2003 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 267,471 268,349 270,140 269,721 270,030 277,555 276,064 274,158 271,466 271,635 271,957 270,734 271,607
EMPLOYMENT 252,712 254,161 256,229 257,264 257,827 264,814 264,997 263,503 261,311 261,705 260,400 258,945 259,489
UNEMPLOYMENT 14,759 14,188 13,911 12,457 12,203 12,741 11,067 10,655 10,155 9,930 11,557 11,789 12,118
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.5
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,447 37,645 38,102 38,032 37,795 38,329 38,217 37,756 37,255 38,096 38,438 38,724 37,986
EMPLOYMENT 35,433 35,766 36,262 36,356 36,047 36,496 36,561 36,128 35,765 36,598 36,794 37,049 36,271
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,014 1,879 1,840 1,676 1,748 1,833 1,656 1,628 1,490 1,498 1,644 1,675 1,715
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.5
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,038 28,193 28,537 28,490 28,310 28,708 28,631 28,286 27,914 28,545 28,796 29,010 28,455
EMPLOYMENT 26,601 26,852 27,224 27,294 27,063 27,400 27,449 27,124 26,851 27,476 27,624 27,815 27,231
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,437 1,341 1,313 1,196 1,247 1,308 1,182 1,162 1,063 1,069 1,172 1,195 1,224
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.3
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 41,664 41,738 41,772 41,515 41,016 41,582 41,796 41,178 40,720 41,500 42,120 41,997 41,550
EMPLOYMENT 39,453 39,628 39,739 39,699 39,109 39,517 39,972 39,376 38,998 39,843 40,217 40,047 39,633
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,211 2,110 2,033 1,816 1,907 2,065 1,824 1,802 1,722 1,657 1,903 1,950 1,917
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.5 4.6 4.6
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,780 27,825 27,845 27,665 27,336 27,720 27,852 27,440 27,132 27,648 28,069 27,990 27,692
EMPLOYMENT 26,216 26,333 26,407 26,380 25,987 26,260 26,561 26,165 25,914 26,476 26,723 26,611 26,336
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,564 1,492 1,438 1,285 1,349 1,460 1,291 1,275 1,218 1,172 1,346 1,379 1,356
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.4 5.2 4.6 4.9 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.9
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,808 19,314 19,396 19,212 18,381 18,387 17,641 17,064 18,107 18,703 19,358 19,149 18,627
EMPLOYMENT 18,102 18,615 18,732 18,593 17,754 17,672 17,032 16,469 17,513 18,167 18,714 18,513 17,990
UNEMPLOYMENT 706 699 664 619 627 715 609 595 594 536 644 636 637
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.4
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,874 16,300 16,371 16,215 15,514 15,519 14,890 14,402 15,283 15,787 16,340 16,162 15,722
EMPLOYMENT 15,286 15,718 15,817 15,700 14,992 14,923 14,382 13,906 14,788 15,340 15,803 15,632 15,191
UNEMPLOYMENT 588 582 554 515 522 596 508 496 495 447 537 530 531
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.4
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,066 5,064 5,140 5,170 5,218 5,421 5,187 5,181 5,105 5,223 5,189 5,121 5,174
EMPLOYMENT 4,682 4,719 4,806 4,916 4,962 5,154 4,956 4,963 4,884 5,021 4,952 4,857 4,906
UNEMPLOYMENT 384 345 334 254 256 267 231 218 221 202 237 264 268
UNEMPL. RATE 7.6 6.8 6.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.6 5.2 5.2
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,773 21,625 21,543 21,488 21,292 21,904 21,637 21,795 21,532 21,679 21,933 21,672 21,657
EMPLOYMENT 20,848 20,654 20,613 20,629 20,440 21,016 20,902 21,068 20,865 21,049 21,235 20,948 20,856
UNEMPLOYMENT 925 971 930 859 852 888 735 727 667 630 698 724 801
