1998 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
WYOMING ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 254,117 255,363 258,775 257,423 257,982 265,910 266,011 264,019 261,767 262,386 261,834 261,256 260,570
EMPLOYMENT 239,121 240,729 243,309 244,544 246,284 252,973 254,434 252,845 250,519 250,659 249,221 248,339 247,748
UNEMPLOYMENT 14,996 14,634 15,466 12,879 11,698 12,937 11,577 11,174 11,248 11,727 12,613 12,917 12,822
UNEMPL. RATE 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.9
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 33,437 33,348 33,882 33,537 33,151 33,600 33,380 33,393 32,985 33,613 33,606 33,928 33,488
EMPLOYMENT 31,332 31,339 31,808 31,775 31,463 31,751 31,655 31,676 31,240 31,705 31,739 32,064 31,629
UNEMPLOYMENT 2,105 2,009 2,074 1,762 1,688 1,849 1,725 1,717 1,745 1,908 1,867 1,864 1,859
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 25,427 25,365 25,768 25,523 25,232 25,566 25,405 25,416 25,104 25,573 25,571 25,815 25,480
EMPLOYMENT 23,941 23,947 24,305 24,279 24,041 24,262 24,188 24,204 23,872 24,227 24,253 24,500 24,168
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,486 1,418 1,463 1,244 1,191 1,304 1,217 1,212 1,232 1,346 1,318 1,315 1,312
UNEMPL. RATE 5.8 5.6 5.7 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,582 39,664 40,321 39,828 38,884 39,593 40,167 39,467 38,971 39,622 39,948 40,228 39,690
EMPLOYMENT 37,685 38,002 38,571 38,471 37,644 38,137 38,846 38,166 37,691 38,294 38,515 38,667 38,224
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,897 1,662 1,750 1,357 1,240 1,456 1,321 1,301 1,280 1,328 1,433 1,561 1,466
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.2 4.3 3.4 3.2 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.7
CHEYENNE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 27,793 27,853 28,313 27,970 27,309 27,805 28,210 27,718 27,369 27,825 28,053 28,250 27,872
EMPLOYMENT 26,478 26,702 27,100 27,030 26,450 26,796 27,294 26,817 26,483 26,906 27,061 27,168 26,857
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,315 1,151 1,213 940 859 1,009 916 901 886 919 992 1,082 1,015
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.1 4.3 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.6
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,207 17,357 17,619 17,585 17,309 17,043 17,208 17,131 17,853 18,498 18,621 18,692 17,677
EMPLOYMENT 16,722 16,877 17,102 17,205 16,980 16,674 16,871 16,790 17,544 18,197 18,260 18,326 17,296
UNEMPLOYMENT 485 480 517 380 329 369 337 341 309 301 361 366 381
UNEMPL. RATE 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.2
LARAMIE CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,807 14,936 15,160 15,134 14,898 14,668 14,813 14,744 15,368 15,923 16,028 16,088 15,214
EMPLOYMENT 14,402 14,536 14,729 14,817 14,624 14,361 14,531 14,460 15,110 15,672 15,727 15,783 14,896
UNEMPLOYMENT 405 400 431 317 274 307 282 284 258 251 301 305 318
UNEMPL. RATE 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,738 5,815 5,894 5,851 5,920 6,010 5,687 5,650 5,811 5,891 5,891 5,777 5,828
EMPLOYMENT 5,366 5,447 5,434 5,466 5,530 5,541 5,302 5,309 5,463 5,570 5,540 5,403 5,448
UNEMPLOYMENT 372 368 460 385 390 469 385 341 348 321 351 374 380
UNEMPL. RATE 6.5 6.3 7.8 6.6 6.6 7.8 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.4 6.0 6.5 6.5
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 19,097 19,289 19,486 19,175 19,071 19,689 19,648 19,595 19,178 19,456 19,455 19,342 19,374
EMPLOYMENT 18,065 18,193 18,272 18,273 18,175 18,690 18,757 18,748 18,271 18,539 18,483 18,453 18,410
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,032 1,096 1,214 902 896 999 891 847 907 917 972 889 964
