1992 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 234,105 234,418 236,343 235,451 235,902 244,415 244,214 241,398 238,104 237,421 237,806 237,338 238,076
EMPLOYMENT 216,542 217,136 220,209 221,591 222,954 230,634 232,505 230,569 227,009 226,784 225,098 223,711 224,562
UNEMPLOYMENT 17,563 17,282 16,134 13,860 12,948 13,781 11,709 10,829 11,095 10,637 12,708 13,627 13,514
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 7.4 6.8 5.9 5.5 5.6 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.5 5.3 5.7 5.7
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,488 31,239 31,392 30,875 30,721 31,479 30,671 30,058 30,676 31,293 31,676 31,671 31,103
EMPLOYMENT 28,680 28,573 28,903 28,661 28,378 29,098 28,597 28,194 28,744 29,254 29,279 29,219 28,798
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,808 2,666 2,489 2,214 2,343 2,381 2,074 1,864 1,932 2,039 2,397 2,452 2,305
UNEMPL. RATE 8.9 8.5 7.9 7.2 7.6 7.6 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.5 7.6 7.7 7.4
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 23,896 23,715 23,842 23,462 23,337 23,915 23,315 22,859 23,327 23,792 24,063 24,057 23,631
EMPLOYMENT 21,915 21,834 22,086 21,900 21,684 22,234 21,852 21,544 21,964 22,353 22,372 22,327 22,005
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,981 1,881 1,756 1,562 1,653 1,681 1,463 1,315 1,363 1,439 1,691 1,730 1,626
UNEMPL. RATE 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.0 7.0 7.2 6.9
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 37,011 36,797 36,934 36,891 36,230 37,022 37,561 36,811 36,273 37,087 37,553 37,823 37,000
EMPLOYMENT 34,944 34,847 35,138 35,313 34,790 35,434 36,186 35,481 34,920 35,780 36,083 36,134 35,421
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,067 1,950 1,796 1,578 1,440 1,588 1,375 1,330 1,353 1,307 1,470 1,689 1,579
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.3 4.0 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.9 4.5 4.3
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,984 25,837 25,932 25,903 25,441 25,998 26,378 25,851 25,473 26,045 26,370 26,559 25,981
EMPLOYMENT 24,552 24,485 24,688 24,811 24,443 24,898 25,425 24,930 24,536 25,140 25,352 25,388 24,887
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,432 1,352 1,244 1,092 998 1,100 953 921 937 905 1,018 1,171 1,094
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.2 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.2
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,237 16,246 16,241 16,122 16,108 15,396 15,912 15,921 15,762 15,688 15,718 15,652 15,917
EMPLOYMENT 15,635 15,630 15,695 15,693 15,676 14,949 15,535 15,545 15,392 15,331 15,203 15,136 15,452
UNEMPLOYMENT 602 616 546 429 432 447 377 376 370 357 515 516 465
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.8 3.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 3.3 3.3 2.9
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,968 13,974 13,973 13,873 13,862 13,248 13,695 13,702 13,565 13,502 13,525 13,466 13,696
EMPLOYMENT 13,465 13,461 13,518 13,516 13,501 12,875 13,380 13,389 13,256 13,204 13,094 13,035 13,308
UNEMPLOYMENT 503 513 455 357 361 373 315 313 309 298 431 431 388
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.7 3.3 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 3.2 3.2 2.8
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,639 4,666 4,863 4,907 4,851 4,950 4,747 4,705 4,785 4,928 4,912 4,740 4,808
EMPLOYMENT 4,258 4,314 4,432 4,528 4,488 4,595 4,459 4,445 4,513 4,682 4,621 4,408 4,479
UNEMPLOYMENT 381 352 431 379 363 355 288 260 272 246 291 332 329
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 7.5 8.9 7.7 7.5 7.2 6.1 5.5 5.7 5.0 5.9 7.0 6.8
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 16,617 16,622 16,783 16,601 16,451 16,948 17,012 16,763 16,327 16,490 16,810 16,800 16,685
