CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming’s unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in September.
The state Department of Workforce Services reported Tuesday that the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose from 3.9 percent recorded in August. The September number is slightly higher than the current U.S. unemployment rate of 3.7 percent.
From August to September, most county unemployment rates changed very little. Jobless rates increased in Sublette, Teton and Weston counties while they fell in Goshen and Albany counties.
The highest unemployment rates in September were reported in Natrona and Fremont counties at 4.5 percent. Campbell and Uinta counties followed at 4.1 percent.
The lowest rates occurred in Teton County at 2.2 percent, followed by Crook County at 2.9 percent and Goshen County at 3.0 percent.
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