Wyoming

WBC Forecast Table

Wyoming

Forecast Released February 1, 2012

2012 Forecast
	Annual Percent Change 2012 from 2011
	Current $ Personal Income	Wage & Salary Empl.	Population Growth	Single-family Housing Permits
WY Dept. of Administration & Information	4.0	1.7	1.0	30.0
Wells Fargo & Company - UT
Consensus - This Month	4.0	1.7	1.0	30.0
Consensus - Last Month	4.0	1.7	1.0	30.0

2013 Forecast
	Annual Percent Change 2013 from 2012
	Current $ Personal Income	Wage & Salary Empl.	Population Growth	Single-family Housing Permits
WY Dept. of Administration & Information
Wells Fargo & Company - UT
Consensus - This Month	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Consensus - Last Month	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Wyoming Update and Outlook

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.8% in December 2011, unchanged from a month earlier. Wyoming’s jobless rate has stayed between 5.7% and 5.9% since June 2011. However, it was considerably lower than its December 2010 level of 6.4% and significantly below the current U.S. rate of 8.5%.

Total nonfarm employment (measured by place of work) rose from 282,600 in December 2010 to 289,000 in December 2011, an increase of 6,400 jobs (2.3%).

Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Research & Planning
http://doe.state.wy.us/lmi/news.htm