Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims Statistics
Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming
Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims for Wyoming by County of Residence, Industry, and Selected Demographics, 2019-2024
Weekly UI Claims Data Table of Contents
Updated November 14, 2024, for the week ending November 9, 2024.
Current Monthly UI Claims Report
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims Report, October 2024
There were 1,828 initial claims in October 2024, up 113 (6.6%) from October 2023. There were 807 more claims over the month, which is a common seasonal pattern as temporary summer jobs end. The industries with the largest numbers of initial claims included leisure & hospitality (640) and construction (319).
The total number of continued weeks claimed increased from 6,179 in October 2023 to 6,903 in October 2024 (724, or 11.7%). The total number of unique claimants decreased from 2,331 to 2,249 (-82, or -3.5%) over the year.
The October 2024 Unemployment Insurance claims report also provides detailed information on initial and continued claims at the industry and county levels.
October 2024 UI Claims Report
Updated November 19, 2024.
Monthly Tables and Figures
- Initial Claims
- Continued Claims*
*Information displayed in Initial
and Continued Claims are adjusted for monthly comparisons by normalizing the number of weeks in each month to a standard 4.33 weeks.
**NAICS = North American Industry Classification code.
***SIC = Standard Industrial Classification code.
Annual Tables and Figures
Article: Wyoming UI Claims, Benefits Paid Remain Low in 2023 (Wyoming Labor Force Trends, May 2024)
Updated May 21, 2024.
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims by Occupation
Unemployment Insurance Claims Data for Wyoming by Occupation, Educational Requirement, and Gender, 2019-2020
Table of Contents
Published March 26, 2021.
Selected Articles from Wyoming Labor Force Trends and Other Publications
- Wyoming UI Claims, Benefits Paid Remain Low in 2023 (Trends, May 2024)
- Wyoming Unemployment Claims Drop to Historic Lows in 2022 (Trends, March 2023)
- UI Benefit Recipients, Payments Decrease in 2021 (Trends, May 2022)
- Wyoming New Business Formation in
2019 and 2020 (Trends, November 2021)
- UI Benefit Recipients, Payments Reach Historic High in 2020 (Trends, May 2021)
- Examining Unemployment Insurance Claims by Occupation (Trends, March 2021)
- Weekly Trends in Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Claims (Trends, June 2020)
- Wyoming Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Benefit Eligibility Status and Fund
Solvency Analyses (Trends, May 2020)
- Chapter 6: Unemployment Insurance Claims Data - UI Benefit Exhaustion Rate Drops to Historic Low in 2019 (2020 Wyoming Workforce Annual Report)
- UI Benefit Exhaustion Rate Drops to Historic Low in 2019 (Trends, March 2020)
- Wyoming New Business Formation Increases by 7.6% (Trends, September 2019)
- UI Recipients, Benefit Expenses Reach a Decade Low (Trends, March 2019)
- Unemployment Insurance Claims Decrease in 2017 (Trends, June 2018)
- Wyoming New Business Formation Declines During Recent Economic Downturn (Trends, March 2018)
- Unemployment Insurance Claims Drop in Second Half of 2016 (Trends, May 2017)
- Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Increase 22.9% in 2015 (Trends, March 2016)
- How Out-of-State Claimants Affect Wyoming’s Unemployment Rate (Trends, February 2016)
- Wyoming New Business Formation in 2012 and 2013 (Trends, February 2015)
- The Recent Labor Market Downturn as a Natural Experiment
- Small Businesses Play a Big Role in Wyoming's Economy
(Trends, February 2013)
- New Business Formation Increases in Wyoming
in 2010 and 2011 (Trends, November 2012)
- An Overview of Wyoming's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and Trust Fund Liability (Trends, November 2011)
- Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Benefit Payments Reach Record High in 2009 (Trends, February 2010)
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