2005 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 270,651 270,914 273,584 273,896 275,297 281,844 282,815 281,616 279,172 280,142 279,111 277,812 277,238
EMPLOYMENT 258,203 259,404 261,796 263,203 264,701 271,766 273,308 272,701 270,305 271,214 269,126 268,100 266,986
UNEMPLOYMENT 12,448 11,510 11,788 10,693 10,596 10,078 9,507 8,915 8,867 8,928 9,985 9,712 10,252
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.7
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 38,903 39,032 39,281 39,141 38,713 38,912 39,158 38,961 39,013 39,798 39,996 39,729 39,220
EMPLOYMENT 37,226 37,514 37,741 37,744 37,275 37,509 37,829 37,725 37,785 38,551 38,635 38,392 37,827
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,677 1,518 1,540 1,397 1,438 1,403 1,329 1,236 1,228 1,247 1,361 1,337 1,393
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.6
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 29,145 29,247 29,433 29,333 29,011 29,160 29,348 29,204 29,244 29,834 29,976 29,776 29,393
EMPLOYMENT 27,948 28,164 28,334 28,336 27,985 28,159 28,400 28,322 28,368 28,943 29,006 28,823 28,399
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,197 1,083 1,099 997 1,026 1,001 948 882 876 891 970 953 994
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 41,371 41,463 41,586 41,436 41,011 41,208 41,834 41,569 41,245 41,493 41,766 41,664 41,470
EMPLOYMENT 39,208 39,483 39,538 39,622 39,191 39,459 40,196 40,022 39,694 39,952 40,121 40,025 39,709
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,163 1,980 2,048 1,814 1,820 1,749 1,638 1,547 1,551 1,541 1,645 1,639 1,761
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.2
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,585 27,637 27,723 27,612 27,328 27,456 27,870 27,688 27,473 27,639 27,822 27,756 27,633
EMPLOYMENT 26,055 26,236 26,274 26,329 26,041 26,220 26,711 26,594 26,376 26,549 26,659 26,596 26,387
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,530 1,401 1,449 1,283 1,287 1,236 1,159 1,094 1,097 1,090 1,163 1,160 1,246
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,475 19,918 20,039 19,690 19,748 18,633 18,290 18,122 19,126 19,829 20,138 19,922 19,411
EMPLOYMENT 18,832 19,317 19,429 19,118 19,160 18,054 17,760 17,629 18,642 19,344 19,594 19,416 18,858
UNEMPLOYMENT 643 601 610 572 588 579 530 493 484 485 544 506 553
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.8
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,438 16,813 16,916 16,619 16,670 15,727 15,439 15,296 16,144 16,739 16,999 16,818 16,385
EMPLOYMENT 15,902 16,312 16,407 16,144 16,180 15,245 14,997 14,886 15,741 16,335 16,546 16,395 15,924
UNEMPLOYMENT 536 501 509 475 490 482 442 410 403 404 453 423 461
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.8
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,173 5,018 5,138 5,214 5,374 5,607 5,497 5,463 5,297 5,353 5,269 5,370 5,314
EMPLOYMENT 4,850 4,706 4,825 4,963 5,131 5,362 5,273 5,249 5,093 5,165 5,044 5,134 5,066
UNEMPLOYMENT 323 312 313 251 243 245 224 214 204 188 225 236 248
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 6.2 6.1 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 4.3 4.4 4.7
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 22,454 22,671 22,735 23,008 22,675 23,222 23,511 23,600 23,449 23,846 23,956 23,816 23,245
EMPLOYMENT 21,712 21,992 22,081 22,392 21,989 22,605 22,918 23,049 22,874 23,278 23,349 23,238 22,623
UNEMPLOYMENT 742 679 654 616 686 617 593 551 575 568 607 578 622
UNEMPL. RATE 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,430 7,408 7,482 7,532 7,631 8,023 7,827 7,867 7,710 7,711 7,562 7,393 7,631
EMPLOYMENT 7,073 7,058 7,120 7,217 7,318 7,721 7,544 7,602 7,450 7,445 7,260 7,095 7,325
UNEMPLOYMENT 357 350 362 315 313 302 283 265 260 266 302 298 306
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.0 4.0
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,535 6,510 6,574 6,578 6,706 6,890 6,695 6,684 6,704 6,737 6,782 6,892 6,690
EMPLOYMENT 6,222 6,222 6,289 6,322 6,449 6,649 6,466 6,460 6,476 6,516 6,531 6,632 6,436
UNEMPLOYMENT 313 288 285 256 257 241 229 224 228 221 251 260 254
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,092 3,077 3,110 3,158 3,292 3,425 3,466 3,479 3,255 3,276 3,265 3,250 3,263
EMPLOYMENT 2,934 2,940 2,972 3,039 3,164 3,309 3,367 3,384 3,157 3,181 3,154 3,146 3,146
UNEMPLOYMENT 158 137 138 119 128 116 99 95 98 95 111 104 117
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.9 3.4 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.6
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,405 17,430 17,640 17,789 17,671 18,097 17,788 17,663 17,804 17,865 18,110 17,858 17,760
EMPLOYMENT 16,341 16,450 16,622 16,901 16,813 17,256 16,954 16,906 17,079 17,145 17,288 17,016 16,898
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,064 980 1,018 888 858 841 834 757 725 720 822 842 862
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.9
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,688 5,616 5,701 5,666 5,712 5,779 5,534 5,695 5,517 5,812 5,864 5,750 5,694
