Wyoming Normalized^a Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Patrick Manning, Principal Economist

The total number of initial unemployment insurance claims increased 20.7% (616 claims) from March 2015 to March 2016.

Initial Claims	Claims Filed			% Change Claims Filed
				Mar 16	Mar 16
	Mar 16	Feb 16	Mar 15	Feb 16	Mar 15
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	3,595	3,829	2,979	-6.1	20.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	1,699	2,017	1,455	-15.8	16.8
Natural Res. & Mining	772	775	691	-0.4	11.7
Mining	758	758	676	0.0	12.1
Oil & Gas Extraction	74	32	37	131.3	100.0
Construction	781	1,043	630	-25.1	24.0
Manufacturing	144	198	134	-27.3	7.5
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	1,463	1,330	1,142	10.0	28.1
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	570	554	401	2.9	42.1
Wholesale Trade	178	156	92	14.1	93.5
Retail Trade	156	179	121	-12.8	28.9
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities	236	219	188	7.8	25.5
Information	12	12	15	0.0	-20.0
Financial Activities	86	85	83	1.2	3.6
Prof. and Business Svcs.	233	281	147	-17.1	58.5
Educational & Health Svcs.	87	99	87	-12.1	0.0
Leisure & Hospitality	387	208	339	86.1	14.2
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin.	79	84	66	-6.0	19.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	145	166	129	-12.7	12.4
Federal Government	62	51	48	21.6	29.2
State Government	12	19	20	-36.8	-40.0
Local Government	70	95	60	-26.3	16.7
Local Education	20	16	15	25.0	33.3
UNCLASSIFIED	286	315	251	-9.2	13.9
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	303	449	254	-32.5	19.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	151	217	116	-30.4	30.2
Construction	103	147	75	-29.9	37.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	124	198	107	-37.4	15.9
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	49	80	41	-38.8	19.5
Financial Activities	6	7	11	-14.3	-45.5
Prof. & Business Svcs.	28	54	19	-48.1	47.4
Educational & Health Svcs.	12	20	12	-40.0	0.0
Leisure & Hospitality	14	20	11	-30.0	27.3
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	17	18	17	-5.6	0.0
UNCLASSIFIED	10	15	12	-33.3	-16.7
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED	671	650	523	3.2	28.3
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING	335	346	297	-3.2	12.8
Construction	156	162	121	-3.7	28.9
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING	312	277	202	12.6	54.5
Trade, Transp., & Utilities	157	123	95	27.6	65.3
Financial Activities	21	23	16	-8.7	31.3
Prof. & Business Svcs.	44	46	35	-4.3	25.7
Educational & Health Svcs.	24	21	25	14.3	-4.0
Leisure & Hospitality	30	24	11	25.0	172.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT	9	9	12	0.0	-25.0
UNCLASSIFIED	13	17	10	-23.5	30.0
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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