Wyoming Job Growth

There were 290,700 jobs in Wyoming in December 2011 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 277,311 employed persons for the month. Wyoming added 100 jobs in December 2011 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 782 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). Also available is Wyoming job growth compared to other states.

Employment Survey	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	290,700	+100	+6,400
CPS	277,311	+782	+4,693

Wyoming Employment Changes

The charts below shows the monthly job growth for Wyoming as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment in Wyoming

CES employment peaked in October 2008 for Wyoming at 301,000. Since then 10,300 jobs have been lost in Wyoming according to the employer survey. From a trough of 279,500 in January 2010, Wyoming has gained 11,200 jobs according to CES employment figures.

CPS employment in Wyoming reached a maximum of 287,321 in April 2008. 10,010 jobs have been lost in Wyoming since then according to the household survey. From a January 2011 low of 272,579, Wyoming has added 4,732 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Wyoming Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
December 2011	290,700	100	277,311	782
November 2011	290,600	900	276,529	923
October 2011	289,700	-500	275,606	818
September 2011	290,200	-1,600	274,788	493
August 2011	291,800	-100	274,295	-806
July 2011	291,900	3,200	275,101	-662
June 2011	288,700	800	275,763	-405
May 2011	287,900	2,100	276,168	1,028
April 2011	285,800	900	275,140	1,008
March 2011	284,900	1,400	274,132	1,144
February 2011	283,500	-300	272,988	409
January 2011	283,800	-500	272,579	-39
December 2010	284,300	1,400	272,618	-59