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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims remained steady over the year. Significant declines were observed in manufacturing (-47.9%) and leisure & hospitality (-11.8%).

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Oct 12 Oct 12
Oct 12 Sep 12 Oct 11 Sep 12 Oct 11
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 4,357 2,248 4,229 93.8 3.0
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,112 641 955 73.5 16.4
Natural Res. & Mining 244 172 151 41.9 61.6
Mining 212 166 128 27.7 65.6
Oil & Gas Extraction 10 12 17 -16.7 -41.2
Construction 807 403 685 100.2 17.8
Manufacturing 61 64 117 -4.7 -47.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 2,463 1,144 2,467 115.3 -0.2
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 557 406 426 37.2 30.8
Wholesale Trade 206 173 45 19.1 357.8
Retail Trade 228 149 254 53.0 -10.2
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 123 84 127 46.4 -3.1
Information 16 11 21 45.5 -23.8
Financial Activities 67 50 68 34.0 -1.5
Prof. and Business Svcs. 264 150 256 76.0 3.1
Educational & Health Svcs. 142 124 128 14.5 10.9
Leisure & Hospitality 1,323 328 1,500 303.4 -11.8
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 87 69 61 26.1 42.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 355 190 366 86.8 -3.0
Federal Government 203 57 205 256.1 -1.0
State Government 30 23 30 30.4 0.0
Local Government 121 109 130 11.0 -6.9
Local Education 22 31 22 -29.0 0.0
UNCLASSIFIED 426 271 439 57.2 -3.0
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 445 324 434 37.3 2.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 155 95 155 63.2 0.0
Construction 138 82 140 68.3 -1.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 222 182 214 22.0 3.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 60 43 54 39.5 11.1
Financial Activities 19 15 17 26.7 11.8
Prof. & Business Svcs. 60 46 50 30.4 20.0
Educational & Health Svcs. 23 23 29 0.0 -20.7
Leisure & Hospitality 37 28 45 32.1 -17.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 45 32 46 40.6 -2.2
UNCLASSIFIED 23 14 17 64.3 35.3
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 357 290 324 23.1 10.2
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 113 87 123 29.9 -8.1
Construction 75 45 87 66.7 -13.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 226 193 179 17.1 26.3
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 121 99 55 22.2 120.0
Financial Activities 8 4 9 100.0 -11.1
Prof. & Business Svcs. 25 19 30 31.6 -16.7
Educational & Health Svcs. 20 20 29 0.0 -31.0
Leisure & Hospitality 30 26 36 15.4 -16.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 12 4 11 200.0 9.1
UNCLASSIFIED 6 4 9 50.0 -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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