2008 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 291,140 290,495 293,538 293,050 293,927 300,824 301,629 299,265 296,283 296,720 295,710 294,514 295,592
EMPLOYMENT 280,926 281,335 283,675 285,006 285,635 292,206 293,136 290,549 288,434 288,180 285,415 282,227 286,394
UNEMPLOYMENT 10,214 9,160 9,863 8,044 8,292 8,618 8,493 8,716 7,849 8,540 10,295 12,287 9,198
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.2 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.9 3.5 4.2 3.1
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 40,733 40,419 40,807 40,813 40,718 40,984 41,068 41,094 40,790 41,580 41,459 41,596 41,006
EMPLOYMENT 39,423 39,269 39,590 39,828 39,615 39,811 39,942 39,935 39,772 40,482 40,220 40,127 39,835
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,310 1,150 1,217 985 1,103 1,173 1,126 1,159 1,018 1,098 1,239 1,469 1,171
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.5 2.9
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 30,532 30,302 30,590 30,604 30,529 30,724 30,789 30,808 30,586 31,175 31,079 31,174 30,741
EMPLOYMENT 29,597 29,482 29,722 29,902 29,742 29,888 29,986 29,981 29,860 30,392 30,195 30,126 29,906
UNEMPLOYMENT 935 820 868 702 787 836 803 827 726 783 884 1,048 835
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.4 2.7
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 42,792 42,723 43,099 43,118 42,635 42,970 43,509 42,798 42,265 42,763 42,896 42,829 42,866
EMPLOYMENT 40,817 40,988 41,271 41,675 41,135 41,398 41,907 41,167 40,737 41,220 41,079 40,577 41,164
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,975 1,735 1,828 1,443 1,500 1,572 1,602 1,631 1,528 1,543 1,817 2,252 1,702
UNEMPL. RATE 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.2 5.3 4.0
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,521 28,464 28,718 28,713 28,395 28,621 28,981 28,508 28,151 28,483 28,582 28,557 28,558
EMPLOYMENT 27,123 27,237 27,425 27,692 27,334 27,509 27,847 27,355 27,070 27,391 27,297 26,963 27,354
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,398 1,227 1,293 1,021 1,061 1,112 1,134 1,153 1,081 1,092 1,285 1,594 1,204
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.3 4.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.5 5.6 4.2
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,234 19,130 19,440 19,246 19,135 18,596 18,261 17,886 19,493 19,837 19,850 19,595 19,059
EMPLOYMENT 17,686 18,653 18,956 18,846 18,663 18,091 17,797 17,390 19,061 19,359 19,335 18,986 18,569
UNEMPLOYMENT 548 477 484 400 472 505 464 496 432 478 515 609 490
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.1 2.6
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,392 16,149 16,410 16,247 16,152 15,697 15,415 15,098 16,456 16,746 16,757 16,539 16,088
EMPLOYMENT 14,935 15,752 16,007 15,914 15,759 15,276 15,028 14,684 16,095 16,348 16,327 16,032 15,680
UNEMPLOYMENT 457 397 403 333 393 421 387 414 361 398 430 507 408
UNEMPL. RATE 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.1 2.5
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,857 4,806 4,867 4,948 4,972 5,268 5,115 5,128 4,952 4,943 4,932 4,842 4,969
EMPLOYMENT 4,613 4,594 4,637 4,769 4,786 5,070 4,917 4,930 4,788 4,770 4,728 4,601 4,767
UNEMPLOYMENT 244 212 230 179 186 198 198 198 164 173 204 241 202
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.4 4.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.3 3.5 4.1 5.0 4.1
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,101 26,945 27,316 27,315 27,209 27,607 27,467 27,539 27,525 28,205 28,492 28,050 27,565
EMPLOYMENT 26,501 26,429 26,728 26,831 26,676 27,050 26,947 26,998 27,052 27,660 27,925 27,403 27,017
UNEMPLOYMENT 600 516 588 484 533 557 520 541 473 545 567 647 548
