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2012 Publications from Research & Planning

Research & Planning produced a variety of reports and publications in 2012. Many are available in print, and all may be found online at http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI. For print copies, call (307) 473-3807 or e-mail phil.ellsworth@wyo.gov or michael.moore@wyo.gov.

January 2012 through December 2012 Monthly publication with current employment, unemployment, employment growth, unemployment insurance claims, county and regional data, and analysis of workforce topics. 328 Pages
(12- month total)
http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/trends.htm
Trends Issue Date Feature Articles
December 2012 Dynamics of Unemployment Spells: A Look at the Trends Before, During, and After the Great Recession
November 2012 New Business Formation Increases in Wyoming in 2010 and 2011; New Publication Examines Wyoming's Education Labor Market
October 2012 Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Construction Sector Adds Jobs in 2012Q1; Will Wyoming's Unemployment Rate Return to 2008 Levels by the End of 2012?
September 2012 Potential Impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming; Wyoming Benefits Survey 2012 Available Soon; Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Decrease in 2011; 2008 CFOI Fatality Rates: Accuracy vs. Timeliness; Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2010 and 2011
August 2012 Examining Wage Progression in Wyoming from 1992 to 2011; Examining the Demographics of New Hires
July 2012 Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Job Growth Accelerates in 2011Q4; Total Employment and Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims: 2000 to 2011; Total Employment and Continued Unemployment Insurance Claims: 2000 to 2011
June 2012 Wyoming New Hires in 2011, Part 1: Even During an Economic Downturn, Wyoming Employers Continued to Hire New Workers; Latest Occupational Wage Data Now Available; Wyoming Employment Grows from 2010 to 2011
May 2012 Do Claimants Stay on Workers' Compensation Longer During Tough Economic Times?; Long-Term Occupational Projections: 2011 to 2021
April 2012 Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Large Job Gains in Oil & Gas and Related Sectors in Third Quarter 2011; Fewer Workers Commuted During Economic Downturn
March 2012 A Decade Later: Tracking Wyoming's Youth into the Labor Force; Wyoming Mass Layoff Events Decline for Second Year in a Row; Wyoming New Hires by Industry: 2009Q4 to 2010Q3
February 2012 Wyoming Benefits Survey 2011
January 2012 Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Construction Sector Sheds Jobs in Second Quarter 2011; Mining Shows Gains; The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses for 2009 and 2010
Labor Force Estimates – January 2012 through December 2012 Updates on the labor force in Wyoming, including statewide and county unemployment rates. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/news_archive.htm
Quarterly Covered Employment and Wages Employment and payroll news by industry and county, updated quarterly. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/QCEW/toc.htm
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Wyoming occupational fatality rates by industry. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/CFOI/toc.htm
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses, including incidence rates by industry and details of the cases with days away from work. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/OSH/
toc.htm
New publication examines Wyoming's health care workforce needs Key findings from Health Care Workforce Needs in Wyoming: Advancing the Study. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/occasional/
R&P_News_Release_HC_011212.pdf
Research & Planning Quarterly News Excerpts of Research & Planning's work presented to the Wyoming Workforce Development Council at quarterly meetings. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/releases.htm
Projections
Wyoming's Short-Term (2011-2013) and Long-Term (2011-2021) Industry and Occupational Projections; Statewide/All Industries by Occupation, Major Industries by Occupation, and Sub-state Regions by Occupation Long-term and short-term projections for Wyoming employment by occupation for 2011 to 2021 and 2011 to 2013. Projections are now available for occupations by industry and for Wyoming's sub-state regions. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/projections.htm
Wages
Wyoming Wage Survey 2012 Occupational wage data for Wyoming at the statewide, county, and metropolitan statistical area (MSA) levels. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/OES_toc.htm
Earnings in Wyoming by County, Industry, Age, & Gender Provides wage and salary earnings by demographics from 1992 to 2011. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/
earnings_tables/2012/index.htm
Education
Monitoring School District Human Resource Cost Pressures: A Report to the Wyoming Joint Education Committee Provides a comparison of employment and wages in local government (public) schools in Wyoming and surrounding states http://doe.state.wy.us/
LMI/education_costs.htm
A Decade Later: Tracking Wyoming's Youth into the Labor Force Tracks Wyoming workers who were 18 in 2000 to see how many were still employed in Wyoming in 2010. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/
w_r_research/A_Decade_Later.pdf
Health Care
Potential Impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming Using data from the Wyoming Benefits Survey and other state and federal data, in addition to previous research related to health care mandates in other states, this publication explores the PPACA's possible effects on employment in the state. http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/
ppaca/aca2012.pdf
Health Care Workforce Needs in Wyoming: Advancing the Study This publication attempts to define the analytical problems faced when trying to understand the health care workforce impacts of an aging population and rapidly changing technology, in the context of national health care initiatives, such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/
occasional/occ6.pdf