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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 2024 Wyoming Benchmark Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 293,503 294,436 296,123 294,233 294,557 300,297 300,232 298,527 298,275 297,617 297,272 295,505 296,715
Employment 282,954 283,939 285,931 285,406 286,025 290,895 290,986 289,382 290,123 288,470 286,644 284,644 287,117
Unemployment 10,549 10,497 10,192 8,827 8,532 9,402 9,246 9,145 8,152 9,147 10,628 10,861 9,598
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.7 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.2
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 42,096 42,207 42,399 41,899 41,396 42,082 42,436 42,339 42,119 42,351 42,885 42,403 42,218
Employment 40,585 40,716 40,943 40,643 40,189 40,732 41,079 41,001 40,914 40,996 41,380 40,842 40,835
Unemployment 1,511 1,491 1,456 1,256 1,207 1,350 1,357 1,338 1,205 1,355 1,505 1,561 1,383
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.3
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 31,064 31,143 31,283 30,933 30,561 31,062 31,342 31,258 31,104 31,273 31,665 31,302 31,166
Employment 29,971 30,068 30,236 30,014 29,679 30,080 30,336 30,278 30,214 30,275 30,558 30,161 30,156
Unemployment 1,093 1,075 1,047 919 882 982 1,006 980 890 998 1,107 1,141 1,010
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.2
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 49,211 49,228 49,502 48,737 48,143 48,753 49,272 48,832 49,080 49,314 49,860 49,313 49,104
Employment 47,373 47,421 47,781 47,235 46,635 47,118 47,617 47,192 47,652 47,667 48,059 47,493 47,437
Unemployment 1,838 1,807 1,721 1,502 1,508 1,635 1,655 1,640 1,428 1,647 1,801 1,820 1,667
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.4
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 33,444 33,482 33,670 33,161 32,758 33,157 33,544 33,251 33,401 33,542 33,901 33,541 33,405
Employment 32,257 32,290 32,535 32,163 31,755 32,083 32,423 32,134 32,447 32,457 32,724 32,339 32,301
Unemployment 1,187 1,192 1,135 998 1,003 1,074 1,121 1,117 954 1,085 1,177 1,202 1,104
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.3
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 22,491 22,940 23,004 22,866 22,326 21,229 20,853 21,419 22,806 23,125 23,574 23,265 22,491
Employment 21,816 22,271 22,331 22,293 21,774 20,576 20,242 20,857 22,279 22,593 22,894 22,577 21,875
Unemployment 675 669 673 573 552 653 611 562 527 532 680 688 616
Unemployment Rate 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.5 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.9 3.0 2.7
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 19,647 20,038 20,094 19,984 19,506 18,553 18,222 18,708 19,931 20,202 20,601 20,332 19,652
Employment 19,074 19,472 19,524 19,491 19,037 17,990 17,698 18,235 19,479 19,753 20,016 19,739 19,126
Unemployment 573 566 570 493 469 563 524 473 452 449 585 593 526
Unemployment Rate 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.7
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,926 4,962 5,084 5,230 5,295 5,342 5,349 5,150 5,218 5,262 5,174 5,117 5,176
Employment 4,688 4,743 4,849 5,038 5,113 5,138 5,146 4,957 5,050 5,075 4,968 4,889 4,971
Unemployment 238 219 235 192 182 204 203 193 168 187 206 228 205
Unemployment Rate 4.8 4.4 4.6 3.7 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.5 4.0
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 24,775 24,758 24,981 24,709 24,371 24,500 24,303 24,345 24,143 24,161 24,412 24,085 24,462
Employment 23,986 23,961 24,205 23,998 23,693 23,740 23,565 23,626 23,496 23,474 23,637 23,282 23,722
Unemployment 789 797 776 711 678 760 738 719 647 687 775 803 740
Unemployment Rate 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.0
Gillette City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 17,244 17,249 17,401 17,209 16,965 17,063 16,927 16,953 16,811 16,823 16,976 16,760 17,032
Employment 16,685 16,667 16,837 16,693 16,481 16,513 16,392 16,434 16,344 16,328 16,442 16,195 16,501
Unemployment 559 582 564 516 484 550 535 519 467 495 534 565 531
Unemployment Rate 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.1
Carbon County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,106 6,050 6,141 6,224 6,530 6,694 6,721 6,735 6,664 6,618 6,446 6,288 6,435
Employment 5,864 5,805 5,893 6,018 6,317 6,462 6,495 6,505 6,461 6,382 6,182 6,014 6,200
Unemployment 242 245 248 206 213 232 226 230 203 236 264 274 235
Unemployment Rate 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.4 3.7
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,684 6,695 6,741 6,735 6,710 6,827 6,845 6,706 6,678 6,773 6,759 6,691 6,737
Employment 6,453 6,471 6,518 6,549 6,518 6,610 6,624 6,496 6,496 6,576 6,546 6,457 6,526
Unemployment 231 224 223 186 192 217 221 210 182 197 213 234 211
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.1
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,800 3,836 3,885 4,048 4,195 4,252 4,187 3,985 4,005 4,078 3,948 3,901 4,010
Employment 3,680 3,723 3,771 3,954 4,103 4,150 4,093 3,891 3,924 3,988 3,839 3,780 3,908
Unemployment 120 113 114 94 92 102 94 94 81 90 109 121 102
Unemployment Rate 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.8 3.1 2.5
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 17,781 17,793 17,948 17,968 18,014 18,351 17,845 17,791 17,872 17,901 17,963 17,730 17,913
Employment 16,976 16,985 17,177 17,332 17,433 17,666 17,149 17,146 17,279 17,238 17,205 16,930 17,210
Unemployment 805 808 771 636 581 685 696 645 593 663 758 800 703
