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2021 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report

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Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims by Industry

Most Current Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming by Industry, 2020

For the week ending May 30, 2020.

Updated June 5, 2020.

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Table: Most Recent Unemployment Insurance Claims Data for Wyoming by Industry, 2019 Week 22 and 2020 Week 22
Week ending May 30, 2020, is referred to as 2020 Week 22.      
Updated June 5, 2020.  
Number of Employers
Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICSa Code 2020 Week 22 2019 Week 22 N %
 Total 4,776 1,107 3,669 331.4
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) N/D N/D N/D N/D
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 371 91 280 307.7
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 245 59 186 315.3
23-Construction (23) 665 217 448 206.5
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 150 36 114 316.7
42-Wholesale trade (42) 215 40 175 437.5
44, 45 - Retail Trade 451 87 364 418.4
51-Information (51) N/D N/D N/D N/D
52, 53 - Financial Activities 186 43 143 332.6
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 538 139 399 287.1
61-Educational services (61) 83 24 59 245.8
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 496 106 390 367.9
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 926 140 786 561.4
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 266 41 225 548.8
92-Public administration (92) 65 34 31 91.2
99 - Unknown 31 21 10 47.6
Initial Claims
Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICSa Code 2020 Week 22 2019 Week 22 N %
 Total 1,661 424 1,237 291.7
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) N/D N/D N/D N/D
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 194 26 168 646.2
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 67 22 45 204.5
23-Construction (23) 124 131 -7 -5.3
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 43 7 36 514.3
42-Wholesale trade (42) 71 10 61 610.0
44, 45 - Retail Trade 81 28 53 189.3
51-Information (51) N/D N/D N/D N/D
52, 53 - Financial Activities 22 6 16 266.7
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 85 26 59 226.9
61-Educational services (61) 102 14 88 628.6
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 137 44 93 211.4
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 243 34 209 614.7
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 50 7 43 614.3
92-Public administration (92) 60 20 40 200.0
99 - Unknown 361 43 318 739.5
Continued Weeks Claimed
Over-the-Year Change
Industry and NAICSa Code 2020 Week 22 2019 Week 22 N %
 Total 19,609 1,858 17,751 955.4
11-Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) N/D N/D N/D N/D
21-Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) 2,621 125 2,496 1,996.8
22, 48, 49 - Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 842 108 734 679.6
23-Construction (23) 1,818 366 1,452 396.7
31, 32, 33 - Manufacturing 548 124 424 341.9
42-Wholesale trade (42) 569 39 530 1,359.0
44, 45 - Retail Trade 1,142 145 997 687.6
51-Information (51) N/D N/D N/D N/D
52, 53 - Financial Activities 394 44 350 795.5
54, 55, 56 - Professional and Business Services 1,053 177 876 494.9
61-Educational services (61) 652 21 631 3,004.8
62-Health care and social assistance (62) 979 114 865 758.8
71, 72 - Leisure and Hospitality 4,452 267 4,185 1,567.4
81-Other services, except public administration (81) 550 41 509 1,241.5
92-Public administration (92) 234 55 179 325.5
99 - Unknown 3,562 193 3,369 1,745.6
aNorth American Industry Classification System. 
N/D = Not discloseable due to confidentiality. 
Source: Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims. 
Prepared by T. Glover and M. Moore, Research & Planning, WY DWS, 6/5/20. 

Definitions

Initial Claima: An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making the series subject to some volatility.   

Continued Weeks Claimeda: A person who has already filed an initial claim and who has experienced a week of unemployment then files a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims are also referred to as insured unemployment. The count of U.S. continued weeks claimed is also a good indicator of labor market conditions. Continued claims reflect the current number of insured unemployed workers filing for UI benefits in the nation. While continued claims are not a leading indicator (they roughly coincide with economic cycles at their peaks and lag at cycle troughs), they provide confirming evidence of the direction of the U.S. economy.

Employersb: Employers refers to a count of distinct UI accounts with initial and/or continued claims during the week.


aSource: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

bSource: Research & Planning, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.