7
Construction	3,192	4,470	3,815	-28.6	-16.3
Manufacturing	873	1,046	811	-16.5	7.6
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	8,273	10,746	8,813	-23.0	-6.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	2,455	2,938	2,583	-16.4	-5.0
Wholesale Trade	408	556	426	-26.6	-4.2
Retail Trade	1,341	1,480	1,464	-9.4	-8.4
Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities	706	902	693	-21.7	1.9
Information	168	196	127	-14.3	32.3
Financial Activities	407	449	438	-9.4	-7.1
Professional & Business Services	1,313	1,744	1,500	-24.7	-12.5
Educational & Health Services	1,324	1,054	1,488	25.6	-11.0
Leisure & Hospitality	1,911	3,703	2,174	-48.4	-12.1
Other Services, excluding Public Administration	688	653	496	5.4	38.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	1,512	1,720	1,739	-12.1	-13.1
Federal Government	339	689	371	-50.8	-8.6
State Government	189	186	213	1.6	-11.3
Local Government	982	845	1,155	16.2	-15.0
Local Education	348	222	320	56.8	8.8
UNCLASSIFIED	2,473	2,701	2,306	-8.4	7.2
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED	2,049	2,475	2,582	-17.2	-20.6
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS	575	699	728	-17.7	-21.0
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	371	653	628	-43.2	-40.9
Construction	277	545	413	-49.2	-32.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	1,358	1,425	1,531	-4.7	-11.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	422	493	384	-14.4	9.9
Financial Activities	114	133	121	-14.3	-5.8
Professional & Business Services	211	307	347	-31.3	-39.2
Educational & Health Services	286	210	349	36.2	-18.1
Leisure & Hospitality	206	183	230	12.6	-10.4
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	242	273	305	-11.4	-20.7
UNCLASSIFIED	76	122	116	-37.7	-34.5
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED	2,242	2,360	1,893	-5.0	18.4
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS	662	666	555	-0.6	19.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	827	957	583	-13.6	41.9
Construction	273	493	330	-44.6	-17.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	1,278	1,245	1,144	2.7	11.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	297	348	340	-14.7	-12.6
Financial Activities	83	67	58	23.9	43.1
Professional & Business Services	369	385	269	-4.2	37.2
Educational & Health Services	195	145	260	34.5	-25.0
Leisure & Hospitality	138	169	156	-18.3	-11.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	95	93	103	2.2	-7.8
UNCLASSIFIED	42	64	61	-34.4	-31.1
^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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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Continued Claims by Industry

Continued Claims by County

Wyoming Normalized^a Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims