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Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:

Normalized Initial Claims--Statewide, by Industry

Unemployment Insurance claims data is now normalized. This means that each month's data is calculated using a standard, average number of weeks (4.33) so that all months are directly comparable. Please refer to the article "Process Changes in Unemployment Insurance Claims in Statistical Reporting" for more information.

CLAIMS FILED % CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
NOV 96 OCT 96 NOV 95 OCT-NOV 96 NOV 95-96
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 2,326 1,730 1,825 34.5 27.5
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 990 648 724 52.8 36.7
--Manufacturing 92 81 76 13.6 21.1
--Mining 127 94 128 35.1 -0.8
----Oil & Gas Extraction 95 70 117 35.7 -18.8
--Construction 771 473 520 63.0 48.3
CLAIMS FILED % CHANGE IN CLAIMS FILED
NOV 96 OCT 96 NOV 95 OCT-NOV 96 NOV 95-96
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 1,161 947 956 22.6 21.4
--Transportation & Public Utilities 104 53 76 96.2 36.8
----Transportation 89 42 55 111.9 61.8
----Communications & Public Utilities 15 10 22 50.0 -31.8
--Trade 324 303 301 6.9 7.6
----Wholesale Trade 39 29 43 34.5 -9.3
----Retail Trade 285 275 257 3.6 10.9
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 39 21 29 85.7 34.5
--Services 480 391 353 22.8 36.0
----Personal & Business Services 130 84 80 54.8 62.5
----Health Services 31 39 37 -20.5 -16.2
--Government 214 179 197 19.6 8.6
----Local Government 74 74 68 0.0 8.8
------Local Education 17 17 12 0.0 41.7
UNCLASSIFIED 175 135 145 29.6 20.7


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