Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Wyoming unemployment down for 7th straight month

Wyoming's unemployment rate is down for the seventh straight month. The state Department of Workforce Services said Tuesday that Wyoming's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March was 5.3%, down from 5.4% in February. There were about 5,500 more people employed this March than last March, a 1.9% increase. Sublette County, home to large natural gas fields, once again had the lowest unemployment rate at 3.5%. Lincoln County had the highest rate at 8.9%. The national unemployment rate is 8.2%.

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