August 2026
The August 2026 issue of Тенденции рынка труда Вайоминга includes a feature article titled, “Tracking Wyoming’s Economy through Three Economic Downturns: A Sector-by-Sector Review.” Wyoming’s economy has been through three economic downturns since 1990. This article reviews these downturns through the perspective of seasonally adjusted employment at the total nonfarm level and in 13 different industry sectors. Employment followed different patterns during each downturn. Wyoming’s natural resources & mining sector has suffered some of the largest job losses in each of the three downturns. On the other hand, education & health services grew steadily through the first two downturns, and only lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The August issue of Trends also includes the following articles and features:
- New from R&P: 2025 Annual Employment and Wage Data
- Wyoming Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.2% in June 2026
- Current Employment Statistics (CES) Estimates and Research & Planning’s Internal Estimates, June 2026
- State Unemployment Rates (Seasonally Adjusted)
- Wyoming Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment
- State Unemployment Rates (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
- Economic Indicators
- County Unemployment Rates
- Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims
- Wyoming Normalized Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims
August 2026 issue of Wyoming Labor Force Trends.
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