The Department of Workforce Services (DWS) plays a vital role in supporting Wyoming’s workers, employers, and communities. Whether it’s helping people find jobs, training for new careers, ensuring workplace safety, or providing benefits after a job loss or injury, DWS is here to make a difference.

The agency is structured into four key divisions:

  • Workforce Programs – Connecting job seekers with opportunities and strengthening the workforce.
  • Standards and Compliance – Ensuring safe, fair, and lawful workplaces.
  • Policy, Research, and Communications – Shaping workforce policy and sharing valuable labor market insights.
  • Fiscal – Managing resources efficiently to keep programs running smoothly.

With 18 field offices across Wyoming, DWS administers over 60 state and federal programs, making a direct impact on the lives of workers and businesses.

Workforce Standards Division

This division is all about workplace safety, fair employment practices, and Workers’ Compensation services. It ensures that Wyoming’s workers and employers operate in a secure and compliant environment. Programs include:

Policy, Research, and Communication Division

This division ensures that workforce policies are data-driven, strategic, and well-communicated. It provides insights, develops policies, and keeps the public informed. Programs include:

  • Communication – Provides information, education, and data on the Wyoming workforce, and is the point of contact for all media inquiries and public records requests
  • Research & Planning – Transforming complex labor market trends into clear, reliable insights that help policymakers, businesses, and the public make informed decisions.
  • Strategic Planning and Policy Development – Crafting policies that shape Wyoming’s workforce future.
  • WIOA Program Compliance Team – Ensuring federal workforce programs meet requirements.
  • Workforce Development Council (Director) – Driving workforce initiatives at a statewide level.
  • Wyoming Council for Women (Liaison) – Supporting policies and programs that benefit women in the workforce.

Workforce Programs Division

This division is all about empowering Wyoming’s workforce—helping people build careers, supporting businesses with training, and providing essential benefits. Programs include:

  • Business Training and Support – Fuels Wyoming’s economic growth by helping businesses tap into workforce grants, launch apprenticeships, and build stronger teams through hands-on support and statewide partnerships.
  • Unemployment Insurance – Providing temporary financial support when Wyoming workers lose their jobs through no fault of their own.
  • Vocational Rehabilitation – Empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve meaningful careers and thrive as valuable members of the workforce
  • WIOA Policy Team – Overseeing Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs.
  • Workforce Centers – One-stop hubs connecting job seekers and employers with expert career support, including personalized job search guidance, resume and cover letter assistance, mock interviews, career interest assessments, and streamlined hiring services.

Every day, DWS works to build a stronger, more resilient workforce—helping Wyoming’s people and businesses thrive.