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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims increased 10.7% from January 2014. The most substantial increase was seen in mining (141.9%).

Initial Claims

Claims
Filed
Percent
Change
Claims Filed
Jan
15
Jan
15
Jan
15
Dec
14
Jan
14
Dec
14
Jan
14
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 4,025 3,218 3,636 25.1 10.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,160 1,686 1,691 28.1 27.7
Natural Res. & Mining 682 264 297 158.3 129.6
Mining 658 243 272 170.8 141.9
Oil & Gas Extraction 51 14 12 264.3 325.0
Construction 1,333 1,318 1,214 1.1 9.8
Manufacturing 143 103 178 38.8 -19.7
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,228 982 1,321 25.1 -7.0
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 403 315 451 27.9 -10.6
Wholesale Trade 62 44 85 40.9 -27.1
Retail Trade 172 116 249 48.3 -30.9
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 169 155 117 9.0 44.4
Information 14 11 16 27.3 -12.5
Financial Activities 62 32 44 93.8 40.9
Prof. and Business Svcs. 293 228 285 28.5 2.8
Educational & Health Svcs. 112 119 100 -5.9 12.0
Leisure & Hospitality 277 215 370 28.8 -25.1
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 61 54 47 13.0 29.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 279 219 256 27.4 9.0
Federal Government 126 135 119 -6.7 5.9
State Government 33 12 20 175.0 65.0
Local Government 119 71 116 67.6 2.6
Local Education 16 15 26 6.7 -38.5
UNCLASSIFIED 357 329 367 8.5 -2.7
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 471 562 536 -16.2 -12.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 230 341 291 -32.6 -21.0
Construction 185 296 253 -37.5 -26.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 189 183 207 3.3 -8.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 63 74 82 -14.9 -23.2
Financial Activities 11 8 3 37.5 266.7
Prof. & Business Svcs. 62 31 77 100.0 -19.5
Educational & Health Svcs. 32 28 15 14.3 113.3
Leisure & Hospitality 25 29 38 -13.8 -34.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 29 19 25 52.6 16.0
UNCLASSIFIED 22 18 11 22.2 100.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 468 415 446 12.8 4.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 274 235 236 16.6 16.1
Construction 162 180 169 -10.0 -4.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 165 154 188 7.1 -12.2
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 70 51 76 37.3 -7.9
Financial Activities 8 1 6 700.0 33.3
Prof. & Business Svcs. 46 56 51 -17.9 -9.8
Educational & Health Svcs. 19 25 24 -24.0 -20.8
Leisure & Hospitality 18 18 32 0.0 -43.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 11 13 10 -15.4 10.0
UNCLASSIFIED 16 12 11 33.3 45.5
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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