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August 2010


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims declined by 25.6% compared to June 2009. Claims increased substantially in federal government (+72.2%), most likely a result of a loss of temporary Census employment.

Percent Change Claims Filed
Claims Filed Jun_10 Jun_10
Jun_10 May_10 Jun_09 May_10 Jun_09
Wyoming Statewide
Total Claims Filed  2,964  3,647  3,986 -18.7 -25.6
Goods-Producing     940  1,492  1,769 -37.0 -46.9
   Natural Resources and Mining     172     278     693 -38.1 -75.2
      Mining     162     252     666 -35.7 -75.7
         Oil & Gas Extraction       10       13       14 -23.1 -28.6
   Construction     677  1,090     936 -37.9 -27.7
   Manufacturing       91     124     140 -26.6 -35.0
Service-Providing  1,277  1,475  1,545 -13.4 -17.3
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities     441     503     568 -12.3 -22.4
      Wholesale Trade     126     124     119 1.6 5.9
      Retail Trade     223     251     254 -11.2 -12.2
      Transp., Warehousing and Utilities       92     128     195 -28.1 -52.8
   Information       14       16       17 -12.5 -17.6
   Financial Activities       42       83       77 -49.4 -45.5
   Professional and Business Services     169     195     270 -13.3 -37.4
   Educational and Health Services     241     191     255 26.2 -5.5
   Leisure and Hospitality     269     408     267 -34.1 0.7
   Other Services, except Public Admin.     101       79       91 27.8 11.0
Government     346     236     300 46.6 15.3
   Federal Government     136       82       79 65.9 72.2
   State Government       31       18       54 72.2 -42.6
   Local Government     179     136     167 31.6 7.2
      Local Education     101       39       94 159.0 7.4
Unclassified     401     444     372 -9.7 7.8
 
Laramie County
Total Claims Filed     396     486     457 -18.5 -13.3
Goods-Producing     112     196     179 -42.9 -37.4
   Construction       97     173     142 -43.9 -31.7
Service-Providing     214     238     229 -10.1 -6.6
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       84       76       77 10.5 9.1
   Financial Activities        7       14       13 -50.0 -46.2
   Professional and Business Services       20       31       34 -35.5 -41.2
   Educational and Health Services       46       37       54 24.3 -14.8
   Leisure and Hospitality       44       63       33 -30.2 33.3
Government       54       34       26 58.8 107.7
Unclassified       16       18       23 -11.1 -30.4
 
Natrona County
Total Claims Filed     408     482     522 -15.4 -21.8
Goods-Producing     128     207     228 -38.2 -43.9
   Construction       80     161       87 -50.3 -8.0
Service-Providing     232     261     264 -11.1 -12.1
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       85     104     109 -18.3 -22.0
   Financial Activities       12       14       15 -14.3 -20.0
   Professional and Business Services       27       36       33 -25.0 -18.2
   Educational and Health Services       41       38       33 7.9 24.2
   Leisure and Hospitality       52       54       37 -3.7 40.5
Government       36        9       19 300.0 89.5
Unclassified       12        5       11 140.0 9.1

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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