unemployment

COVID-19 has thwarted hopes of landing first jobs, which are important for jumpstarting careers, as employers cut back graduate recruiting plans or even revoke job offers.

Teton County had the largest drop in unemployment.

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

Fifteen other states have suspended their re-openings.

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

A recent report conducted by state economists found that Wyoming's economic health is at its lowest since economists began tracking it in January of 2005.
The Wyoming Economic Analysis Division released the report Monday afternoon and says that Wyoming's economic health index is a reported …

Hires declined 31% to 3.5 million.

Security experts say the bulk of the fraud appears to be committed by criminals using stolen data.

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

The government said Friday that the economy added 2.5 million jobs last month.