Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Wyoming Normalized^a Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Patrick Harris, Principal Economist

Initial claims decreased over the year (-6.3%) with significant decreases in retail trade (-30.4%), construction (-22.6%), and leisure and hospitality (-16.1%).

Initial Claims	Claims Filed			% Change Claims Filed
				Jun 13	Jun 13
	Jun 13	May 13	Jun 12	May 13	Jun 12
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	2,225	2,348	2,375	-5.2	-6.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	724	827	820	-12.5	-11.7
Natural Res. & Mining	240	278	211	-13.7	13.7
Mining	232	256	181	-9.4	28.2
Oil & Gas Extraction	20	7	11	185.7	81.8
Construction	418	443	540	-5.6	-22.6
Manufacturing	63	104	68	-39.4	-7.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	899	982	989	-8.5	-9.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	251	282	320	-11.0	-21.6
Wholesale Trade	42	49	46	-14.3	-8.7
Retail Trade	133	138	191	-3.6	-30.4
Transportation, Warehousing & Utilities	76	95	83	-20.0	-8.4
Information	7	11	15	-36.4	-53.3
Financial Activities	34	34	38	0.0	-10.5
Prof. & Business Services	146	119	156	22.7	-6.4
Educational & Health Services	215	151	203	42.4	5.9
Leisure & Hospitality	161	268	192	-39.9	-16.1
Other Services, excluding Public Admin.	80	110	59	-27.3	35.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	234	173	221	35.3	5.9
Federal Government	37	33	34	12.1	8.8
State Government	22	19	21	15.8	4.8
Local Government	174	120	165	45.0	5.5
Local Education	85	38	88	123.7	-3.4
UNCLASSIFIED	366	365	343	0.3	6.7
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	245	226	339	8.4	-27.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	61	58	93	5.2	-34.4
Construction	45	44	76	2.3	-40.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	142	147	210	-3.4	-32.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	47	35	73	34.3	-35.6
Financial Activities	5	9	10	-44.4	-50.0
Prof. & Business Services	29	18	29	61.1	0.0
Educational & Health Services	36	42	38	-14.3	-5.3
Leisure & Hospitality	15	28	41	-46.4	-63.4
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	28	16	27	75.0	3.7
UNCLASSIFIED	12	5	9	140.0	33.3
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	330	341	278	-3.2	18.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	152	163	85	-6.7	78.8
Construction	68	56	55	21.4	23.6
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	164	154	172	6.5	-4.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	33	32	45	3.1	-26.7
Financial Activities	4	2	2	100.0	100.0
Prof. & Business Services	32	31	44	3.2	-27.3
Educational & Health Services	38	17	33	123.5	15.2
Leisure & Hospitality	26	25	35	4.0	-25.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	6	16	10	-62.5	-40.0
UNCLASSIFIED	6	6	9	0.0	-33.3
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.
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