1981 WYOMING BENCHMARK LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
NATRONA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 39,376 39,481 40,161 41,252 41,944 43,568 42,322 42,725 44,024 44,590 44,046 44,745 42,353
EMPLOYMENT 37,951 38,093 38,778 39,886 40,583 42,183 41,092 41,529 42,849 43,224 42,695 43,232 41,008
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,425 1,388 1,383 1,366 1,361 1,385 1,230 1,196 1,175 1,366 1,351 1,513 1,345
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.2
CASPER CITY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 28,247 28,322 28,808 29,598 30,084 31,247 30,349 30,636 31,566 31,978 31,589 32,095 30,376
EMPLOYMENT 27,171 27,273 27,763 28,557 29,056 30,201 29,420 29,733 30,678 30,946 30,568 30,952 29,360
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,076 1,049 1,045 1,032 1,028 1,046 929 903 888 1,032 1,021 1,143 1,016
UNEMPL. RATE 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.3
ALBANY COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 12,428 12,520 12,726 13,113 13,483 13,490 13,323 13,410 13,952 13,850 13,715 13,519 13,294
EMPLOYMENT 11,838 11,946 11,987 12,515 12,885 12,918 12,769 12,924 13,488 13,313 13,124 12,940 12,721
UNEMPLOYMENT 590 574 739 598 598 572 554 486 464 537 591 579 573
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.6 5.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.3
BIG HORN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,930 5,048 5,189 5,318 5,485 5,841 5,474 5,384 5,641 5,806 5,671 5,422 5,434
EMPLOYMENT 4,752 4,865 4,987 5,154 5,315 5,664 5,297 5,191 5,471 5,654 5,430 5,276 5,255
UNEMPLOYMENT 178 183 202 164 170 177 177 193 170 152 241 146 179
UNEMPL. RATE 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.0 2.6 4.2 2.7 3.3
CAMPBELL COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 15,219 15,674 16,076 16,844 17,541 18,508 18,768 19,253 19,329 19,976 20,004 19,966 18,097
EMPLOYMENT 14,679 15,116 15,509 16,399 17,059 17,815 18,216 18,692 18,801 19,292 19,352 19,348 17,523
UNEMPLOYMENT 540 558 567 445 482 693 552 561 528 684 652 618 573
UNEMPL. RATE 3.5 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.7 3.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.2
CARBON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,479 10,428 10,628 10,633 10,888 11,596 11,242 11,297 11,214 10,796 10,464 10,201 10,822
EMPLOYMENT 10,038 10,005 10,100 10,082 10,385 11,075 10,776 10,916 10,863 10,375 10,030 9,720 10,364
UNEMPLOYMENT 441 423 528 551 503 521 466 381 351 421 434 481 458
UNEMPL. RATE 4.2 4.1 5.0 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.4 3.1 3.9 4.1 4.7 4.2
CONVERSE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,845 7,683 7,783 7,998 8,111 8,333 8,251 8,372 8,217 7,895 7,917 7,824 8,019
EMPLOYMENT 7,411 7,309 7,471 7,708 7,807 8,039 8,026 8,088 7,932 7,637 7,614 7,478 7,710
UNEMPLOYMENT 434 374 312 290 304 294 225 284 285 258 303 346 309
UNEMPL. RATE 5.5 4.9 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.5 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.8 4.4 3.9
CROOK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,089 2,160 2,319 2,378 2,489 2,737 2,506 2,627 2,787 2,575 2,511 2,454 2,469
EMPLOYMENT 2,025 2,106 2,232 2,316 2,411 2,656 2,441 2,548 2,722 2,488 2,369 2,340 2,388