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.7 6.2 4.7 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.0
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 8,072 8,094 8,195 8,085 8,211 8,830 8,447 8,347 8,510 8,603 8,627 8,362 8,365
EMPLOYMENT 7,521 7,504 7,589 7,640 7,791 8,367 8,080 7,994 8,101 8,214 8,211 7,841 7,904
UNEMPLOYMENT 551 590 606 445 420 463 367 353 409 389 416 521 461
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 7.3 7.4 5.5 5.1 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.8 6.2 5.5
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,370 6,451 6,474 6,512 6,511 6,620 6,759 6,928 6,743 6,923 6,937 6,816 6,671
EMPLOYMENT 6,005 6,076 6,034 6,137 6,212 6,249 6,398 6,593 6,428 6,596 6,545 6,442 6,310
UNEMPLOYMENT 365 375 440 375 299 371 361 335 315 327 392 374 361
UNEMPL. RATE 5.7 5.8 6.8 5.8 4.6 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.5 5.4
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,767 2,780 2,825 2,865 3,031 3,218 3,092 3,153 3,162 3,058 3,198 3,035 3,015
EMPLOYMENT 2,555 2,560 2,581 2,704 2,887 3,063 2,956 3,027 3,027 2,919 3,040 2,872 2,849
UNEMPLOYMENT 212 220 244 161 144 155 136 126 135 139 158 163 166
UNEMPL. RATE 7.7 7.9 8.6 5.6 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.9 5.4 5.5
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,341 17,470 17,871 17,860 17,820 17,521 17,482 17,413 17,926 18,179 18,237 18,075 17,767
EMPLOYMENT 15,611 15,789 16,162 16,352 16,455 16,093 16,201 16,112 16,733 16,881 16,824 16,719 16,328
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,730 1,681 1,709 1,508 1,365 1,428 1,281 1,301 1,193 1,298 1,413 1,356 1,439
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 9.6 9.6 8.4 7.7 8.2 7.3 7.5 6.7 7.1 7.7 7.5 8.1
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,344 6,331 6,409 6,556 6,563 6,620 6,268 6,317 6,339 6,649 6,926 6,736 6,505
EMPLOYMENT 5,876 5,905 5,999 6,267 6,289 6,330 5,986 6,040 6,099 6,422 6,660 6,443 6,193
UNEMPLOYMENT 468 426 410 289 274 290 282 277 240 227 266 293 312
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 6.7 6.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.8 4.3 4.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,342 2,316 2,426 2,453 2,448 2,572 2,512 2,487 2,421 2,371 2,387 2,386 2,427
EMPLOYMENT 2,211 2,198 2,284 2,326 2,320 2,423 2,413 2,390 2,319 2,286 2,297 2,284 2,313
UNEMPLOYMENT 131 118 142 127 128 149 99 97 102 85 90 102 114
UNEMPL. RATE 5.6 5.1 5.9 5.2 5.2 5.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.3 4.7
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,502 3,535 3,593 3,634 3,828 4,137 3,983 3,945 3,882 3,813 3,829 3,737 3,785
EMPLOYMENT 3,280 3,327 3,382 3,471 3,702 3,988 3,849 3,816 3,762 3,695 3,669 3,565 3,626
UNEMPLOYMENT 222 208 211 163 126 149 134 129 120 118 160 172 159
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 5.9 5.9 4.5 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 4.2 4.6 4.2
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 6,175 6,133 6,323 6,216 6,279 6,629 6,640 6,532 6,507 6,430 6,356 6,383 6,383
EMPLOYMENT 5,666 5,690 5,779 5,776 5,884 6,176 6,270 6,227 6,124 6,081 6,037 5,956 5,972
UNEMPLOYMENT 509 443 544 440 395 453 370 305 383 349 319 427 411
UNEMPL. RATE 8.2 7.2 8.6 7.1 6.3 6.8 5.6 4.7 5.9 5.4 5.0 6.7 6.4
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,151 1,164 1,182 1,298 1,314 1,301 1,314 1,344 1,333 1,383 1,399 1,328 1,293
EMPLOYMENT 1,112 1,131 1,147 1,255 1,276 1,267 1,276 1,309 1,309 1,341 1,357 1,287 1,256
UNEMPLOYMENT 39 33 35 43 38 34 38 35 24 42 42 41 37
