Wyoming Normalized^a Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Patrick Harris, Principal Economist

Initial claims decreased by 28.3% over the year with a slight decrease (-0.8%) over the month. Construction (-44.3%) and trade, transportation, and utilities (-43.3%) saw the largest decreases over the year.

Initial Claims	Claims Filed			Percent Change Claims Filed
				Sep 14	Sep 14
	Sep 14	Aug 14	Sep 13	Aug 14	Sep 13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	1,451	1,462	2,023	-0.8	-28.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	465	512	735	-9.2	-36.7
Natural Res. & Mining	151	162	218	-6.8	-30.7
Mining	140	156	212	-10.3	-34.0
Oil & Gas Extraction	8	8	6	0.0	33.3
Construction	250	304	449	-17.8	-44.3
Manufacturing	62	44	67	40.9	-7.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	680	611	873	11.3	-22.1
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	181	176	319	2.8	-43.3
Wholesale Trade	34	43	83	-20.9	-59.0
Retail Trade	92	92	138	0.0	-33.3
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities	55	41	98	34.1	-43.9
Information	5	9	10	-44.4	-50.0
Financial Activities	42	33	42	27.3	0.0
Prof. and Business Svcs.	118	142	131	-16.9	-9.9
Educational & Health Svcs.	128	108	100	18.5	28.0
Leisure & Hospitality	176	111	223	58.6	-21.1
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.	24	24	43	0.0	-44.2
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	116	110	171	5.5	-32.2
Federal Government	36	31	54	16.1	-33.3
State Government	21	10	20	110.0	5.0
Local Government	58	68	96	-14.7	-39.6
Local Education	12	21	21	-42.9	-42.9
UNCLASSIFIED	188	228	243	-17.5	-22.6
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	222	206	281	7.8	-21.0
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	66	68	126	-2.9	-47.6
Construction	47	55	116	-14.5	-59.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	130	106	129	22.6	0.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	36	28	54	28.6	-33.3
Financial Activities	9	6	6	50.0	50.0
Prof. & Business Svcs.	60	58	37	3.4	62.2
Educational & Health Svcs.	17	12	18	41.7	-5.6
Leisure & Hospitality	17	16	11	6.3	54.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	14	18	19	-22.2	-26.3
UNCLASSIFIED	11	14	5	-21.4	120.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	192	186	296	3.2	-35.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	86	63	142	36.5	-39.4
Construction	46	42	68	9.5	-32.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	90	111	136	-18.9	-33.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	32	31	58	3.2	-44.8
Financial Activities	8	8	6	0.0	33.3
Prof. & Business Svcs.	17	28	22	-39.3	-22.7
Educational & Health Svcs.	15	25	17	-40.0	-11.8
Leisure & Hospitality	13	17	24	-23.5	-45.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	5	6	10	-16.7	-50.0
UNCLASSIFIED	9	4	6	125.0	50.0
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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