Wyoming jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Wyoming economy

• 3.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 284,967

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 579,761

  people in Wyoming

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $74,815

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wyoming outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 2.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+1,541 jobs), health care (+1,006 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: mining & energy (−723 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Wyoming

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Wyoming layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wyoming in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

Employers hiring most in Wyoming

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

1. Michels8 open roles
2. TerraPower8 open roles
3. Air National Guard Units6 open roles
4. Veterans Health Administration6 open roles
5. Townsquare Media5 open roles
6. American Heart Association4 open roles
7. Bechtel4 open roles
8. Bechtel Plant Machinery4 open roles
9. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts4 open roles
10. Love's Travel Stops4 open roles
11. Mastec4 open roles
12. National Park Service4 open roles

Higher education in Wyoming

• 1

  public and private non-profit colleges

  Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

• about 39,000

  students enrolled

  Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Wyoming

All 1 Wyoming colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wyoming. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Wyoming? How to file for unemployment in Wyoming (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Wyoming Workforce Development Council

  Serves all of Wyoming

Conferences in Wyoming

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Wyoming, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 1 with dates announced.

All conferences

Wyoming counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Wyoming cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.