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0
GILLETTE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,789 15,697 15,913 15,913 15,850 16,083 16,001 16,043 16,035 16,430 16,598 16,341 16,058
EMPLOYMENT 15,437 15,395 15,569 15,629 15,538 15,757 15,697 15,726 15,758 16,112 16,266 15,962 15,737
UNEMPLOYMENT 352 302 344 284 312 326 304 317 277 318 332 379 321
UNEMPL. RATE 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,642 8,537 8,450 8,240 8,304 8,611 8,521 8,301 8,258 8,277 8,057 7,802 8,334
EMPLOYMENT 8,350 8,277 8,174 8,011 8,063 8,365 8,273 8,036 8,014 7,992 7,741 7,396 8,058
UNEMPLOYMENT 292 260 276 229 241 246 248 265 244 285 316 406 276
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.0 3.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.9 5.2 3.3
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,354 7,284 7,377 7,431 7,400 7,507 7,488 7,431 7,400 7,406 7,409 7,328 7,401
EMPLOYMENT 7,118 7,071 7,165 7,261 7,211 7,316 7,291 7,228 7,214 7,205 7,183 7,068 7,194
UNEMPLOYMENT 236 213 212 170 189 191 197 203 186 201 226 260 207
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.5 2.8
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,415 3,397 3,480 3,555 3,519 3,680 3,563 3,499 3,535 3,480 3,504 3,463 3,507
EMPLOYMENT 3,283 3,282 3,358 3,453 3,421 3,588 3,471 3,408 3,451 3,392 3,402 3,342 3,404
UNEMPLOYMENT 132 115 122 102 98 92 92 91 84 88 102 121 103
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.4 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.9 3.5 2.9
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 18,318 18,344 18,512 18,452 18,386 18,803 18,709 18,712 18,411 18,557 18,695 18,632 18,545
EMPLOYMENT 17,385 17,487 17,658 17,799 17,747 18,088 17,996 17,991 17,782 17,878 17,830 17,608 17,771
UNEMPLOYMENT 933 857 854 653 639 715 713 721 629 679 865 1,024 774
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 4.7 4.6 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.7 4.6 5.5 4.2
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,082 6,049 6,180 6,273 6,140 6,101 6,040 6,000 5,988 6,203 6,282 6,250 6,132
EMPLOYMENT 5,855 5,809 5,926 6,070 5,945 5,876 5,803 5,769 5,800 6,013 6,072 6,009 5,912
UNEMPLOYMENT 227 240 254 203 195 225 237 231 188 190 210 241 220
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 4.0 4.1 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.6
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,423 2,382 2,421 2,467 2,435 2,506 2,516 2,463 2,418 2,374 2,392 2,399 2,433
EMPLOYMENT 2,337 2,294 2,324 2,392 2,360 2,430 2,443 2,387 2,353 2,299 2,306 2,297 2,352
UNEMPLOYMENT 86 88 97 75 75 76 73 76 65 75 86 102 81
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.2 3.6 4.3 3.3
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,889 3,879 3,977 4,026 4,001 4,298 4,275 4,273 4,228 4,107 4,043 4,017 4,085
EMPLOYMENT 3,729 3,735 3,810 3,908 3,879 4,170 4,146 4,141 4,111 3,987 3,906 3,853 3,948
UNEMPLOYMENT 160 144 167 118 122 128 129 132 117 120 137 164 137
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.7 4.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.4 4.1 3.4
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 9,127 8,740 8,545 8,385 8,352 8,654 8,465 8,364 8,301 8,174 8,099 8,137 8,445
EMPLOYMENT 8,813 8,435 8,189 8,103 8,101 8,391 8,198 8,095 8,070 7,907 7,742 7,658 8,142
UNEMPLOYMENT 314 305 356 282 251 263 267 269 231 267 357 479 303
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 3.5 4.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.3 4.4 5.9 3.6
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,227 1,218 1,269 1,256 1,221 1,267 1,223 1,229 1,264 1,269 1,248 1,233 1,244
EMPLOYMENT 1,169 1,172 1,217 1,221 1,185 1,231 1,189 1,193 1,227 1,226 1,205 1,183 1,202