Unemployment Rate 4.5 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.7 4.2 4.5 3.9
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,410 5,547 5,643 5,712 5,759 5,715 5,701 5,450 5,463 5,612 5,574 5,537 5,594
Employment 5,216 5,357 5,468 5,552 5,603 5,541 5,531 5,249 5,304 5,437 5,374 5,332 5,414
Unemployment 194 190 175 160 156 174 170 201 159 175 200 205 180
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.7 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.2
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,275 2,302 2,338 2,352 2,383 2,430 2,359 2,314 2,275 2,296 2,290 2,279 2,324
Employment 2,199 2,217 2,255 2,286 2,320 2,358 2,290 2,250 2,212 2,230 2,208 2,189 2,251
Unemployment 76 85 83 66 63 72 69 64 63 66 82 90 73
Unemployment Rate 3.3 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.6 3.9 3.1
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,310 4,296 4,369 4,525 4,703 4,848 4,899 4,692 4,554 4,584 4,453 4,392 4,552
Employment 4,148 4,137 4,213 4,397 4,578 4,706 4,769 4,558 4,440 4,459 4,305 4,251 4,413
Unemployment 162 159 156 128 125 142 130 134 114 125 148 141 139
Unemployment Rate 3.8 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.1
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,627 10,578 10,616 10,507 10,791 11,344 11,005 10,931 11,086 10,887 10,812 10,832 10,835
Employment 10,257 10,209 10,250 10,192 10,512 11,040 10,721 10,632 10,826 10,599 10,471 10,470 10,515
Unemployment 370 369 366 315 279 304 284 299 260 288 341 362 320
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.6 3.2 3.3 3.0
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 879 888 905 934 948 967 920 843 891 910 885 883 905
Employment 840 856 875 905 922 941 896 816 868 881 855 843 875
Unemployment 39 32 30 29 26 26 24 27 23 29 30 40 30
Unemployment Rate 4.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.2 2.6 3.2 3.4 4.5 3.3
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 14,044 14,185 14,211 14,498 15,532 16,632 16,200 15,878 15,549 14,895 14,297 14,255 15,015
Employment 13,437 13,562 13,610 14,011 15,088 16,139 15,730 15,420 15,131 14,437 13,717 13,648 14,494
Unemployment 607 623 601 487 444 493 470 458 418 458 580 607 521
Unemployment Rate 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.3 3.5
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,502 3,538 3,578 3,591 3,619 3,705 3,681 3,559 3,554 3,566 3,569 3,543 3,584
Employment 3,358 3,405 3,449 3,477 3,508 3,580 3,554 3,415 3,435 3,434 3,417 3,378 3,451
Unemployment 144 133 129 114 111 125 127 144 119 132 152 165 133
Unemployment Rate 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 4.0 3.3 3.7 4.3 4.7 3.7
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,650 15,803 15,893 15,901 15,928 16,157 16,122 15,916 15,902 15,995 16,017 15,920 15,934
Employment 15,083 15,226 15,364 15,460 15,477 15,656 15,643 15,441 15,474 15,510 15,461 15,340 15,428
Unemployment 567 577 529 441 451 501 479 475 428 485 556 580 506
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.2
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,247 4,329 4,282 4,321 4,453 4,569 4,539 4,627 4,510 4,520 4,449 4,332 4,431
Employment 4,101 4,178 4,125 4,184 4,332 4,440 4,416 4,499 4,396 4,391 4,286 4,170 4,293
Unemployment 146 151 157 137 121 129 123 128 114 129 163 162 138
Unemployment Rate 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.2 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.9 3.7 3.7 3.1
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 20,864 20,836 20,957 20,560 20,209 20,342 20,212 20,505 20,429 20,479 20,664 20,444 20,542
Employment 20,047 20,011 20,176 19,925 19,583 19,650 19,517 19,813 19,811 19,796 19,914 19,605 19,821
Unemployment 817 825 781 635 626 692 695 692 618 683 750 839 721
Unemployment Rate 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.1 3.5
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,352 16,271 16,181 15,443 15,762 17,948 19,200 19,153 18,103 16,730 15,666 16,880 16,974
Employment 15,980 15,913 15,810 15,007 15,335 17,606 18,889 18,800 17,793 16,289 14,974 16,382 16,565
Unemployment 372 358 371 436 427 342 311 353 310 441 692 498 409
Unemployment Rate 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.7 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.6 4.4 3.0 2.4
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 10,298 10,200 10,205 10,224 10,199 10,208 10,172 10,127 10,120 10,222 10,283 10,168 10,202
Employment 9,937 9,847 9,863 9,912 9,898 9,878 9,845 9,813 9,824 9,896 9,897 9,783 9,866
Unemployment 361 353 342 312 301 330 327 314 296 326 386 385 336
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.3
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,981 3,971 3,992 4,005 4,015 4,109 4,170 3,999 3,983 4,049 3,998 3,993 4,022
Employment 3,839 3,804 3,835 3,875 3,905 3,979 4,033 3,870 3,871 3,927 3,868 3,846 3,888
Unemployment 142 167 157 130 110 130 137 129 112 122 130 147 134
Unemployment Rate 3.6 4.2 3.9 3.2 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.3
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,195 3,222 3,266 3,245 3,277 3,296 3,242 3,232 3,272 3,289 3,295 3,255 3,257
Employment 3,093 3,117 3,168 3,163 3,188 3,190 3,143 3,136 3,185 3,194 3,188 3,143 3,159
Unemployment 102 105 98 82 89 106 99 96 87 95 107 112 98
Unemployment Rate 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.0
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. 
Revised by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 11/12/25.