UNEMPL. RATE 3.4 2.8 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.6 1.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 14,008 14,018 14,263 14,425 15,501 17,110 17,440 17,043 15,958 15,285 14,709 14,437 15,350
EMPLOYMENT 13,131 13,177 13,356 13,641 14,822 16,355 16,776 16,422 15,399 14,624 14,022 13,733 14,622
UNEMPLOYMENT 877 841 907 784 679 755 664 621 559 661 687 704 728
UNEMPL. RATE 6.3 6.0 6.4 5.4 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.7
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,408 4,455 4,486 4,569 4,816 4,515 4,492 4,360 4,468 4,408 4,549 4,452 4,498
EMPLOYMENT 4,138 4,199 4,221 4,322 4,620 4,307 4,264 4,164 4,268 4,216 4,325 4,223 4,272
UNEMPLOYMENT 270 256 265 247 196 208 228 196 200 192 224 229 226
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 5.7 5.9 5.4 4.1 4.6 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.0
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 13,504 13,688 13,744 13,755 13,672 14,203 13,809 13,705 13,707 13,867 13,901 13,665 13,769
EMPLOYMENT 12,531 12,720 12,796 13,029 13,053 13,534 13,233 13,149 13,156 13,197 13,171 12,884 13,038
UNEMPLOYMENT 973 968 948 726 619 669 576 556 551 670 730 781 731
UNEMPL. RATE 7.2 7.1 6.9 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,743 2,763 2,812 2,813 3,052 3,362 3,312 3,329 3,296 3,191 3,128 3,031 3,069
EMPLOYMENT 2,664 2,659 2,690 2,709 2,960 3,262 3,218 3,230 3,191 3,100 3,041 2,894 2,968
UNEMPLOYMENT 79 104 122 104 92 100 94 99 105 91 87 137 101
UNEMPL. RATE 2.9 3.8 4.3 3.7 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.8 4.5 3.3
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,273 21,458 21,794 21,467 21,414 21,471 21,262 20,996 21,325 21,315 21,099 21,243 21,343
EMPLOYMENT 19,975 20,103 20,472 20,296 20,348 20,246 20,153 19,992 20,267 20,164 19,951 19,943 20,159
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,298 1,355 1,322 1,171 1,066 1,225 1,109 1,004 1,058 1,151 1,148 1,300 1,184
UNEMPL. RATE 6.1 6.3 6.1 5.5 5.0 5.7 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.5
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,066 10,146 10,065 9,941 10,266 12,644 13,891 13,762 12,045 10,637 9,691 10,482 11,137
EMPLOYMENT 9,832 9,914 9,834 9,529 9,984 12,471 13,757 13,644 11,910 10,440 9,230 10,228 10,898
UNEMPLOYMENT 234 232 231 412 282 173 134 118 135 197 461 254 239
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.3 2.3 4.1 2.7 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.9 4.8 2.4 2.1
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,768 10,817 10,814 10,700 10,642 11,045 11,066 11,006 11,065 10,821 10,890 10,802 10,870
EMPLOYMENT 10,076 10,106 10,138 10,127 10,048 10,360 10,427 10,390 10,428 10,222 10,282 10,201 10,234
UNEMPLOYMENT 692 711 676 573 594 685 639 616 637 599 608 601 636
UNEMPL. RATE 6.4 6.6 6.3 5.4 5.6 6.2 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.9
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,950 4,961 4,998 5,010 4,985 4,809 4,894 4,876 4,991 5,068 5,101 5,012 4,971
EMPLOYMENT 4,714 4,718 4,579 4,657 4,696 4,493 4,609 4,564 4,633 4,791 4,825 4,747 4,669
UNEMPLOYMENT 236 243 419 353 289 316 285 312 358 277 276 265 302
UNEMPL. RATE 4.8 4.9 8.4 7.0 5.8 6.6 5.8 6.4 7.2 5.5 5.4 5.3 6.1
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,267 3,307 3,294 3,292 3,289 3,368 3,259 3,233 3,292 3,306 3,347 3,307 3,296
EMPLOYMENT 3,052 3,094 3,078 3,119 3,143 3,195 3,137 3,087 3,157 3,165 3,195 3,166 3,132
UNEMPLOYMENT 215 213 216 173 146 173 122 146 135 141 152 141 164
UNEMPL. RATE 6.6 6.4 6.6 5.3 4.4 5.1 3.7 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.3 5.0
Benchmark Run Date 03/2005
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