UNEMPLOYMENT 64 54 87 62 78 81 65 79 65 87 142 114 81
UNEMPL. RATE 3.1 2.5 3.8 2.6 3.1 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.3 3.4 5.7 4.6 3.3
FREMONT COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 17,521 17,584 17,906 17,830 18,130 18,786 17,823 17,861 18,315 17,792 17,590 17,568 17,892
EMPLOYMENT 16,570 16,599 16,711 16,833 17,274 17,913 16,869 16,937 17,420 16,890 16,582 16,519 16,926
UNEMPLOYMENT 951 985 1,195 997 856 873 954 924 895 902 1,008 1,049 966
UNEMPL. RATE 5.4 5.6 6.7 5.6 4.7 4.6 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.7 6.0 5.4
GOSHEN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,865 5,831 5,875 5,919 6,163 6,542 6,064 6,090 6,298 6,434 6,161 6,149 6,116
EMPLOYMENT 5,439 5,435 5,473 5,639 5,871 6,260 5,813 5,851 6,080 6,213 5,903 5,893 5,823
UNEMPLOYMENT 426 396 402 280 292 282 251 239 218 221 258 256 293
UNEMPL. RATE 7.3 6.8 6.8 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.4 4.2 4.2 4.8
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,534 2,585 2,566 2,635 2,754 2,761 2,538 2,575 2,684 2,615 2,528 2,552 2,611
EMPLOYMENT 2,469 2,496 2,506 2,575 2,706 2,707 2,489 2,499 2,616 2,542 2,455 2,464 2,544
UNEMPLOYMENT 65 89 60 60 48 54 49 76 68 73 73 88 67
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 3.4 2.3 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.9 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.4 2.6
JOHNSON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,382 3,416 3,454 3,699 3,825 4,275 3,885 3,911 3,889 3,622 3,619 3,476 3,704
EMPLOYMENT 3,171 3,226 3,286 3,534 3,692 4,108 3,747 3,790 3,764 3,487 3,464 3,288 3,546
UNEMPLOYMENT 211 190 168 165 133 167 138 121 125 135 155 188 158
UNEMPL. RATE 6.2 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.3 5.4 4.3
LARAMIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 31,777 31,749 32,139 32,511 32,771 33,838 34,058 34,099 34,048 32,439 32,488 32,521 32,870
EMPLOYMENT 30,292 30,222 30,563 31,048 31,374 32,217 32,682 32,541 32,627 31,128 31,071 30,914 31,390
UNEMPLOYMENT 1,485 1,527 1,576 1,463 1,397 1,621 1,376 1,558 1,421 1,311 1,417 1,607 1,480
UNEMPL. RATE 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.9 4.5
LINCOLN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,823 4,997 5,059 5,258 5,510 6,038 6,137 6,260 6,194 5,966 5,829 5,647 5,643
EMPLOYMENT 4,465 4,634 4,723 4,939 5,222 5,760 5,874 6,051 6,008 5,651 5,400 5,132 5,322
UNEMPLOYMENT 358 363 336 319 288 278 263 209 186 315 429 515 322
UNEMPL. RATE 7.4 7.3 6.6 6.1 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.3 3.0 5.3 7.4 9.1 5.7
NIOBRARA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 1,127 1,169 1,213 1,374 1,453 1,551 1,428 1,446 1,569 1,443 1,386 1,322 1,373
EMPLOYMENT 1,098 1,126 1,169 1,336 1,424 1,517 1,398 1,414 1,484 1,400 1,349 1,287 1,334
UNEMPLOYMENT 29 43 44 38 29 34 30 32 85 43 37 35 40
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 5.4 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.9
PARK COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,128 10,198 10,513 11,137 12,140 15,275 15,620 15,845 14,248 12,423 11,492 11,468 12,541
EMPLOYMENT 9,712 9,815 10,162 10,780 11,802 14,865 15,252 15,482 13,862 12,021 11,134 11,092 12,165
UNEMPLOYMENT 416 383 351 357 338 410 368 363 386 402 358 376 376
