The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services’ Research & Planning section reported today, July 22, that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.3% from May to June. Wyoming’s unemployment rate was slightly higher than its June 2024 level of 3.2%, but much lower than the current US unemployment rate of 4.1%.
Most county unemployment rates increased from May to June, as is typical for the season. Unemployment rates frequently rise in June, when young people leave school and begin looking for work.
The counties with the highest increases were Albany (up from 2.6% to 3.4%), Big Horn (up from 3.9% to 4.7%), Carbon (up from 3.5% to 4.3%), Converse (up from 3.1% to 3.9%), Fremont (up from 3.6% to 4.4%), Goshen (up from 3.3% to 4.1%), and Sweetwater (up from 3.5% to 4.3%). Teton County’s unemployment rate fell from 3.0% in May to 2.3% in June, as the summer tourist season began.
Unemployment rates rose in all counties from June 2024 to June 2025, indicating that the labor supply has increased since the previous year. The counties with the highest increases were Goshen (from 3.0% to 4.1%) and Niobrara (from 2.7% to 3.7%).
In June, the highest unemployment rates were found in Big Horn County (4.7%) and Fremont County (4.4%). Teton County reported the lowest rates at 2.3%, followed by Crook County at 2.7% and Johnson County at 3.0%.
According to Current Employment Statistics (CES), total nonfarm employment in Wyoming (not seasonally adjusted and measured by place of work) increased by 4,300 jobs (1.4%) from 301,100 in June 2024 to 305,400 in June 2025.
You can read the complete quarterly update here.
The July unemployment data will be released on August 26, 2025.
