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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims increased 24.1% from March 2014 to March 2015. Initial claims in mining increased substantially to 676 from 194 in March 2014 (248.5%).

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change
Claims Filed
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Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 2,979 3,475 2,400 -14.3 24.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,455 1,963 889 -25.9 63.7
Natural Res. & Mining 691 905 212 -23.6 225.9
Mining 676 899 194 -24.8 248.5
Oil & Gas Extraction 37 57 9 -35.1 311.1
Construction 630 929 525 -32.2 20.0
Manufacturing 134 127 151 5.5 -11.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,142 1,035 1,056 10.3 8.1
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 401 397 283 1.0 41.7
Wholesale Trade 92 72 50 27.8 84.0
Retail Trade 121 148 134 -18.2 -9.7
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 188 177 99 6.2 89.9
Information 15 12 8 25.0 87.5
Financial Activities 83 99 56 -16.2 48.2
Prof. and Business Svcs. 147 211 137 -30.3 7.3
Educational & Health Svcs. 87 99 100 -12.1 -13.0
Leisure & Hospitality 339 155 419 118.7 -19.1
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 66 57 46 15.8 43.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 129 135 172 -4.4 -25.0
Federal Government 48 60 69 -20.0 -30.4
State Government 20 11 20 81.8 0.0
Local Government 60 62 82 -3.2 -26.8
Local Education 15 16 10 -6.3 50.0
UNCLASSIFIED 251 340 282 -26.2 -11.0
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 254 410 250 -38.0 1.6
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 116 208 88 -44.2 31.8
Construction 75 148 83 -49.3 -9.6
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 107 154 125 -30.5 -14.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 41 52 49 -21.2 -16.3
Financial Activities 11 10 15 10.0 -26.7
Prof. & Business Svcs. 20 50 38 -60.0 -47.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 12 29 16 -58.6 -25.0
Leisure & Hospitality 11 13 11 -15.4 0.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 17 20 25 -15.0 -32.0
UNCLASSIFIED 12 25 9 -52.0 33.3
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 523 588 302 -11.1 73.2
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 297 370 139 -19.7 113.7
Construction 121 147 76 -17.7 59.2
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 202 191 146 5.8 38.4
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 95 73 45 30.1 111.1
Financial Activities 16 16 8 0.0 100.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 45 53 48 -15.1 -6.3
Educational & Health Svcs. 25 23 19 8.7 31.6
Leisure & Hospitality 11 27 23 -59.3 -52.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 12 15 8 -20.0 50.0
UNCLASSIFIED 10 11 7 -9.1 42.9
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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May 2015, Vol. 52
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