Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims


by: Douglas W. Leonard, Senior Economist

Initial claims continued to fall compared to 2010, with an over-the-year decline of 19.2%. The largest over-the-year declines were observed in construction (-176), wholesale trade (-83), and federal government (-94).

Wyoming Statewide
Percent Change
Claims Filed
Claims Filed Jun 11 Jun 11
Jun 11 May 11 Jun 10 May 11 Jun 10
Total Claims Filed  2,395  2,923  2,964 -18.1 -19.2
Goods-Producing     744  1,079     940 -31.0 -20.9
   Natural Resources and Mining     183     201     172 -9.0 6.4
      Mining     171     187     162 -8.6 5.6
         Oil & Gas Extraction         8         9       10 -11.1 -20.0
   Construction     501     798     677 -37.2 -26.0
   Manufacturing       60       80       91 -25.0 -34.1
Service-Providing  1,036  1,198  1,277 -13.5 -18.9
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities     291     371     441 -21.6 -34.0
      Wholesale Trade       43       51     126 -15.7 -65.9
      Retail Trade     172     209     223 -17.7 -22.9
      Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities       76     111       92 -31.5 -17.4
   Information       23       12       14 91.7 64.3
   Financial Activities       63       43       42 46.5 50.0
   Professional and Business Services     157     178     169 -11.8 -7.1
   Educational and Health Services     229     209     241 9.6 -5.0
   Leisure and Hospitality     223     331     269 -32.6 -17.1
   Other Services, except Public Admin.       50       54     101 -7.4 -50.5
Government     236     222     346 6.3 -31.8
   Federal Government       42       49     136 -14.3 -69.1
   State Government       23       23       31 0.0 -25.8
   Local Government     171     150     179 14.0 -4.5
      Local Education       97       53     101 83.0 -4.0
Unclassified     379     424     401 -10.6 -5.5

Laramie County
Percent Change
Claims Filed
Claims Filed Jun 11 Jun 11
Jun 11 May 11 Jun 10 May 11 Jun 10
Total Claims Filed     336     356     396 -5.6 -15.2
Goods-Producing       87     115     112 -24.3 -22.3
   Construction       70     107       97 -34.6 -27.8
Service-Providing     202     191     214 5.8 -5.6
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       50       65       84 -23.1 -40.5
   Financial Activities       16         8         7 100.0 128.6
   Professional and Business Services       36       28       20 28.6 80.0
   Educational and Health Services       56       45       46 24.4 21.7
   Leisure and Hospitality       27       34       44 -20.6 -38.6
Government       33       35       54 -5.7 -38.9
Unclassified       14       15       16 -6.7 -12.5

Natrona County
Percent Change
Claims Filed
Claims Filed Jun 11 Jun 11
Jun 11 May 11 Jun 10 May 11 Jun 10
Total Claims Filed     267     327     408 -18.3 -34.6
Goods-Producing       90     105     128 -14.3 -29.7
   Construction       42       67       80 -37.3 -47.5
Service-Providing     151     197     232 -23.4 -34.9
   Trade, Transportation, and Utilities       51       77       85 -33.8 -40.0
   Financial Activities         6         7       12 -14.3 -50.0
   Professional and Business Services       25       26       27 -3.8 -7.4
   Educational and Health Services       30       32       41 -6.3 -26.8
   Leisure and Hospitality       26       42       52 -38.1 -50.0
Government       18       11       36 63.6 -50.0
Unclassified         8       14       12 -42.9 -33.3

 

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.

 

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