UNEMPLOYMENT 58 46 52 35 36 36 34 36 37 43 43 50 42
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 3.8 4.1 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.4 4.1 3.4
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,447 13,419 13,679 13,865 14,832 16,090 16,503 16,038 14,980 14,237 13,779 13,750 14,552
EMPLOYMENT 12,846 12,867 13,068 13,387 14,377 15,642 16,062 15,586 14,582 13,773 13,157 13,010 14,030
UNEMPLOYMENT 601 552 611 478 455 448 441 452 398 464 622 740 522
UNEMPL. RATE 4.5 4.1 4.5 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.3 4.5 5.4 3.6
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,971 3,968 4,058 4,201 4,245 3,980 3,869 3,822 3,938 3,861 3,878 3,926 3,977
EMPLOYMENT 3,772 3,804 3,879 4,065 4,114 3,825 3,697 3,659 3,798 3,718 3,704 3,718 3,813
UNEMPLOYMENT 199 164 179 136 131 155 172 163 140 143 174 208 164
UNEMPL. RATE 5.0 4.1 4.4 3.2 3.1 3.9 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.7 4.5 5.3 4.1
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,736 15,738 15,994 16,190 16,117 16,627 16,574 16,249 16,238 16,298 16,232 16,255 16,187
EMPLOYMENT 15,175 15,232 15,394 15,735 15,654 16,133 16,123 15,793 15,821 15,842 15,709 15,549 15,680
UNEMPLOYMENT 561 506 600 455 463 494 451 456 417 456 523 706 507
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.2 3.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.2 4.3 3.1
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,626 6,551 6,895 6,748 6,881 7,334 7,464 7,351 7,248 7,312 7,298 7,114 7,069
EMPLOYMENT 6,499 6,440 6,783 6,662 6,778 7,224 7,350 7,239 7,136 7,189 7,165 6,943 6,951
UNEMPLOYMENT 127 111 112 86 103 110 114 112 112 123 133 171 118
UNEMPL. RATE 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.4 1.7
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 24,349 24,270 24,427 24,174 24,262 24,210 24,448 24,790 24,405 24,729 24,852 24,626 24,462
EMPLOYMENT 23,719 23,725 23,841 23,668 23,707 23,641 23,887 24,214 23,877 24,158 24,178 23,825 23,870
UNEMPLOYMENT 630 545 586 506 555 569 561 576 528 571 674 801 592
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.4
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,026 14,050 13,946 13,335 14,088 16,319 16,975 16,616 15,213 13,861 12,972 13,555 14,580
EMPLOYMENT 13,710 13,736 13,608 12,829 13,681 16,008 16,688 16,307 14,883 13,412 12,113 12,726 14,142
UNEMPLOYMENT 316 314 338 506 407 311 287 309 330 449 859 829 438
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.8 2.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.2 3.2 6.6 6.1 3.0
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,278 11,251 11,329 11,431 11,509 11,680 11,955 12,125 11,833 11,681 11,679 11,481 11,603
EMPLOYMENT 10,912 10,920 10,971 11,139 11,203 11,360 11,621 11,772 11,529 11,359 11,320 11,023 11,261
UNEMPLOYMENT 366 331 358 292 306 320 334 353 304 322 359 458 342
UNEMPL. RATE 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.1 4.0 2.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,266 4,187 4,198 4,291 4,301 4,445 4,419 4,332 4,353 4,344 4,369 4,379 4,323
EMPLOYMENT 4,094 4,005 3,959 4,149 4,166 4,307 4,281 4,195 4,231 4,219 4,226 4,200 4,169
UNEMPLOYMENT 172 182 239 142 135 138 138 137 122 125 143 179 154
UNEMPL. RATE 4.0 4.3 5.7 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.9 3.3 4.1 3.6
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,250 3,206 3,277 3,291 3,263 3,283 3,204 3,222 3,248 3,219 3,293 3,257 3,251
EMPLOYMENT 3,122 3,109 3,171 3,206 3,167 3,189 3,107 3,113 3,143 3,118 3,171 3,126 3,145
UNEMPLOYMENT 128 97 106 85 96 94 97 109 105 101 122 131 106
UNEMPL. RATE 3.9 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.7 4.0 3.3
Benchmark Run Date 04/2011
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