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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims increased over the year by 9.7% and over the month by 33.1%. A significant increase was observed in construction (64.9%).

Initial Claims Claims Filed % Change
Claims Filed
Nov
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Nov
14
Nov
14
Oct
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Nov
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Nov
13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 3,772 2,835 3,439 33.1 9.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,726 685 1,201 152.0 43.7
Natural Res. & Mining 179 157 249 14.0 -28.1
Mining 155 142 226 9.2 -31.4
Oil & Gas Extraction 12 11 17 9.1 -29.4
Construction 1,441 471 874 205.9 64.9
Manufacturing 103 55 76 87.3 35.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,315 1,635 1,408 -19.6 -6.6
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 275 280 351 -1.8 -21.7
Wholesale Trade 41 47 72 -12.8 -43.1
Retail Trade 137 131 175 4.6 -21.7
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 97 102 104 -4.9 -6.7
Information 8 8 14 0.0 -42.9
Financial Activities 51 49 47 4.1 8.5
Prof. & Business Svcs. 275 200 272 37.5 1.1
Educational & Health Svcs. 105 95 104 10.5 1.0
Leisure & Hospitality 552 951 560 -42.0 -1.4
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 43 45 55 -4.4 -21.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 339 276 357 22.8 -5.0
Federal Government 239 167 222 43.1 7.7
State Government 18 30 28 -40.0 -35.7
Local Government 82 78 106 5.1 -22.6
Local Education 10 14 20 -28.6 -50.0
UNCLASSIFIED 390 238 471 63.9 -17.2
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 572 279 379 105.0 50.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 389 108 186 260.2 109.1
Construction 364 89 174 309.0 109.2
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 140 125 152 12.0 -7.9
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 42 28 45 50.0 -6.7
Financial Activities 8 8 9 0.0 -11.1
Prof. & Business Svcs. 49 59 64 -16.9 -23.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 28 24 17 16.7 64.7
Leisure & Hospitality 12 14 10 -14.3 20.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 22 32 30 -31.3 -26.7
UNCLASSIFIED 19 13 10 46.2 90.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 398 232 339 71.6 17.4
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 254 110 168 130.9 51.2
Construction 225 77 111 192.2 102.7
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 123 105 145 17.1 -15.2
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 33 30 51 10.0 -35.3
Financial Activities 7 4 2 75.0 250.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 40 34 45 17.6 -11.1
Educational & Health Svcs. 19 17 20 11.8 -5.0
Leisure & Hospitality 19 17 24 11.8 -20.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 9 7 17 28.6 -47.1
UNCLASSIFIED 10 7 8 42.9 25.0
aAn average month is considered 4.33 weeks. If a month has four weeks, the normalization factor is 1.0825. If the month has five weeks, the normalization factor is 0.866. The number of raw claims is multiplied by the normalization factor to achieve the normalized claims counts.

Initial Claims by Industry

 

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Initial Claims by County

 

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