EMPLOYMENT 15,484 15,472 15,655 15,647 15,493 15,879 16,112 15,976 15,516 15,764 15,900 15,874 15,731
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,133 1,150 1,128 954 958 1,069 900 787 811 726 910 926 954
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 6.9 6.7 5.7 5.8 6.3 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.4 5.4 5.5 5.7
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,145 8,103 8,252 8,229 8,205 8,738 8,450 8,593 8,347 8,201 8,160 8,046 8,290
EMPLOYMENT 7,453 7,457 7,607 7,746 7,773 8,286 8,047 8,217 7,902 7,816 7,705 7,537 7,796
UNEMPLOYMENT 692 646 645 483 432 452 403 376 445 385 455 509 494
UNEMPL. RATE 8.5 8.0 7.8 5.9 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.4 5.3 4.7 5.6 6.3 6.0
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,800 5,899 5,855 5,911 5,840 5,990 6,052 6,182 6,055 6,085 6,114 5,930 5,977
EMPLOYMENT 5,340 5,428 5,430 5,573 5,510 5,653 5,730 5,877 5,761 5,806 5,823 5,564 5,625
UNEMPLOYMENT 460 471 425 338 330 337 322 305 294 279 291 366 352
UNEMPL. RATE 7.9 8.0 7.3 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.8 6.2 5.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,550 2,624 2,696 2,776 2,765 2,967 2,824 2,735 2,834 2,735 2,724 2,681 2,743
EMPLOYMENT 2,424 2,517 2,594 2,689 2,671 2,871 2,755 2,688 2,773 2,657 2,622 2,574 2,653
UNEMPLOYMENT 126 107 102 87 94 96 69 47 61 78 102 107 90
UNEMPL. RATE 4.9 4.1 3.8 3.1 3.4 3.2 2.4 1.7 2.2 2.9 3.7 4.0 3.3
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,949 16,091 16,099 16,348 16,077 16,165 15,625 15,845 16,009 16,072 16,283 16,021 16,049
EMPLOYMENT 14,272 14,444 14,680 15,101 14,932 14,852 14,550 14,804 15,014 15,150 15,194 14,813 14,817
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,677 1,647 1,419 1,247 1,145 1,313 1,075 1,041 995 922 1,089 1,208 1,232
UNEMPL. RATE 10.5 10.2 8.8 7.6 7.1 8.1 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.7 6.7 7.5 7.7
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,902 5,953 6,110 6,226 5,948 6,077 6,005 5,898 5,822 6,103 6,206 6,097 6,029
EMPLOYMENT 5,623 5,581 5,649 5,911 5,669 5,787 5,742 5,676 5,588 5,907 5,969 5,854 5,746
UNEMPLOYMENT 279 372 461 315 279 290 263 222 234 196 237 243 283
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 6.2 7.5 5.1 4.7 4.8 4.4 3.8 4.0 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.7
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,370 2,365 2,445 2,461 2,458 2,537 2,443 2,406 2,461 2,439 2,427 2,411 2,436
EMPLOYMENT 2,230 2,213 2,300 2,327 2,332 2,355 2,308 2,286 2,330 2,338 2,298 2,278 2,300
UNEMPLOYMENT 140 152 145 134 126 182 135 120 131 101 129 133 136
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 6.4 5.9 5.4 5.1 7.2 5.5 5.0 5.3 4.1 5.3 5.5 5.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,189 3,197 3,313 3,294 3,298 3,551 3,440 3,376 3,223 3,201 3,232 3,111 3,285
EMPLOYMENT 2,856 2,871 3,025 3,075 3,113 3,399 3,302 3,263 3,092 3,081 3,089 2,928 3,091
UNEMPLOYMENT 333 326 288 219 185 152 138 113 131 120 143 183 194
UNEMPL. RATE 10.4 10.2 8.7 6.6 5.6 4.3 4.0 3.3 4.1 3.7 4.4 5.9 5.9
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,021 6,020 6,049 6,055 6,194 6,706 6,457 6,357 6,717 6,671 6,321 6,111 6,306
EMPLOYMENT 5,239 5,242 5,308 5,499 5,751 6,237 6,085 6,004 6,313 6,321 5,902 5,632 5,794
UNEMPLOYMENT 782 778 741 556 443 469 372 353 404 350 419 479 512
UNEMPL. RATE 13.0 12.9 12.2 9.2 7.2 7.0 5.8 5.6 6.0 5.2 6.6 7.8 8.1
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,137 1,135 1,199 1,205 1,179 1,182 1,180 1,157 1,146 1,086 1,104 1,085 1,150
EMPLOYMENT 1,052 1,046 1,121 1,135 1,120 1,125 1,145 1,123 1,114 1,044 1,063 1,036 1,094
UNEMPLOYMENT 85 89 78 70 59 57 35 34 32 42 41 49 56
UNEMPL. RATE 7.5 7.8 6.5 5.8 5.0 4.8 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.9 3.7 4.5 4.9
