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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Table: 2024 Wyoming Preliminary Labor Force Estimates
Wyoming
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 291,808 291,726 292,755 292,163 291,496 299,303 298,773 296,469 296,381 295,986 296,078 294,724 294,805
Employment 278,054 281,233 283,018 283,916 282,981 290,468 290,314 287,303 288,632 287,058 285,661 283,841 285,207
Unemployment 13,754 10,493 9,737 8,247 8,515 8,835 8,459 9,166 7,749 8,928 10,417 10,883 9,599
Unemployment Rate 4.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.5 3.7 3.3
Natrona County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 39,817 39,333 39,407 39,329 38,727 39,506 40,003 39,885 39,619 39,910 40,453 40,094 39,674
Employment 37,837 37,831 38,008 38,148 37,514 38,228 38,753 38,537 38,465 38,582 38,968 38,521 38,283
Unemployment 1,980 1,502 1,399 1,181 1,213 1,278 1,250 1,348 1,154 1,328 1,485 1,573 1,391
Unemployment Rate 5.0 3.8 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.5
Casper City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 29,177 28,746 28,799 28,762 28,318 28,883 29,266 29,167 28,981 29,192 29,587 29,317 29,016
Employment 27,737 27,673 27,803 27,905 27,441 27,963 28,347 28,189 28,137 28,222 28,505 28,178 28,008
Unemployment 1,440 1,073 996 857 877 920 919 978 844 970 1,082 1,139 1,008
Unemployment Rate 4.9 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.5
Laramie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 49,666 48,945 48,843 48,756 47,888 48,979 49,200 49,014 49,312 49,567 50,259 49,857 49,191
Employment 47,444 47,124 47,196 47,344 46,379 47,432 47,674 47,368 47,947 47,960 48,484 48,030 47,532
Unemployment 2,222 1,821 1,647 1,412 1,509 1,547 1,526 1,646 1,365 1,607 1,775 1,827 1,659
Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.4
Cheyenne City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 32,106 31,558 31,489 31,438 30,881 31,571 31,745 31,636 31,800 31,956 32,394 32,149 31,727
Employment 30,661 30,360 30,406 30,502 29,880 30,558 30,714 30,517 30,890 30,899 31,236 30,944 30,631
Unemployment 1,445 1,198 1,083 936 1,001 1,013 1,031 1,119 910 1,057 1,158 1,205 1,096
Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.4
Albany County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 20,025 22,111 22,159 22,123 21,572 20,640 20,242 20,702 21,883 22,194 22,639 22,362 21,554
Employment 19,265 21,446 21,521 21,591 21,017 20,030 19,687 20,126 21,383 21,664 21,973 21,665 20,947
Unemployment 760 665 638 532 555 610 555 576 500 530 666 697 607
Unemployment Rate 3.8 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.9 3.1 2.8
Laramie City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 16,672 18,395 18,435 18,411 17,947 17,181 16,846 17,219 18,209 18,461 18,843 18,615 17,936
Employment 16,073 17,834 17,896 17,954 17,477 16,656 16,371 16,736 17,781 18,015 18,272 18,016 17,423
Unemployment 599 561 539 457 470 525 475 483 428 446 571 599 513
Unemployment Rate 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 3.0 3.2 2.9
Big Horn County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 5,056 4,915 4,998 5,194 5,287 5,520 5,480 5,253 5,209 5,229 5,132 5,085 5,197
Employment 4,746 4,700 4,776 5,019 5,109 5,334 5,297 5,064 5,053 5,051 4,935 4,862 4,996
Unemployment 310 215 222 175 178 186 183 189 156 178 197 223 201
Unemployment Rate 6.1 4.4 4.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.4 3.9
Campbell County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 23,130 23,383 23,498 23,615 23,175 23,361 23,068 23,029 22,877 22,938 23,314 23,044 23,203
Employment 22,154 22,592 22,770 22,954 22,505 22,652 22,398 22,316 22,268 22,274 22,561 22,246 22,474
Unemployment 976 791 728 661 670 709 670 713 609 664 753 798 729
Unemployment Rate 4.2 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.1
Gillette City
