Wyoming Benefits Survey 2012 Available Soon
Even as Wyoming added nearly 5,000 new jobs from 2010 to 2011, the total number of jobs with access to benefits continued to decline.
From 2008 to 2010, the total number of jobs in Wyoming declined from 273,720 to 258,356. As this happened, the number of jobs offered access to health insurance remained flat, while the number of jobs offered access to a retirement plan continued to decline (see Figure).
In 2008, before Wyoming entered into an economic downturn, 174,522 jobs were offered access to health insurance, which was 63.8% of total employment. In 2011, 160,064 jobs were offered access to health insurance, which was 60.8% of total employment. This seems to indicate that Wyoming employers are offering benefits to a smaller percentage of workers as the state continues to recover from the economic downturn.
The Wyoming Benefits Survey 2012 will be available soon from the Research & Planning (R&P) section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. This publication contains information on which employees have access to these benefits and what types of employers offer health insurance, retirement, and many other benefits based on industry, employer sizeclass, and full- or part-time work status. This publication will be found online http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/benefits.htm.