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,588 7,573 7,583 7,555 7,714 7,982 7,756 7,727 7,764 7,700 7,514 7,391 7,654
EMPLOYMENT 7,122 7,032 7,049 7,104 7,276 7,550 7,389 7,386 7,418 7,356 7,098 6,947 7,227
UNEMPLOYMENT 466 541 534 451 438 432 367 341 346 344 416 444 427
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 7.1 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.4 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.5 5.5 6.0 5.6
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,366 6,374 6,465 6,510 6,569 6,654 6,576 6,294 6,315 6,528 6,549 6,510 6,476
EMPLOYMENT 6,002 6,002 6,094 6,192 6,261 6,332 6,299 6,035 6,076 6,289 6,268 6,237 6,174
UNEMPLOYMENT 364 372 371 318 308 322 277 259 239 239 281 273 302
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.7
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,983 2,994 3,013 3,124 3,198 3,302 3,145 3,189 3,088 3,076 3,101 3,047 3,105
EMPLOYMENT 2,818 2,831 2,844 2,974 3,060 3,166 3,028 3,086 2,982 2,972 2,966 2,910 2,970
UNEMPLOYMENT 165 163 169 150 138 136 117 103 106 104 135 137 135
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.4 5.6 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.4 4.4 4.5 4.3
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,642 17,766 17,964 17,825 17,882 18,109 17,712 17,532 17,575 17,637 17,728 17,788 17,763
EMPLOYMENT 16,271 16,485 16,655 16,755 16,925 17,069 16,809 16,671 16,806 16,817 16,788 16,745 16,733
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,371 1,281 1,309 1,070 957 1,040 903 861 769 820 940 1,043 1,030
UNEMPL. RATE 7.8 7.2 7.3 6.0 5.4 5.7 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 5.3 5.9 5.8
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,837 5,893 5,930 6,028 5,922 5,839 5,596 5,616 5,638 5,819 5,960 5,910 5,832
EMPLOYMENT 5,473 5,557 5,616 5,772 5,654 5,546 5,351 5,365 5,406 5,615 5,728 5,677 5,563
UNEMPLOYMENT 364 336 314 256 268 293 245 251 232 204 232 233 269
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.2 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.9 3.9 4.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,318 2,350 2,356 2,411 2,390 2,478 2,456 2,427 2,295 2,331 2,320 2,298 2,369
EMPLOYMENT 2,185 2,220 2,242 2,308 2,287 2,375 2,370 2,342 2,208 2,249 2,218 2,193 2,266
UNEMPLOYMENT 133 130 114 103 103 103 86 85 87 82 102 105 103
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.5 4.4 4.6 4.3
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,444 3,483 3,546 3,599 3,668 3,836 3,791 3,789 3,713 3,631 3,525 3,488 3,626
EMPLOYMENT 3,225 3,268 3,345 3,436 3,494 3,656 3,651 3,647 3,576 3,509 3,371 3,332 3,459
UNEMPLOYMENT 219 215 201 163 174 180 140 142 137 122 154 156 167
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 4.4 4.5 4.6
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,826 7,849 7,963 7,983 8,173 8,666 8,748 8,937 8,764 8,516 8,188 8,076 8,307
EMPLOYMENT 7,304 7,380 7,484 7,562 7,791 8,278 8,416 8,635 8,467 8,241 7,856 7,713 7,927
UNEMPLOYMENT 522 469 479 421 382 388 332 302 297 275 332 363 380
UNEMPL. RATE 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.3 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.2 4.1 4.5 4.6
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,126 1,142 1,154 1,183 1,168 1,204 1,122 1,120 1,135 1,144 1,112 1,085 1,141
EMPLOYMENT 1,045 1,073 1,087 1,125 1,115 1,148 1,079 1,078 1,095 1,098 1,056 1,033 1,086
UNEMPLOYMENT 81 69 67 58 53 56 43 42 40 46 56 52 55
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 6.0 5.8 4.9 4.5 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.5 4.0 5.0 4.8 4.8
