Persons Working in Jobs Covered by Wyoming State Unemployment Insurance, Fourth Quarter 2009
In fourth quarter 2009, 90.1% of all workers in Wyoming worked one job, up from 88.3% in fourth quarter 2008. They earned a mean quarterly wage of $10,347, down from $10,558 during the same period in 2008.1
From fourth quarter 2008 to fourth quarter 2009, the number of new persons – those not previously working in the state – declined by 44.6%. Total wages also declined over the year by 9.8%, and the number of unemployment insurance-covered accounts fell by 2.4%.
1 Source: Persons Working in Jobs Covered by Wyoming State Unemployment Insurance, Fourth Quarter 2008. Wyoming Labor Force Trends 46(4).