Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
Continued Claims--Statewide, by Industry


Total Unique Claimants decreased 17.3 percent from April to May 1996 as continued claims echoed the decline in unemployment found by Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). Refer to Civilian Labor Force and Unemployment for LAUS data.


WEEKS CLAIMED % CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
MAY 96 APR 96 MAY 95 APR 96-MAY 96 MAY 95-96
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 19,609 21,435 18,789 -8.5 4.4
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 5,553 6,717 5,328 -17.3 4.2
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 7,965 10,053 8,864 -20.8 -10.1
--Manufacturing 1,495 1,791 1,677 -16.5 -10.9
--Mining 1,938 2,347 2,731 -17.4 -29.0
----Oil & Gas Extraction 1,803 2,199 2,385 -18.0 -24.4
--Construction 4,532 5,915 4,456 -23.4 1.7
WEEKS CLAIMED % CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
MAY 96 APR 96 MAY 95 APR 96-MAY 96 MAY 95-96
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 10,344 9,957 8,872 3.9 16.6
--Transportation & Public Utilities 972 1,137 1,124 -14.5 -13.5
----Transportation 731 927 836 -21.1 -12.6
----Communications & Public Utilities 241 210 288 14.8 -16.3
--Trade 3,848 3,361 2,925 14.5 31.6
----Wholesale Trade 640 596 425 7.4 50.6
----Retail Trade 3,208 2,765 2,500 16.0 28.3
--Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate 390 367 394 6.3 -1.0
--Services 4,007 3,895 3,434 2.9 16.7
----Personal & Business Services 1,064 947 816 12.4 30.4
----Health Services 508 529 389 -4.0 30.6
--Government 1,127 1,197 995 -5.8 13.3
----Local Government 648 668 572 -3.0 13.3
------Local Education 211 243 185 -13.2 14.1
UNCLASSIFIED 1,300 1,425 1,053 -8.8 23.5



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