UNEMPL. RATE 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.0
PLATTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,127 4,912 4,885 4,764 4,954 4,947 4,815 4,688 4,886 4,676 4,640 4,417 4,809
EMPLOYMENT 4,615 4,420 4,403 4,404 4,586 4,559 4,477 4,360 4,620 4,456 4,366 4,114 4,448
UNEMPLOYMENT 512 492 482 360 368 388 338 328 266 220 274 303 361
UNEMPL. RATE 10.0 10.0 9.9 7.6 7.4 7.8 7.0 7.0 5.4 4.7 5.9 6.9 7.5
SHERIDAN COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 10,645 10,813 11,091 11,085 11,281 11,620 11,462 11,875 12,152 11,938 11,617 11,470 11,421
EMPLOYMENT 9,926 10,046 10,268 10,400 10,681 11,065 10,926 11,329 11,718 11,441 11,065 10,874 10,812
UNEMPLOYMENT 719 767 823 685 600 555 536 546 434 497 552 596 609
UNEMPL. RATE 6.8 7.1 7.4 6.2 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.2 5.3
SUBLETTE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 2,017 2,160 2,133 2,231 2,237 2,501 2,495 2,547 2,656 2,600 2,501 2,338 2,368
EMPLOYMENT 1,971 2,100 2,087 2,181 2,189 2,433 2,440 2,493 2,596 2,546 2,447 2,290 2,314
UNEMPLOYMENT 46 60 46 50 48 68 55 54 60 54 54 48 54
UNEMPL. RATE 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3
SWEETWATER COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 21,723 21,721 22,323 22,593 23,443 24,406 24,267 24,455 24,837 24,810 24,494 24,095 23,597
EMPLOYMENT 20,787 20,773 21,372 21,822 22,719 23,527 23,388 23,636 24,069 24,019 23,432 23,124 22,722
UNEMPLOYMENT 936 948 951 771 724 879 879 819 768 791 1,062 971 875
UNEMPL. RATE 4.3 4.4 4.3 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.2 4.3 4.0 3.7
TETON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 5,526 5,556 5,654 5,340 6,052 8,368 8,987 9,175 8,266 6,313 6,120 6,175 6,794
EMPLOYMENT 4,938 4,957 5,029 4,654 5,618 8,082 8,770 9,003 8,103 6,053 5,719 5,796 6,394
UNEMPLOYMENT 588 599 625 686 434 286 217 172 163 260 401 379 401
UNEMPL. RATE 10.6 10.8 11.1 12.8 7.2 3.4 2.4 1.9 2.0 4.1 6.6 6.1 5.9
UINTA COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 7,179 7,209 7,329 7,527 7,814 8,098 8,118 8,382 8,672 9,052 8,948 8,877 8,100
EMPLOYMENT 6,995 7,013 7,129 7,293 7,651 7,893 7,869 8,178 8,477 8,807 8,735 8,584 7,885
UNEMPLOYMENT 184 196 200 234 163 205 249 204 195 245 213 293 215
UNEMPL. RATE 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.1 2.5 3.1 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.4 3.3 2.7
WASHAKIE COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 4,798 4,968 4,714 4,824 4,976 5,325 5,377 5,221 5,198 5,146 4,990 4,947 5,040
EMPLOYMENT 4,668 4,660 4,539 4,680 4,837 5,142 5,193 5,084 5,070 5,050 4,828 4,804 4,880
UNEMPLOYMENT 130 308 175 144 139 183 184 137 128 96 162 143 161
UNEMPL. RATE 2.7 6.2 3.7 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.5 1.9 3.2 2.9 3.2
WESTON COUNTY ANNUAL
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC AVERAGE
LABOR FORCE 3,259 3,339 3,348 3,567 3,728 3,694 3,746 3,726 3,870 3,841 3,770 3,687 3,631
EMPLOYMENT 3,140 3,211 3,259 3,477 3,619 3,582 3,656 3,651 3,794 3,721 3,646 3,578 3,528
UNEMPLOYMENT 119 128 89 90 109 112 90 75 76 120 124 109 104
UNEMPL. RATE 3.7 3.8 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.0 2.4 2.0 2.0 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.9

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