EMPLOYMENT 5,382 5,320 5,375 5,400 5,462 5,525 5,296 5,457 5,280 5,586 5,622 5,518 5,435
UNEMPLOYMENT 306 296 326 266 250 254 238 238 237 226 242 232 259
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.3 5.7 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.5
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,265 2,276 2,273 2,334 2,355 2,451 2,411 2,355 2,262 2,298 2,312 2,224 2,318
EMPLOYMENT 2,161 2,174 2,167 2,233 2,255 2,358 2,322 2,273 2,178 2,211 2,215 2,127 2,223
UNEMPLOYMENT 104 102 106 101 100 93 89 82 84 87 97 97 95
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.1
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,556 3,546 3,674 3,616 3,818 4,090 4,040 4,000 3,836 3,829 3,723 3,792 3,793
EMPLOYMENT 3,370 3,367 3,494 3,475 3,662 3,947 3,907 3,880 3,712 3,699 3,584 3,656 3,646
UNEMPLOYMENT 186 179 180 141 156 143 133 120 124 130 139 136 147
UNEMPL. RATE 5.2 5.0 4.9 3.9 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,557 7,578 7,609 7,636 7,762 8,223 8,145 8,064 8,048 7,949 7,793 7,582 7,829
EMPLOYMENT 7,152 7,194 7,200 7,296 7,441 7,915 7,846 7,781 7,774 7,671 7,481 7,264 7,501
UNEMPLOYMENT 405 384 409 340 321 308 299 283 274 278 312 318 328
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.2
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,100 1,095 1,103 1,121 1,147 1,219 1,127 1,144 1,101 1,132 1,087 1,060 1,120
EMPLOYMENT 1,044 1,043 1,053 1,072 1,095 1,174 1,081 1,107 1,067 1,093 1,046 1,024 1,075
UNEMPLOYMENT 56 52 50 49 52 45 46 37 34 39 41 36 45
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 3.7 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.4 4.0
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,374 13,310 13,563 13,765 14,572 16,097 16,249 15,699 14,980 14,190 13,514 13,722 14,420
EMPLOYMENT 12,651 12,626 12,836 13,135 13,977 15,548 15,737 15,210 14,491 13,684 12,929 13,109 13,828
UNEMPLOYMENT 723 684 727 630 595 549 512 489 489 506 585 613 592
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.6 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.1
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,995 3,977 4,031 4,012 4,378 4,171 3,955 3,941 4,003 3,978 3,981 3,860 4,023
EMPLOYMENT 3,739 3,741 3,808 3,819 4,188 3,982 3,773 3,757 3,819 3,801 3,788 3,665 3,823
UNEMPLOYMENT 256 236 223 193 190 189 182 184 184 177 193 195 200
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.8 5.1 5.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,771 14,791 15,003 15,086 15,090 15,712 15,068 14,991 15,088 15,144 15,194 15,110 15,088
EMPLOYMENT 14,024 14,104 14,308 14,489 14,478 15,149 14,535 14,499 14,596 14,651 14,636 14,527 14,500
UNEMPLOYMENT 747 687 695 597 612 563 533 492 492 493 558 583 588
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,484 4,480 4,469 4,491 4,739 5,240 5,525 5,523 5,410 5,296 5,181 4,997 4,987
EMPLOYMENT 4,369 4,370 4,356 4,389 4,619 5,129 5,420 5,427 5,316 5,200 5,073 4,899 4,881
UNEMPLOYMENT 115 110 113 102 120 111 105 96 94 96 108 98 106
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,430 21,358 22,099 22,145 22,229 21,748 21,848 22,184 22,183 22,491 22,701 22,214 22,052
EMPLOYMENT 20,607 20,624 21,375 21,470 21,550 21,096 21,232 21,589 21,576 21,881 22,061 21,599 21,388
UNEMPLOYMENT 823 734 724 675 679 652 616 595 607 610 640 615 664
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,827 12,788 12,758 12,660 12,889 15,124 16,250 16,073 14,815 13,629 12,469 13,212 13,791
EMPLOYMENT 12,372 12,381 12,351 12,015 12,406 14,710 15,879 15,734 14,493 13,247 11,911 12,862 13,363
UNEMPLOYMENT 455 407 407 645 483 414 371 339 322 382 558 350 428
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.2 3.2 5.1 3.7 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.8 4.5 2.6 3.1
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,349 10,257 10,366 10,468 10,388 10,490 11,053 11,121 10,914 10,966 10,888 10,826 10,674
EMPLOYMENT 9,868 9,828 9,904 10,068 9,999 10,129 10,719 10,809 10,596 10,656 10,537 10,482 10,300
UNEMPLOYMENT 481 429 462 400 389 361 334 312 318 310 351 344 374
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.5
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,245 4,147 4,172 4,218 4,224 4,344 4,396 4,279 4,213 4,298 4,319 4,417 4,273
EMPLOYMENT 4,053 3,925 3,928 4,017 4,042 4,167 4,229 4,132 4,070 4,150 4,147 4,243 4,092
UNEMPLOYMENT 192 222 244 201 182 177 167 147 143 148 172 174 181
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 5.4 5.8 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.0 3.9 4.2
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,169 3,168 3,175 3,134 3,174 3,145 3,151 3,134 3,202 3,223 3,244 3,154 3,172
EMPLOYMENT 3,015 3,024 3,020 3,006 3,037 3,015 3,027 3,019 3,087 3,106 3,120 3,033 3,042
UNEMPLOYMENT 154 144 155 128 137 130 124 115 115 117 124 121 130
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.1 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.1
Benchmark Run Date 04/2009
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