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,668 15,804 15,876 15,951 15,645 15,779 15,582 15,554 15,448 15,487 15,723 15,554 15,673
Employment 14,957 15,233 15,353 15,477 15,174 15,273 15,102 15,047 15,015 15,017 15,212 15,000 15,155
Unemployment 711 571 523 474 471 506 480 507 433 470 511 554 518
Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.3
Carbon County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 7,558 6,789 6,833 6,893 7,090 7,610 7,485 7,353 7,309 7,290 7,084 6,930 7,185
Employment 7,187 6,540 6,592 6,697 6,873 7,388 7,277 7,120 7,112 7,058 6,821 6,653 6,943
Unemployment 371 249 241 196 217 222 208 233 197 232 263 277 242
Unemployment Rate 4.9 3.7 3.5 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.2 2.7 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.4
Converse County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,142 7,537 7,564 7,667 7,608 7,919 7,857 7,824 7,832 7,950 8,006 7,943 7,821
Employment 7,857 7,314 7,349 7,493 7,416 7,717 7,656 7,613 7,658 7,757 7,798 7,708 7,611
Unemployment 285 223 215 174 192 202 201 211 174 193 208 235 209
Unemployment Rate 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.7
Crook County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,667 3,687 3,718 3,912 4,067 4,162 4,063 3,832 3,834 3,911 3,798 3,758 3,867
Employment 3,519 3,574 3,609 3,824 3,975 4,066 3,978 3,737 3,757 3,823 3,691 3,637 3,766
Unemployment 148 113 109 88 92 96 85 95 77 88 107 121 102
Unemployment Rate 4.0 3.1 2.9 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.8 3.2 2.6
Fremont County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 18,819 18,851 19,010 19,058 18,992 19,300 18,928 19,022 19,101 19,087 19,218 18,962 19,029
Employment 17,653 18,051 18,280 18,472 18,418 18,666 18,300 18,380 18,546 18,446 18,486 18,170 18,322
Unemployment 1,166 800 730 586 574 634 628 642 555 641 732 792 707
Unemployment Rate 6.2 4.2 3.8 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.4 3.8 4.2 3.7
Goshen County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 6,572 6,235 6,281 6,446 6,470 6,509 6,443 6,186 6,100 6,270 6,209 6,170 6,324
Employment 6,328 6,035 6,105 6,288 6,305 6,336 6,277 5,975 5,940 6,089 6,001 5,953 6,136
Unemployment 244 200 176 158 165 173 166 211 160 181 208 217 188
Unemployment Rate 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.4 2.6 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.0
Hot Springs County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 2,207 2,305 2,310 2,253 2,245 2,301 2,293 2,234 2,240 2,224 2,240 2,229 2,257
Employment 2,107 2,223 2,236 2,194 2,186 2,237 2,233 2,172 2,183 2,163 2,164 2,141 2,187
Unemployment 100 82 74 59 59 64 60 62 57 61 76 88 70
Unemployment Rate 4.5 3.6 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.7 3.4 3.9 3.1
Johnson County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,170 4,160 4,196 4,248 4,377 4,589 4,532 4,342 4,282 4,284 4,214 4,135 4,294
Employment 3,935 4,007 4,049 4,131 4,256 4,460 4,417 4,209 4,178 4,163 4,073 3,997 4,156
Unemployment 235 153 147 117 121 129 115 133 104 121 141 138 138
Unemployment Rate 5.6 3.7 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 3.1 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.2
Lincoln County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 8,930 9,686 9,732 9,665 9,721 10,288 10,080 9,929 10,212 10,026 9,936 10,005 9,851
Employment 8,493 9,324 9,395 9,375 9,451 10,009 9,824 9,637 9,971 9,752 9,609 9,651 9,541
Unemployment 437 362 337 290 270 279 256 292 241 274 327 354 310
Unemployment Rate 4.9 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.4 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.2
Niobrara County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 1,267 1,101 1,120 1,178 1,214 1,233 1,190 1,103 1,130 1,150 1,114 1,111 1,159
Employment 1,227 1,069 1,090 1,151 1,188 1,207 1,168 1,074 1,107 1,120 1,085 1,071 1,130
