Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
Continued Claims--Statewide, by Industry

Statewide, Total Unique Claimants rose 10.2 percent from February 1995 to February 1996. The main increases were in Wholesale Trade (26.7%), Retail Trade (30.4%), Personal & Business Services (33.6%) and Health Services (49.1%).

WEEKS CLAIMED % CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
FEB 96 JAN 96 FEB 95 JAN 96-FEB 96 FEB 95-96
TOTAL WEEKS CLAIMED 25,874 29,035 23,785 -10.9 8.8
TOTAL UNIQUE CLAIMANTS 7,765 8,018 7,049 -3.2 10.2
TOTAL GOODS PRODUCING 12,723 13,250 12,660 -4.0 0.5
--Manufacturing 1,622 1,454 1,902 11.6 -14.7
--Mining 2,491 2,808 2,996 -11.3 -16.9
----Oil & Gas Extraction 2,251 2,577 2,731 -12.7 -17.6
--Construction 8,610 8,988 7,762 -4.2 10.9
WEEKS CLAIMED % CHANGE IN WEEKS CLAIMED
FEB 96 JAN 96 FEB 95 JAN 96-FEB 96 FEB 95-96
TOTAL SERVICE PRODUCING 11,479 13,819 9,599 -16.9 19.6
--Transportation & Public Utilities 1,377 1,501 1,405 -8.3 -2.0
----Transportation 1,137 1,154 1,099 -1.5 3.5
----Communications & Public Utilities 240 347 306 -30.8 -21.6
--Trade 3,564 3,907 2,746 -8.8 29.8
----Wholesale Trade 616 618 486 -0.3 26.7
----Retail Trade 2,948 3,289 2,260 -10.4 30.4
--Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 364 438 376 -16.9 -3.2
--Services 4,664 5,291 3,740 -11.9 24.7
----Personal & Business Services 1,230 1,417 921 -13.2 33.6
----Health Services 516 468 346 10.3 49.1
--Government 1,510 2,682 1,332 -43.7 13.4
----Local Government 822 1,043 765 -21.2 7.5
------Local Education 211 295 187 -28.5 12.8
UNCLASSIFIED 1,672 1,966 1,526 -15.0 9.6


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