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July 2014,
Vol. 51 No. 7


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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims decreased over the year by 19.4% with large decreases in other services (62.7%), manufacturing (36.5%), and trade, transportation, and utilities (27.7%).

 

Initial Claims

Claims Filed % Change Claims Filed
May 14 May 14
May 14 Apr 14 May 13 Apr 14 May 13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 1,893 2,724 2,348 -30.5 -19.4
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 685 791 827 -13.4 -17.2
Natural Res. & Mining 185 247 278 -25.1 -33.5
Mining 169 227 256 -25.6 -34.0
Oil & Gas Extraction 4 12 7 -66.7 -42.9
Construction 433 435 443 -0.5 -2.3
Manufacturing 66 107 104 -38.3 -36.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 797 1,485 982 -46.3 -18.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 204 334 282 -38.9 -27.7
Wholesale Trade 30 56 49 -46.4 -38.8
Retail Trade 112 148 138 -24.3 -18.8
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 62 130 95 -52.3 -34.7
Information 8 12 11 -33.3 -27.3
Financial Activities 37 47 34 -21.3 8.8
Prof. & Business Svcs. 119 163 119 -27.0 0.0
Educational & Health Svcs. 145 121 151 19.8 -4.0
Leisure & Hospitality 237 750 268 -68.4 -11.6
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 41 50 110 -18.0 -62.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 141 161 173 -12.4 -18.5
Federal Government 36 61 33 -41.0 9.1
State Government 17 14 19 21.4 -10.5
Local Government 87 85 120 2.4 -27.5
Local Education 17 9 38 88.9 -55.3
UNCLASSIFIED 268 285 365 -6.0 -26.6
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 285 288 226 -1.0 26.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 97 93 58 4.3 67.2
Construction 82 77 44 6.5 86.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 162 158 147 2.5 10.2
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 36 54 35 -33.3 2.9
Financial Activities 12 12 9 0.0 33.3
Prof. & Business Svcs. 52 55 24 -5.5 116.7
Educational & Health Svcs. 41 19 42 115.8 -2.4
Leisure & Hospitality 30 23 28 30.4 7.1
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 17 25 16 -32.0 6.3
UNCLASSIFIED 8 10 5 -20.0 60.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 218 273 341 -20.1 -36.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 84 129 163 -34.9 -48.5
Construction 44 75 56 -41.3 -21.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 122 135 154 -9.6 -20.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 41 46 40 -10.9 2.5
Financial Activities 5 4 2 25.0 150.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 32 30 31 6.7 3.2
Educational & Health Svcs. 25 33 17 -24.2 47.1
Leisure & Hospitality 27 27 25 0.0 8.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 10 1 16 900.0 -37.5
UNCLASSIFIED 1 7 6 -85.7 -83.3
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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