Unemployment

Wyoming’s rate this past February was nearly 1 point lower than the U.S. average.

The economy still has 9.9 million fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic sent it sinking into a deep recession nearly a year ago.

Despite the national unemployment rate still in recovery from the ongoing pandemic, Wyoming's unemployment claims are recovering fast and among tops in the nation at doing so.

It was the 17th consecutive week that jobless claims surpassed 1 million.

The nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost to the pandemic recession.

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That represents 16% of Wyoming’s total workforce eligible for the unemployment insurance program.