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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, State and Area Employment, JOLTS · Wyoming

How is the job market in Wyoming?

The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 3.0% in the month ended , against 4.2% for the United States.

Wyoming, unemployment, each month

December 2015 to September 2026As published, seasonally adjusted where the table says soNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Wyoming, unemployment, each month, one row for each measure
  • Unemployment rate3.0%2.8% to 8.7%
  • Participation rate60.2%60.2% to 66.5%
  • Employment-population ratio58.4%58.4% to 63.3%

Wyoming, people, each month

December 2015 to September 2026As published, seasonally adjusted where the table says soEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Wyoming, people, each month, one row for each measure
  • Labor force, thousands285.0285.0 to 298.7
  • Employed, thousands276.4272.6 to 285.6
  • Unemployed, thousands8.68.3 to 26.1

Wyoming, jobs and pay, each month

December 2015 to September 2026As published, seasonally adjusted where the table says soEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Wyoming, jobs and pay, each month, one row for each measure
  • Nonfarm payrolls, thousands295.5262.8 to 296.5
  • Average hourly earnings$33.53$23.25 to $33.53
  • Average weekly hours35.532.5 to 36.7

Wyoming, openings and turnover rates, each month

December 2015 to September 2026As published, seasonally adjusted where the table says soNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Wyoming, openings and turnover rates, each month, one row for each measure
  • Job openings rate3.6%2.6% to 8.6%
  • Hires rate3.7%3.4% to 6.0%
  • Quits rate2.7%1.1% to 4.2%
  • Layoffs and discharges rate1.0%0.7% to 9.0%
  • Total separations rate4.1%2.7% to 11.8%

Each row is one measure of Wyoming over the last ten years, one month to a point, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

Observed .

Wyoming, openings and turnover, each month

December 2015 to September 2026As published, seasonally adjusted where the table says soEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Wyoming, openings and turnover, each month, one row for each measure
  • Job openings, thousands117 to 27
  • Hires, thousands119 to 17
  • Quits, thousands83 to 12
  • Layoffs and discharges, thousands32 to 26
  • Total separations, thousands128 to 34

Each row is one measure of Wyoming over the last ten years, one month to a point, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

Observed .

Right now

The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 3.0% in September 2026, ranking 45th highest of 51 among the states and the District of Columbia.

Over a year it is down 0.4 percentage points (ours). The rate for the United States was 4.2% in the same month. The source marks this value preliminary.

The unemployment rate in September 2026 was the lowest since March 2024.

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Jobs and payOurs: change and rank

Nonfarm payroll employment was 295.5 thousand in September 2026, up 0.9% over a year (ours), 51st highest of 51.

Average hourly earnings of all employees on private payrolls was $33.53 in September 2026, up 4.2% over a year (ours), 36th highest of 51.

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Job openings and turnoverOurs: change and rank

The job openings rate was 3.6% in December 2025, down 0.9 percentage points over a year (ours), 36th highest of 51.

The hires rate was 3.7% in December 2025, down 0.4 percentage points over a year (ours), 14th highest of 51.

The quits rate was 2.7% in December 2025, unchanged over a year (ours), 5th highest of 51.

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Understanding the labor market of Wyoming

Where it stands today

The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 3.0% in September 2026.

What do the figures for Wyoming measure?

This page gathers the labor market figures of Wyoming that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes: how many people are in the labor force, at work and unemployed, how many payroll jobs there are and what they pay, and how many jobs are open and how many people were hired, quit or lost a job.

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The unemployment figures come from Local Area Unemployment Statistics, a model that BLS runs for each state every month. The payroll jobs, hours and earnings come from a monthly survey of employers, and the job openings and labor turnover from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

What 500metrics adds: each figure's rank among the fifty states and the District of Columbia, its change over a year, the last time it was higher and lower, the nation's figure beside a rate where BLS gives one, and the last ten years of every figure as small charts.