Unemployment 40 32 30 27 26 26 22 29 23 30 29 40 30
Unemployment Rate 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.6 2.0 2.6 2.6 3.6 2.5
Park County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 14,572 14,828 14,912 15,147 16,091 16,991 17,053 16,557 16,430 15,850 15,190 15,161 15,732
Employment 13,675 14,228 14,350 14,707 15,664 16,546 16,639 16,111 16,048 15,415 14,640 14,571 15,216
Unemployment 897 600 562 440 427 445 414 446 382 435 550 590 516
Unemployment Rate 6.2 4.0 3.8 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.7 3.6 3.9 3.3
Platte County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,727 4,066 4,100 4,313 4,364 4,414 4,297 4,077 4,159 4,234 4,184 4,180 4,260
Employment 4,521 3,934 3,975 4,208 4,252 4,295 4,181 3,932 4,046 4,103 4,033 4,012 4,124
Unemployment 206 132 125 105 112 119 116 145 113 131 151 168 135
Unemployment Rate 4.4 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.6 4.0 3.2
Sheridan County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,492 16,081 16,192 16,182 16,165 16,752 16,765 16,415 16,320 16,419 16,424 16,332 16,295
Employment 14,682 15,518 15,695 15,783 15,729 16,297 16,338 15,956 15,927 15,962 15,896 15,771 15,796
Unemployment 810 563 497 399 436 455 427 459 393 457 528 561 499
Unemployment Rate 5.2 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.1
Sublette County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 4,067 3,803 3,812 3,829 3,937 4,137 4,088 3,921 3,869 3,916 3,844 3,753 3,915
Employment 3,832 3,642 3,654 3,693 3,804 4,005 3,968 3,781 3,752 3,780 3,672 3,578 3,763
Unemployment 235 161 158 136 133 132 120 140 117 136 172 175 151
Unemployment Rate 5.8 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.6 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.7 3.9
Sweetwater County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 21,402 20,273 20,346 20,034 19,646 19,866 19,579 20,080 20,042 20,115 20,337 20,136 20,155
Employment 20,342 19,427 19,582 19,425 19,005 19,196 18,926 19,374 19,439 19,433 19,582 19,275 19,417
Unemployment 1,060 846 764 609 641 670 653 706 603 682 755 861 738
Unemployment Rate 5.0 4.2 3.8 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.4 3.7 4.3 3.7
Teton County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 15,570 17,115 17,129 15,741 16,331 18,510 19,598 19,269 18,084 16,744 15,704 16,839 17,220
Employment 15,085 16,756 16,776 15,331 15,904 18,187 19,310 18,914 17,787 16,311 15,022 16,336 16,810
Unemployment 485 359 353 410 427 323 288 355 297 433 682 503 410
Unemployment Rate 3.1 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.6 4.3 3.0 2.4
Uinta County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 9,172 8,914 8,970 8,913 8,880 8,893 8,841 8,893 8,999 9,085 9,186 9,091 8,986
Employment 8,745 8,564 8,633 8,624 8,584 8,585 8,544 8,584 8,722 8,775 8,812 8,710 8,657
Unemployment 427 350 337 289 296 308 297 309 277 310 374 381 330
Unemployment Rate 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.4 4.1 4.2 3.7
Washakie County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,973 3,749 3,752 3,796 3,788 3,915 3,771 3,771 3,731 3,760 3,739 3,733 3,790
Employment 3,759 3,582 3,598 3,673 3,676 3,791 3,643 3,643 3,621 3,640 3,608 3,584 3,652
Unemployment 214 167 154 123 112 124 128 128 110 120 131 149 138
Unemployment Rate 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.0 3.7
Weston County
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec AVG
Labor Force 3,809 3,860 3,875 3,872 3,860 3,905 3,784 3,776 3,807 3,833 3,858 3,815 3,838
Employment 3,663 3,753 3,780 3,792 3,770 3,801 3,689 3,678 3,722 3,738 3,751 3,700 3,736
Unemployment 146 107 95 80 90 104 95 98 85 95 107 115 101
Unemployment Rate 3.8 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.7
Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. 
Revised by M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 1/27/25.