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Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming

Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming by County of Residence, Industry, and Selected Demographics, 2019-2024

Updated December 19, 2024, for the week ending December 14, 2024.

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Most Current Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims Data for Wyoming by Industry

Table 2: Most Recent Unemployment Insurance Claims Data for Wyoming by Industry, 2023 Week 50 and 2024 Weeks 49 and 50
Week ending December 14, 2024, is referred to as 2024 Week 50.
Updated December 19, 2024.
Number of Employers
Current Weekp Previous Week Year Ago Over-the-Week Change Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICS Code 2024 Week 50 2024 Week 49 2023 Week 50 N % N %
 Total 1,403 1,433 1,407 -30 -2.1 -4 -0.3
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 74 68 73 6 8.8 1 1.4
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 57 62 73 -5 -8.1 -16 -21.9
23-Construction (23) 293 281 330 12 4.3 -37 -11.2
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 67 66 54 1 1.5 13 24.1
42-Wholesale trade (42) 54 61 40 -7 -11.5 14 35.0
44, 45 - Retail Trade 122 131 95 -9 -6.9 27 28.4
51-Information (51) 21 26 25 -5 -19.2 -4 -16.0
52, 53 - Financial Activities 55 59 65 -4 -6.8 -10 -15.4
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 206 200 213 6 3.0 -7 -3.3
61-Educational services (61) 30 31 23 -1 -3.2 7 30.4
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 122 135 119 -13 -9.6 3 2.5
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 199 215 194 -16 -7.4 5 2.6
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 45 47 41 -2 -4.3 4 9.8
92-Public administration (92) 42 40 41 2 5.0 1 2.4
999-Unclassified (999) N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D
Initial Claims
Current Weekp Previous Week Year Ago Over-the-Week Change Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICS Code 2024 Week 50 2024 Week 49 2023 Week 50 N % N %
 Total 433 538 450 -105 -19.5 -17 -3.8
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) 6 6 5 0 0.0 1 20.0
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 33 22 21 11 50.0 12 57.1
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 17 22 17 -5 -22.7 0 0.0
23-Construction (23) 154 199 187 -45 -22.6 -33 -17.6
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 31 18 9 13 72.2 22 244.4
42-Wholesale trade (42) 5 17 6 -12 -70.6 -1 -16.7
44, 45 - Retail Trade 24 24 31 0 0.0 -7 -22.6
51-Information (51) N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D
52, 53 - Financial Activities N/D 10 9 N/D N/D N/D N/D
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 56 75 69 -19 -25.3 -13 -18.8
61-Educational services (61) 6 9 N/D -3 -33.3 N/D N/D
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 15 19 25 -4 -21.1 -10 -40.0
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 49 79 48 -30 -38.0 1 2.1
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 6 6 6 0 0.0 0 0.0
92-Public administration (92) 23 23 10 0 0.0 13 130.0
999-Unclassified (999) N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D N/D
Continued Weeks Claimed
Current Weekp Previous Week Year Ago Over-the-Week Change Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICS Code 2024 Week 50 2024 Week 49 2023 Week 50 N % N %
 Total 2,572 2,667 2,431 -95 -3.6 141 5.8
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) 18 16 27 2 12.5 -9 -33.3
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 112 104 95 8 7.7 17 17.9
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 72 78 105 -6 -7.7 -33 -31.4
23-Construction (23) 618 552 667 66 12.0 -49 -7.3
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 96 108 82 -12 -11.1 14 17.1
42-Wholesale trade (42) 64 63 43 1 1.6 21 48.8
44, 45 - Retail Trade 178 188 136 -10 -5.3 42 30.9
51-Information (51) 24 25 45 -1 -4.0 -21 -46.7
52, 53 - Financial Activities 64 64 73 0 0.0 -9 -12.3
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 362 327 295 35 10.7 67 22.7
61-Educational services (61) 49 45 27 4 8.9 22 81.5
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 157 168 142 -11 -6.5 15 10.6
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 572 753 531 -181 -24.0 41 7.7
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 53 58 49 -5 -8.6 4 8.2
92-Public administration (92) 123 111 105 12 10.8 18 17.1
999-Unclassified (999) 10 7 6 3 42.9 4 66.7
pPreliminary and subject to revision. 
 = Not discloseable due to confidentiality. 
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims. 
Prepared by T. Glover and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 12/19/24.