Unemployment rates sees slight changes

Hot Springs County’s unemployment rate rose by .2% from April to May according to numbers recently released from the Research and Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.

The labor force, or number of people able to work, rose by 10 from April to May, however, only four of those people were employed, leaving six of them still looking for work in May.

The labor force is down considerably from what it was this time last year, losing 37 workers over the year. There are also 29 fewer people employed from 2018.

The current unemployment rate for Hot Springs County is 3.2%, down .4% from a year ago. That 3.2% is close to the average for the State of Wyoming that was 3.3% for the month of May.

The highest unemployment rates were noted in Big Horn County at 4%, Sublette County at 3.9% and Fremont County at 3.8%. On the low end of the scale was Niobrara County at 2.7%, Converse County with 2.8% and Weston and Crook Counties with 2.9%.