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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims decreased over-the-year by 22.7% with large decreases in natural resources and mining (-33.3%), trade, transportation, and utilities (-27.1%), and construction (-21.8%).

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change
Claims Filed
Jun
14
Jun
14
Jun
14
May
14
Jun
13
May
14
Jun
13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 1,721 1,893 2,225 -9.1 -22.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 544 685 724 -20.6 -24.9
Natural Res. & Mining 160 185 240 -13.5 -33.3
Mining 152 169 232 -10.1 -34.5
Oil & Gas Extraction 8 4 20 100.0 -60.0
Construction 327 433 418 -24.5 -21.8
Manufacturing 55 66 63 -16.7 -12.7
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 712 797 899 -10.7 -20.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 183 204 251 -10.3 -27.1
Wholesale Trade 28 30 42 -6.7 -33.3
Retail Trade 98 112 133 -12.5 -26.3
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 57 62 76 -8.1 -25.0
Information 7 8 7 -12.5 0.0
Financial Activities 44 37 34 18.9 29.4
Prof. and Business Svcs. 93 119 146 -21.8 -36.3
Educational & Health Svcs. 214 145 215 47.6 -0.5
Leisure & Hospitality 132 237 161 -44.3 -18.0
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 32 41 80 -22.0 -60.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 177 141 234 25.5 -24.4
Federal Government 22 36 37 -38.9 -40.5
State Government 18 17 22 5.9 -18.2
Local Government 136 87 174 56.3 -21.8
Local Education 63 17 85 270.6 -25.9
UNCLASSIFIED 286 268 366 6.7 -21.9
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 212 285 245 -25.6 -13.5
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 68 97 61 -29.9 11.5
Construction 53 82 45 -35.4 17.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 114 162 142 -29.6 -19.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 42 36 47 16.7 -10.6
Financial Activities 9 12 5 -25.0 80.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 20 52 38 -61.5 -47.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 20 41 36 -51.2 -44.4
Leisure & Hospitality 14 30 15 -53.3 -6.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 20 17 28 17.6 -28.6
UNCLASSIFIED 8 8 12 0.0 -33.3
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 225 218 330 3.2 -31.8
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 98 84 152 16.7 -35.5
Construction 43 44 68 -2.3 -36.8
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 114 122 164 -6.6 -30.5
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 30 41 37 -26.8 -18.9
Financial Activities 7 5 4 40.0 75.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 27 32 32 -15.6 -15.6
Educational & Health Svcs. 41 25 38 64.0 7.9
Leisure & Hospitality 10 27 26 -63.0 -61.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 3 10 6 -70.0 -50.0
UNCLASSIFIED 8 1 6 700.0 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.

Initial Claims by Industry

 

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Initial Claims by County

 

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August 2014, Vol. 51 No. 8


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