The numbers behind the chart

What are the latest figures for Wyoming?19 measures, each in its own newest month
Wyoming: the newest month of each measure, its change over a year (ours), its rank among the states and the District of Columbia, the nation's value and the last months it was higher and lower (ours)
MeasureSectionMonthValueChange over a yearRankUnited StatesLast higherLast lower
Unemployment rateUnemployment3.0%−0.4 pts45 of 514.2%
Participation rateUnemployment60.2%−1.1 pts36 of 5161.8%none since 1976
Employment-population ratioUnemployment58.4%−0.8 pts35 of 5159.2%none since 1976
Labor forcePeople285.0 thousand−1.0%51 of 51n/a
EmployedPeople276.4 thousand−0.7%51 of 51n/a
UnemployedPeople8.6 thousand−11.6%51 of 51n/a
Nonfarm payrollsJobs and pay295.5 thousand+0.9%51 of 51n/a
Average hourly earningsJobs and pay$33.53+4.2%36 of 51n/anone since 2007
Average weekly hoursJobs and pay35.5 hours−0.6%3 of 51n/a
Job openings rateOpenings and turnover rates3.6%−0.9 pts36 of 514.0%
Hires rateOpenings and turnover rates3.7%−0.4 pts14 of 513.3%
Quits rateOpenings and turnover rates2.7%0.0 pts5 of 512.0%
Layoffs and discharges rateOpenings and turnover rates1.0%−0.4 pts19 of 511.1%
Total separations rateOpenings and turnover rates4.1%−0.3 pts6 of 513.3%
Job openingsOpenings and turnover11 thousand−21.4%50 of 51n/a
HiresOpenings and turnover11 thousand−8.3%50 of 51n/a
QuitsOpenings and turnover8 thousand0.0%50 of 51n/a
Layoffs and dischargesOpenings and turnover3 thousand−25.0%50 of 51n/a
Total separationsOpenings and turnover12 thousand−7.7%50 of 51n/a

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What is the unemployment rate in each county of Wyoming?23 counties, September 2026, by name
Wyoming: the unemployment rate of each county in September 2026 and a year before, not seasonally adjusted (the change ours)
CountyRateA year beforeChange
Albany County2.2%2.3%−0.1 pts
Big Horn County3.2%3.6%−0.4 pts
Campbell County2.7%2.8%−0.1 pts
Carbon County2.9%3.1%−0.2 pts
Converse County2.6%2.8%−0.2 pts
Crook County2.2%2.3%−0.1 pts
Fremont County3.2%3.4%−0.2 pts
Goshen County2.7%3.1%−0.4 pts
Hot Springs County2.7%3.0%−0.3 pts
Johnson County2.4%2.2%+0.2 pts
Laramie County3.0%3.0%0.0 pts
Lincoln County2.4%2.4%0.0 pts
Natrona County2.9%3.0%−0.1 pts
Niobrara County3.8%3.6%+0.2 pts
Park County2.6%2.8%−0.2 pts
Platte County3.3%3.6%−0.3 pts
Sheridan County2.5%2.7%−0.2 pts
Sublette County2.5%2.7%−0.2 pts
Sweetwater County3.4%3.4%0.0 pts
Teton County1.8%1.6%+0.2 pts
Uinta County3.0%3.2%−0.2 pts
Washakie County2.9%3.1%−0.2 pts
Weston County2.6%2.7%−0.1 pts
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • The unemployment figures of a state are estimates from a model, not a count. BLS revises the latest months as more data arrive and revises the past years every March.
  • The payroll figures are estimates from a survey of employers. BLS revises them twice after the first release and once a year, when it benchmarks them to the count of jobs covered by unemployment insurance. Average hourly earnings and average weekly hours are for all employees on private payrolls and are not seasonally adjusted.
  • The state figures of job openings and labor turnover come from a survey whose estimates for a single state have a larger sampling error than the nation's. Each figure shows its own newest month, which can be older than the month of the unemployment rate.
  • A rank is among the fifty states and the District of Columbia in the same month, highest value first, and a large state ranks high on a count of people or jobs. The changes, the ranks and the months a figure was last higher and lower are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes.
  • The county rates are not seasonally adjusted, so each county's rate is set beside its own rate a year before.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Current Population Survey; State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings; Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey), labor market of Wyoming, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How is the job market in Wyoming?", https://500metrics.com/states/wyoming.

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