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,365 13,366 13,527 13,687 14,622 16,197 16,492 16,068 15,325 14,261 13,609 13,487 14,501
EMPLOYMENT 12,477 12,552 12,698 13,006 13,979 15,535 15,906 15,539 14,793 13,735 12,935 12,767 13,827
UNEMPLOYMENT 888 814 829 681 643 662 586 529 532 526 674 720 674
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.1 6.1 5.0 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.7 5.0 5.3 4.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,968 4,013 4,046 4,092 4,267 4,042 4,017 4,058 4,093 4,027 4,030 3,945 4,050
EMPLOYMENT 3,711 3,764 3,813 3,886 4,047 3,817 3,818 3,862 3,922 3,866 3,803 3,718 3,836
UNEMPLOYMENT 257 249 233 206 220 225 199 196 171 161 227 227 214
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.0 5.6 5.8 5.3
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,975 15,053 15,010 15,109 15,003 15,480 15,021 14,814 14,878 14,875 15,020 14,925 15,014
EMPLOYMENT 14,116 14,211 14,161 14,403 14,319 14,777 14,398 14,227 14,303 14,343 14,374 14,226 14,322
UNEMPLOYMENT 859 842 849 706 684 703 623 587 575 532 646 699 692
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.6 5.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.6
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,767 3,765 3,797 3,847 4,084 4,365 4,575 4,512 4,411 4,277 4,076 4,032 4,126
EMPLOYMENT 3,620 3,628 3,664 3,724 3,945 4,227 4,450 4,393 4,286 4,160 3,946 3,904 3,996
UNEMPLOYMENT 147 137 133 123 139 138 125 119 125 117 130 128 130
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.2
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 20,611 20,506 20,823 20,931 20,789 20,544 20,382 20,740 20,918 21,180 21,106 20,958 20,791
EMPLOYMENT 19,517 19,511 19,877 20,043 19,914 19,598 19,550 19,985 20,204 20,485 20,325 20,182 19,933
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,094 995 946 888 875 946 832 755 714 695 781 776 858
UNEMPL. RATE 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 4.1
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,893 12,908 12,881 12,442 12,842 15,020 16,081 15,824 14,405 12,718 12,305 12,886 13,600
EMPLOYMENT 12,408 12,402 12,341 11,720 12,278 14,558 15,708 15,426 14,023 12,248 11,704 12,456 13,106
UNEMPLOYMENT 485 506 540 722 564 462 373 398 382 470 601 430 494
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.9 4.2 5.8 4.4 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.7 4.9 3.3 3.6
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,670 10,611 10,748 10,604 10,569 10,705 10,751 11,295 11,169 11,334 11,356 10,941 10,896
EMPLOYMENT 10,026 9,986 10,148 10,054 10,053 10,169 10,287 10,859 10,740 10,928 10,930 10,480 10,388
UNEMPLOYMENT 644 625 600 550 516 536 464 436 429 406 426 461 508
UNEMPL. RATE 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.7
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,181 4,135 4,182 4,182 4,207 4,296 4,291 4,183 4,131 4,204 4,234 4,190 4,201
EMPLOYMENT 3,906 3,886 3,940 3,973 4,006 4,097 4,128 4,023 3,979 4,057 4,070 4,022 4,007
UNEMPLOYMENT 275 249 242 209 201 199 163 160 152 147 164 168 194
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.0 5.8 5.0 4.8 4.6 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.6
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,153 3,186 3,202 3,192 3,263 3,213 3,071 3,059 3,132 3,176 3,187 3,118 3,162
EMPLOYMENT 2,968 2,994 3,021 3,032 3,112 3,061 2,937 2,940 3,006 3,059 3,052 2,989 3,014
UNEMPLOYMENT 185 192 181 160 151 152 134 119 126 117 135 129 148
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.4 3.9 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.7
Benchmark Run Date 03/2008
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