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 11,968 12,136 12,336 12,468 13,134 15,031 15,627 15,281 13,962 12,826 12,397 12,307 13,290
EMPLOYMENT 11,145 11,376 11,716 11,883 12,573 14,464 15,159 14,843 13,532 12,360 11,847 11,669 12,714
UNEMPLOYMENT 823 760 620 585 561 567 468 438 430 466 550 638 576
UNEMPL. RATE 6.9 6.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.6 4.4 5.2 4.3
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,732 3,814 3,904 3,940 3,995 3,946 3,932 3,878 3,964 3,888 3,910 3,925 3,903
EMPLOYMENT 3,431 3,490 3,616 3,719 3,816 3,752 3,742 3,708 3,794 3,704 3,690 3,668 3,678
UNEMPLOYMENT 301 324 288 221 179 194 190 170 170 184 220 257 225
UNEMPL. RATE 8.1 8.5 7.4 5.6 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.7 5.6 6.5 5.8
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,070 12,107 12,340 12,391 12,535 12,765 12,631 12,470 12,489 12,720 12,632 12,686 12,486
EMPLOYMENT 11,014 11,118 11,466 11,653 11,812 12,044 12,025 11,872 11,875 12,147 11,986 12,037 11,754
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,056 989 874 738 723 721 606 598 614 573 646 649 732
UNEMPL. RATE 8.7 8.2 7.1 6.0 5.8 5.6 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.9
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,508 2,527 2,559 2,694 2,832 3,062 3,128 3,017 2,832 2,792 2,705 2,617 2,773
EMPLOYMENT 2,363 2,358 2,414 2,592 2,754 2,981 3,060 2,965 2,771 2,739 2,619 2,538 2,680
UNEMPLOYMENT 145 169 145 102 78 81 68 52 61 53 86 79 93
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 6.7 5.7 3.8 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.7 2.2 1.9 3.2 3.0 3.4
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,182 21,256 21,184 20,952 20,964 21,166 20,632 20,588 20,703 21,107 21,260 21,482 21,040
EMPLOYMENT 19,442 19,535 19,643 19,597 19,817 19,762 19,404 19,477 19,557 20,087 20,093 20,136 19,713
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,740 1,721 1,541 1,355 1,147 1,404 1,228 1,111 1,146 1,020 1,167 1,346 1,327
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 8.1 7.3 6.5 5.5 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.5 6.3 6.3
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,804 7,800 7,817 7,281 8,308 10,947 11,825 11,644 10,041 8,158 7,608 8,204 8,953
EMPLOYMENT 7,409 7,411 7,476 6,886 8,022 10,802 11,720 11,531 9,908 7,976 7,213 7,947 8,692
UNEMPLOYMENT 395 389 341 395 286 145 105 113 133 182 395 257 261
UNEMPL. RATE 5.1 5.0 4.4 5.4 3.4 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.2 5.2 3.1 2.9
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,193 10,165 10,270 10,174 10,273 10,318 10,328 10,020 10,098 10,165 10,347 10,310 10,221
EMPLOYMENT 9,167 9,058 9,230 9,215 9,402 9,343 9,531 9,297 9,382 9,514 9,582 9,532 9,354
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,026 1,107 1,040 959 871 975 797 723 716 651 765 778 867
UNEMPL. RATE 10.1 10.9 10.1 9.4 8.5 9.4 7.7 7.2 7.1 6.4 7.4 7.5 8.5
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,417 4,427 4,426 4,382 4,318 4,407 4,551 4,514 4,387 4,462 4,452 4,460 4,433
EMPLOYMENT 4,172 4,200 4,098 4,121 4,039 4,119 4,277 4,231 4,148 4,235 4,197 4,182 4,168
UNEMPLOYMENT 245 227 328 261 279 288 274 283 239 227 255 278 265
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 5.1 7.4 6.0 6.5 6.5 6.0 6.3 5.4 5.1 5.7 6.2 6.0
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,174 3,229 3,273 3,265 3,219 3,062 3,182 3,177 3,188 3,220 3,260 3,171 3,201
EMPLOYMENT 2,906 2,955 3,011 3,027 3,026 2,845 3,035 3,064 3,069 3,090 3,122 3,021 3,014
UNEMPLOYMENT 268 274 262 238 193 217 147 113 119 130 138 150 187
UNEMPL. RATE 8.4 8.5 8.0 7.3 6.0 7.1 4.6 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.7 5.8
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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