WYOMING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE RECORD SUMMARY STATISTICS

Wage record summary statistics were first published in the May 1995 issue of Wyoming Labor Force Trends. The information presented in this issue of Trends shows changes that have been made to the wage record database since the end of March (the end of the first quarter of 1995). These changes are caused by Unemployment Insurance reports that have been returned late, required corrections or have otherwise been delayed.

More accurate information becomes available each quarter as Research & Planning "downloads" the oldest quarter for analysis before it is dropped off the mainframe. The data presented below and at right is updated information. For example, data for fourth quarter 1993 has just become finalized as it has been removed from the mainframe computer. The other quarters have been adjusted as new information has become available since we first published the wage record summary statistics. After the end of October of this year (the end of the third quarter), the wage record data for first quarter 1994 will become finalized. (See "Wyoming Unemployment Wage Record Update" in the November 1995 issue of Trends.)

Research & Planning continues to monitor this data and we will provide the readers of Trends with updated information achieved through wage record analysis. Refer to "Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Wage Record Summary Statistics: A New Way to Look at Wyoming" in the May 1995 issue of Trends for a detailed explanation of wage records and potential uses of the data, and see the "General Definition of Terms Used in the Wage Record Tables" for detailed information about abbreviations and terms used in the "Wage Record Tables".

GENERAL DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THE WAGE RECORD TABLES:

The following is a brief explanation of the terms used in the report:

• TOTAL JOBS - total number of jobs (records) downloaded from the mainframe file.
• TOTAL SSNs - total number of unique SSNs found in this quarter.
• AVERAGE SSNs - average number of SSNs this YEAR.
• ONE JOB - those SSNs who only had one job in this quarter or year.
• TWO JOBS - those SSNs who had two jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than two jobs).
• THREE JOBS - those SSNs who had three jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than three jobs).
• FOUR JOBS OR MORE - those SSNs who had four or more jobs in this quarter or year (this number does not include less than four jobs).
• TOTAL BY JOBS - sum of all jobs. Used for checking data entry.
• COUNT - the count of SSNs by total and by jobs.
• % OF TOTAL SSNs - the row percent of the count of SSNs under the count column.
• TOTAL WAGES - the sum of all wages for each category listed under the job rows.
• % OF TOTAL - row percent of the total wages.
• MEAN WAGES PER QUARTER - average wages per quarter for each category of jobs. Calculated by dividing the total wages by the count of SSNs.
• ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGES - average annual wages per year for each category of jobs. Calculated by dividing the total wages by the count of SSNs.
• # OF JOBS PER SSN - number of jobs per SSN. Calculated by taking the total number of jobs divided by the total number of SSNs.
• TOTAL UNIQUE SSNs TO DATE - a running total of unique SSNs to date. For example: from 1992 1st quarter to 1995 1st quarter there were 391,946 unique SSNs.
• NEW SSNs THIS QUARTER - the total of unique SSNs not found on any other previous quarter to date.
• NEW SSNs THIS YEAR - a total of new SSNs in the previous four quarters.

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