The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January increased by 0.1 percent from the December rate, for a total of 7.6 percent. As it has throughout the current recession, Wyoming has remained in much better shape than the rest of the nation, which had an unemployment rate of 9.7 percent.
Over the year, the state lost 14,400 jobs or 5.0 percent, with the largest loss occurring in natural resources and mining (-4700 jobs or 16.1 percent). Construction was the next biggest loser, with 2,800 jobs gone or a loss of 12.3 percent. All other segments of the economy saw losses of less than 8.2 percent.
The report on February employment is scheduled for release on March 30.
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