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Annual Unemployment Insurance (UI) statistics for Wyoming.
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Updated March 27, 2023.
Table 2: Wyoming Liable Unemployment Insurance Benefit Expenditure, 1983-2022 | |||||
Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Annual Total |
1983 | $29,052,631 | $23,700,333 | $14,329,696 | $9,034,246 | $76,116,905 |
1984 | $14,782,584 | $8,573,118 | $5,741,329 | $5,069,737 | $34,166,767 |
1985 | $10,774,291 | $8,424,280 | $6,237,682 | $8,488,088 | $33,924,340 |
1986 | $13,802,491 | $15,921,290 | $14,637,791 | $17,503,781 | $61,865,353 |
1987 | $21,807,203 | $14,408,823 | $7,531,594 | $7,065,650 | $50,813,269 |
1988 | $10,780,518 | $5,776,895 | $3,625,728 | $4,884,279 | $25,067,419 |
1989 | $10,153,425 | $5,685,397 | $3,240,820 | $3,293,635 | $22,373,278 |
1990 | $7,075,872 | $4,464,098 | $2,598,964 | $3,937,711 | $18,076,646 |
1991 | $8,624,287 | $5,397,940 | $3,779,018 | $5,861,943 | $23,663,189 |
1992 | $10,925,696 | $7,380,781 | $4,236,601 | $5,239,957 | $27,783,035 |
1993 | $9,326,181 | $5,647,344 | $3,094,171 | $4,467,000 | $22,534,696 |
1994 | $9,856,568 | $5,831,269 | $4,416,837 | $5,247,501 | $25,352,175 |
1995 | $10,672,753 | $7,733,850 | $3,882,304 | $6,351,287 | $28,640,195 |
1996 | $11,658,665 | $8,155,337 | $4,313,370 | $6,034,867 | $30,162,239 |
1997 | $10,637,529 | $6,233,825 | $3,513,143 | $4,912,823 | $25,297,320 |
1998 | $9,651,421 | $5,791,717 | $3,528,237 | $5,740,119 | $24,711,494 |
1999 | $11,452,028 | $6,181,847 | $3,706,207 | $5,247,860 | $26,587,941 |
2000 | $9,205,265 | $6,234,963 | $3,801,757 | $5,522,063 | $24,764,048 |
2001 | $10,052,386 | $5,708,782 | $3,842,876 | $5,851,800 | $25,455,845 |
2002 | $12,387,051 | $8,663,171 | $6,821,728 | $10,658,926 | $38,530,876 |
2003 | $16,873,973 | $11,971,366 | $7,719,607 | $9,958,737 | $46,523,683 |
2004 | $14,973,959 | $9,506,513 | $6,450,811 | $8,885,072 | $39,816,356 |
2005 | $13,208,468 | $7,831,299 | $4,819,405 | $6,923,882 | $32,783,056 |
2006 | $10,515,294 | $6,501,638 | $4,433,022 | $6,467,494 | $27,917,448 |
2007 | $11,315,516 | $8,454,822 | $6,349,559 | $7,781,576 | $33,901,474 |
2008 | $14,867,902 | $11,556,356 | $9,053,067 | $14,467,624 | $49,944,949 |
2009 | $35,776,806 | $48,476,328 | $37,903,353 | $39,375,474 | $161,531,961 |
2010 | $44,944,153 | $32,402,092 | $19,863,072 | $22,738,425 | $119,947,743 |
2011 | $31,294,455 | $22,274,378 | $14,819,387 | $18,433,786 | $86,822,007 |
2012 | $26,020,789 | $18,135,736 | $14,534,450 | $18,821,811 | $77,512,786 |
2013 | $26,656,701 | $18,376,324 | $12,970,508 | $17,170,524 | $75,174,058 |
2014 | $20,146,032 | $13,630,949 | $9,519,164 | $12,731,132 | $56,027,276 |
2015 | $22,554,859 | $23,279,068 | $18,636,664 | $21,926,613 | $86,397,204 |
2016 | $35,534,803 | $34,168,478 | $23,493,309 | $20,206,874 | $113,403,465 |
2017 | $26,093,562 | $13,409,529 | $9,530,631 | $11,116,638 | $60,150,361 |
2018 | $17,316,124 | $9,664,486 | $6,763,651 | $8,620,257 | $42,364,518 |
2019 | $14,614,558 | $8,738,286 | $7,838,190 | $12,657,555 | $43,848,588 |
2020 | $20,064,444 | $73,757,484 | $52,761,274 | $26,956,181 | $173,539,383 |
2021 | $26,375,399 | $15,283,418 | $8,199,824 | $8,383,084 | $58,241,724 |
2022 | $13,194,855 | $7,398,684 | $5,714,790 | $13,133,028 | $39,441,357 |
This table only includes the benefit expenses for which Wyoming is liable and paid by the Wyoming UI Trust Fund. | |||||
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims database. | |||||
Prepared by S. Wen, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 3/27/23. |
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