West region · state data

Wyoming unemployment rate and jobs

Wyoming's unemployment rate was 3.0% in Sep 2026, 1.2 percentage points below the U.S. rate of 4.2%. That was down from 3.4% a year earlier.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Employment Statistics) via FRED®. Monthly data, seasonally adjusted. Latest observation Sep 2026; snapshot taken Oct 27, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT.

Unemployment rate (Sep 2026)

3.0%

U.S. rate, same month

4.2%

Difference from U.S.

-1.2 pt

A year earlier

3.4%

Rank (1 = lowest rate)

7th of 51

Nonfarm jobs (Sep 2026)

295,500

Job growth, 12 months

+0.9%

Record low rate

2.4% (May 1979)

Unemployment rate: Wyoming vs. the U.S.

3.0% Sep 2026 · Percent

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Wyoming unemployment rate U.S. unemployment rate

Percent of the labor force, seasonally adjusted. Wyoming data from Jan 1976 to Sep 2026; the dashed line is the national rate (UNRATE).

How Wyoming compares

In Sep 2026, Wyoming had the 7th lowest rate of the 51 states and DC. Across the 13 states in the West region, the simple average was 4.1%, so Wyoming was 1.1 points below it.

Since the state series began in 1976, Wyoming's rate has ranged from a low of 2.4% in May 1979 to a high of 8.9% in Jan 1987. Just before the pandemic, in February 2020, it was 4.6%, 1.6 points higher than now. Over the last 12 months the rate averaged 3.4% and was above the national rate in 0 of them.

Jobs in Wyoming

Employers in Wyoming reported 295,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in Sep 2026, seasonally adjusted. That is 2,500 more than a year earlier (+0.9%), compared with +0.3% for the nation as a whole. Its 12-month job growth rate ranked 15th of 51. The record high was 300,800 in Oct 2008. Compared with February 2020, payrolls are up 2.0%.

295.5K Sep 2026 · Thousands of persons

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Total nonfarm payroll jobs, thousands, seasonally adjusted, from the BLS survey of employers. Data from Jan 1990.

Last 12 months in Wyoming
MonthUnemployment rateU.S. rateNonfarm jobsMonthly job change
Sep 20263.0%4.2%295,500+400
Aug 20263.0%4.1%295,100-200
Jul 20263.0%4.1%295,300+300
Jun 20263.2%4.2%295,000-1,500
May 20263.4%4.3%296,500+1,900
Apr 20263.5%4.3%294,600+200
Mar 20263.6%4.3%294,400+100
Feb 20263.6%4.4%294,300+1,100
Jan 20263.6%4.3%293,200-600
Dec 20253.5%4.4%293,800-600
Nov 20253.5%4.5%294,400+1,400
Sep 20253.4%4.4%293,000-400

Record high unemployment rate: 8.9% (Jan 1987). Monthly figures are revised each year when BLS benchmarks the state data.

States with similar unemployment rates

Hawaii · 2.8%Nebraska · 2.9%Montana · 3.1%Iowa · 3.2%

Other West states

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Sources

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