Wyoming jobless rate falls to 6.6 percent

WNE
Posted 9/24/20

Sublette County remains unchanged.

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Wyoming jobless rate falls to 6.6 percent

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Wyoming jobseekers

are in better shape than they were

five months ago, according to new data

from the state’s Department of Workforce

Services.

But counties where energy jobs are king

are still struggling.

Statewide, unemployment dropped

from 7.1 percent to 6.6 percent from July

to August, continuing a four-month trend

of those numbers improving. The national

unemployment rate is 8.4 percent.

Unemployment insurance claims also

significantly dropped in August. Initial

claims went down nearly 37 percent from

the previous month.

Every Wyoming county except

Lincoln County also saw a decrease in

unemployment rates from July to August,

but counties that rely on energy sector jobs

are still seeing high rates of unemployment.

Sublette County remains at 8.4 percent,

down form the 11.4 percent record high

experienced in April this year.