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Wyoming: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Wyoming from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20263.0%#7 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20253.4%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025289K−1.1% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025279.3K9,715 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	3.4%	289,017	279,302	9,715
2024	3.1%	292,189	283,060	9,129
2023	2.9%	293,568	285,002	8,566
2022	3.4%	291,492	281,452	10,040
2021	4.5%	287,657	274,570	13,087
2020	5.9%	293,682	276,447	17,235
2019	3.7%	293,674	282,739	10,935
2018	4.1%	292,718	280,811	11,907
2017	4.3%	294,016	281,273	12,743
2016	5.3%	298,777	283,062	15,715
2015	4.2%	300,759	287,983	12,776
2014	4.4%	302,606	289,405	13,201
2013	4.7%	302,334	288,010	14,324
2012	5.4%	304,823	288,230	16,593
2011	6.1%	304,709	286,180	18,529
2010	6.9%	304,987	283,998	20,989
2009	6.3%	304,857	285,709	19,148
2008	3.0%	301,436	292,416	9,020
2007	2.7%	295,725	287,623	8,102
2006	3.1%	289,368	280,465	8,903
2005	3.6%	282,742	272,627	10,115
2004	3.8%	277,703	267,022	10,681
2003	4.3%	275,100	263,138	11,962
2002	4.1%	271,329	260,262	11,067
2001	3.9%	269,510	259,051	10,459
2000	3.8%	265,915	255,819	10,096
1999	4.7%	263,775	251,292	12,483
1998	4.8%	259,989	247,489	12,500
1997	4.8%	255,875	243,670	12,205
1996	5.0%	254,710	241,981	12,729
1995	4.8%	253,087	241,005	12,082
1994	4.9%	249,475	237,213	12,262
1993	5.3%	242,692	229,770	12,922
1992	5.5%	238,136	225,146	12,990
1991	5.0%	235,013	223,195	11,818
1990	5.1%	234,016	221,990	12,026
1989	6.0%	233,573	219,540	14,033
1988	6.4%	232,786	217,989	14,797
1987	8.0%	236,409	217,612	18,797
1986	8.5%	244,914	224,196	20,718
1985	7.0%	248,314	230,974	17,340
1984	6.3%	250,310	234,662	15,648
1983	7.8%	252,791	233,007	19,784
1982	5.9%	250,499	235,647	14,852
1981	4.2%	245,592	235,357	10,235
1980	3.9%	234,831	225,769	9,062
1979	2.6%	222,839	217,096	5,743
1978	2.9%	210,109	203,975	6,134
1977	3.3%	195,237	188,744	6,493
1976	3.9%	180,542	173,486	7,056

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.