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Wyoming Normalizeda Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims

by: Sherry Wen, Principal Economist

Initial claims decreased 25.8% over the year. The only over-the-year increases were seen in information (37.5%), an industry with a small number of claims, and other services, except public administration (1.9%).

Initial Claims Claims Filed Percent Change Claims Filed
Dec 14 Dec 14
Dec 14 Nov 14 Dec 13 Nov 14 Dec 13
Wyoming Statewide
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 3,218 3,772 4,339 -14.7 -25.8
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 1,686 1,726 2,362 -2.3 -28.6
Natural Res. & Mining 264 179 310 47.5 -14.8
Mining 243 155 289 56.8 -15.9
Oil & Gas Extraction 14 12 20 16.7 -30.0
Construction 1,318 1,441 1,859 -8.5 -29.1
Manufacturing 103 103 191 0.0 -46.1
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 982 1,315 1,232 -25.3 -20.3
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 315 275 384 14.5 -18.0
Wholesale Trade 44 41 54 7.3 -18.5
Retail Trade 116 137 167 -15.3 -30.5
Transp., Warehousing & Utilities 155 97 163 59.8 -4.9
Information 11 8 8 37.5 37.5
Financial Activities 32 51 60 -37.3 -46.7
Prof. and Business Svcs. 228 275 294 -17.1 -22.4
Educational & Health Svcs. 119 105 129 13.3 -7.8
Leisure & Hospitality 215 552 299 -61.1 -28.1
Other Svcs., exc. Public Admin. 54 43 53 25.6 1.9
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 219 339 294 -35.4 -25.5
Federal Government 135 239 155 -43.5 -12.9
State Government 12 18 24 -33.3 -50.0
Local Government 71 82 113 -13.4 -37.2
Local Education 15 10 24 50.0 -37.5
UNCLASSIFIED 329 390 450 -15.6 -26.9
Laramie County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 562 572 694 -1.7 -19.0
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 341 389 448 -12.3 -23.9
Construction 296 364 409 -18.7 -27.6
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 183 140 210 30.7 -12.9
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 74 42 74 76.2 0.0
Financial Activities 8 8 13 0.0 -38.5
Prof. & Business Svcs. 31 49 62 -36.7 -50.0
Educational & Health Svcs. 28 28 17 0.0 64.7
Leisure & Hospitality 29 12 34 141.7 -14.7
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 19 22 25 -13.6 -24.0
UNCLASSIFIED 18 19 10 -5.3 80.0
Natrona County
TOTAL CLAIMS FILED 415 398 626 4.3 -33.7
TOTAL GOODS-PRODUCING 235 254 404 -7.5 -41.8
Construction 180 225 312 -20.0 -42.3
TOTAL SERVICE-PROVIDING 154 123 197 25.2 -21.8
Trade, Transp., & Utilities 51 33 60 54.5 -15.0
Financial Activities 1 7 4 -85.7 -75.0
Prof. & Business Svcs. 56 40 53 40.0 5.7
Educational & Health Svcs. 25 19 32 31.6 -21.9
Leisure & Hospitality 18 19 40 -5.3 -55.0
TOTAL GOVERNMENT 13 9 15 44.4 -13.3
UNCLASSIFIED 12 10 9 20.0 33.3
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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