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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

Initial claims decreased over the year by 38.9% with large decreases in federal government (-82.4%), trade, transportation, & utilities (-39.9%), and construction (-24.0%).

Initial Claims

Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Oct 14 Oct 14
Oct 14 Sep 14 Oct 13 Sep 14 Oct 13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 2,835 1,451 4,640 95.4 -38.9
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 685 465 939 47.3 -27.1
Natural Resources & Mining 157 151 228 4.0 -31.1
Mining 142 140 199 1.4 -28.6
Oil & Gas Extraction 11 8 12 37.5 -8.3
Construction 471 250 620 88.4 -24.0
Manufacturing 55 62 90 -11.3 -38.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 1,635 680 2,143 140.4 -23.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 280 181 466 54.7 -39.9
Wholesale Trade 47 34 89 38.2 -47.2
Retail Trade 131 92 226 42.4 -42.0
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 102 55 151 85.5 -32.5
Information 8 5 8 60.0 0.0
Financial Activities 49 42 48 16.7 2.1
Prof. & Business Services 200 118 261 69.5 -23.4
Educational & Health Services 95 128 116 -25.8 -18.1
Leisure & Hospitality 951 176 1,171 440.3 -18.8
Other Services, exc. Public Admin. 45 24 65 87.5 -30.8
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 276 116 1,181 137.9 -76.6
Federal Government 167 36 951 363.9 -82.4
State Government 30 21 107 42.9 -72.0
Local Government 78 58 122 34.5 -36.1
Local Education 14 12 20 16.7 -30.0
UNCLASSIFIED 238 188 375 26.6 -36.5
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 279 222 527 25.7 -47.1
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 108 66 130 63.6 -16.9
Construction 89 47 109 89.4 -18.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 125 130 204 -3.8 -38.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 28 36 48 -22.2 -41.7
Financial Activities 8 9 10 -11.1 -20.0
Prof. & Business Services 59 60 95 -1.7 -37.9
Educational & Health Services 24 17 29 41.2 -17.2
Leisure & Hospitality 14 17 33 -17.6 -57.6
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 32 14 178 128.6 -82.0
UNCLASSIFIED 13 11 13 18.2 0.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 232 192 410 20.8 -43.4
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 110 86 144 27.9 -23.6
Construction 77 46 90 67.4 -14.4
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 105 90 177 16.7 -40.7
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 30 32 73 -6.3 -58.9
Financial Activities 4 8 9 -50.0 -55.6
Prof. & Business Services 34 17 28 100.0 21.4
Educational & Health Services 17 15 21 13.3 -19.0
Leisure & Hospitality 17 13 33 30.8 -48.5
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 7 5 81 40.0 -91.4
UNCLASSIFIED 7 9 6 -22.2 16.7
 
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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