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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims

Total weeks claimed increased 12.9% from March 2014 levels, but the total number of unique claimants decreased 19.0%.

 

Continued
Claims
Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Mar 15 Mar 15
Mar 15 Feb 15 Mar 14 Feb 15 Mar 14
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 26,775 24,997 23,718 7.1 12.9
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 6,879 7,521 8,497 -8.5 -19.0
Benefit Exhaustions 504 508 672 -0.8 -25.0
Benefit Exhaustion Rates 5.1% 5.2% 7.3% -0.1% -2.2%
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 13,506 11,722 9,695 15.2 39.3
Natural Res. & Mining 5,056 3,267 1,537 54.8 229.0
Mining 4,888 3,087 1,371 58.3 256.5
Oil & Gas Extraction 389 261 146 49.0 166.4
Construction 7,430 7,508 7,113 -1.0 4.5
Manufacturing 1,018 946 1,044 7.6 -2.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 8,860 8,500 9,104 4.2 -2.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 2,701 2,395 2,894 12.8 -6.7
Wholesale Trade 533 408 560 30.6 -4.8
Retail Trade 1,000 1,032 1,461 -3.1 -31.6
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 1,168 955 873 22.3 33.8
Information 102 81 120 25.9 -15.0
Financial Activities 654 484 488 35.1 34.0
Prof. & Business Services 2,208 2,294 1,856 -3.7 19.0
Educational & Health Svcs. 825 877 897 -5.9 -8.0
Leisure and Hospitality 1,902 1,956 2,343 -2.8 -18.8
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 460 407 500 13.0 -8.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 1,943 2,291 2,371 -15.2 -18.1
Federal Government 1,008 1,230 1,175 -18.0 -14.2
State Government 215 227 242 -5.3 -11.2
Local Government 718 833 953 -13.8 -24.7
Local Education 105 111 127 -5.4 -17.3
UNCLASSIFIED 2,465 2,482 2,546 -0.7 -3.2
Laramie County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 2,958 3,034 3,205 -2.5 -7.7
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 897 880 936 1.9 -4.2
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,366 1,444 1,549 -5.4 -11.8
Construction 1,071 1,172 1,382 -8.6 -22.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,214 1,224 1,345 -0.8 -9.7
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 411 381 507 7.9 -18.9
Financial Activities 88 79 107 11.4 -17.8
Prof. & Business Svcs. 419 448 407 -6.5 2.9
Educational and Health Svcs. 209 245 141 -14.7 48.2
Leisure & Hospitality 120 108 140 11.1 -14.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 234 235 251 -0.4 -6.8
UNCLASSIFIED 142 129 59 10.1 140.7
Natrona County
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 3,571 2,665 2,646 34.0 35.0
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 1,067 807 788 32.2 35.4
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 2,019 1,359 1,267 48.6 59.4
Construction 909 729 841 24.7 8.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,316 1,095 1,223 20.2 7.6
Trade, Transp., and Utilities 483 350 455 38.0 6.2
Financial Activities 94 53 72 77.4 30.6
Professional & Business Svcs. 434 403 288 7.7 50.7
Educational & Health Svcs. 183 170 185 7.6 -1.1
Leisure & Hospitality 153 126 192 21.4 -20.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 113 108 107 4.6 5.6
UNCLASSIFIED 121 101 48 19.8 152.1
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.
bDoes not include claimants receiving extended benefits.

Continued Claims by Industry

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Continued Claims by County

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May 2015, Vol. 52
No. 5


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