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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. |
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.
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