The local economy of Wyoming and its counties, metro areas and cities, from official US government data, plus daily local gas prices for the state, its counties and metro areas.
Unemployment rate
3.0%
-0.3 ptsvs a year ago
Counties: lowest Teton County 1.8%, highest Niobrara County 4.0%.
August 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary
Average weekly pay
$1,287
+5.8%vs a year ago
275,190 jobs at 31,811 business locations.
Q1 2026, all jobs
New homes permitted
2,018
-5.8%this year vs last year
Most in Laramie County 466, Sheridan County 367.
Homes in the last 12 months, to August 2026
People moving in
+337
+0.7 per 1,000residents
22,314 moved in and 21,977 moved out. Most newcomers came from Colorado.
Net people, 2022 to 2023, the newest year published
Wyoming gas price
$4.50
+$1.43vs a year ago
Counties: lowest Natrona County $4.17, highest Teton County $5.26. Counties and metro areas
Regular, per gallon, Wyoming, October 10, 2026
Newest data: -. Not seasonally adjusted: compare with the same month a year earlier. Click a row for the history of that area.
The state, its counties and metro areas, updated daily. A separate series from the weekly survey prices above.
Business locations, employees and payroll by industry, 2023. Click an industry for its US report.
Business locations
24K
+2.9%vs 2022
2023, places with paid employees
Employees
212K
+2.0%vs 2022
Largest sector: Health Care and Social Assistance (16.0%).
2023, mid-March
Annual payroll
$12.4B
Wages and salaries paid during the year.
2023, all industries
Average pay
$58,628
Highest sector: Utilities $114,463.
Per employee per year
Share of Wyoming's employees, 2023
| Industry | Employees | Average pay |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places | 19,157 | $22,688 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 11,942 | $80,182 |
| Traveler Accommodation | 7,450 | $39,659 |
| Support Activities for Mining | 6,495 | $95,772 |
| General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters | 5,471 | $31,915 |
| Building Equipment Contractors | 4,923 | $67,020 |
| Other Amusement and Recreation Industries | 4,532 | $26,860 |
| Gasoline Stations | 4,224 | $34,502 |
| Grocery Stores | 4,221 | $34,116 |
| Coal Mining | 4,030 | $107,189 |
| Depository Credit Intermediation | 3,682 | $75,941 |
| Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | 3,618 | $78,079 |
Most values are changed slightly to protect the privacy of single businesses; a few are withheld and shown as a range. Counties and metro areas have the same numbers in the area card above (Industries).
Offered pay in certified work-visa filings, fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025). Click a company for its jobs and salaries.
In fiscal year 2025, employers offered a median of $84,365 a year in 217 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Wyoming, up 3.6% from 2024 (US: $120,000). The largest job group was Software Developers. Fiscal year 2026 so far covers filings decided through Jun 30, 2026.
Median offered pay
$84,365
+3.6%vs 2024
Middle half: $67,818 to $95,139.
H-1B, fiscal year 2025
H-1B filings
217
-22.2%vs 2024
239 positions asked for.
Certified, full-time, fiscal year 2025
Top job group
$90,563
Software Developers, 34 filings.
Median offered pay of the largest job group
Green card jobs
$35,180
-10.3%vs 2024
50 PERM filings.
PERM median, fiscal year 2025
Median and middle half of the offers in Wyoming, next to the US median. Hover a year for the numbers.
| Job group | Filings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 34 | $90,563 |
| Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians | 14 | $80,371 |
| Data Scientists | 10 | $94,141 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 9 | $66,643 |
| Physicians, All Other | 8 | $487,495 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 7 | $86,861 |
| Computer Programmers | 6 | $66,000 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 6 | $54,296 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | 6 | $68,713 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 5 | $85,580 |
| Employer | Filings | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wyoming | 45 | 2 |
| Cloudtek Data LLC | 38 | 1 |
| Soft Parch LLC | 16 | 1 |
| Metatek Solutions LLC | 9 | 1 |
| Shyra Tech LLC | 6 | 1 |
| Natrona County School District No. 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Memorial Hospital of Laramie County | 5 | 1 |
| Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic, LLC | 5 | 1 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. CTSH | 4 | 1 |
| Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction, LLC | 3 | 1 |
| City | Filings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan | 68 | $90,563 | $80,158 to $91,166 |
| Laramie | 50 | $67,000 | $61,071 to $85,580 |
| Cheyenne | 39 | $93,500 | $75,250 to $152,645 |
| Casper | 31 | $82,000 | $66,000 to $103,000 |
| Gillette | 5 | $375,000 | $300,000 to $460,000 |
| Jackson | 3 | $67,704 | $67,475 to $78,352 |
| Green River | 3 | $117,935 | $93,028 to $134,542 |
| Rock Springs | 2 | - | fewer than 3 filings |
| Wilson | 2 | - | fewer than 3 filings |
| Lander | 2 | - | fewer than 3 filings |
Yearly pay that employers offered in certified work-visa filings (H-1B, E-3 and PERM green card), from official public data. Pay is the lower end of the offered pay range, for full-time positions only. These are offered pay figures for positions in work-visa filings, not the pay of all employees. A filing is an offer for a position, not a hire, and one person can appear in several filings. Fiscal years run from October to September. Groups with fewer than 3 filings show counts only. Employers are ranked by filings in the cities of Wyoming added up.
Declared disasters and flood insurance claims: what happened, from official public data.
Wyoming has had 45 declared disasters and emergencies since 1963, 38 of them since 2000, most often Fire. Flood insurance has paid $3.77 million on 562 claims since 1978; the biggest year was 2015 ($974,569).
Declared disasters
38
10 major disasters. Most often Fire (28 since 1963).
Since 2000, all types; 45 since 1963
Flood claims paid
$935K
74 claims. Biggest year 2015 ($975K).
2016 to 2025, flood insurance
Policies in force
1,643
Average premium $935 a year.
2025, flood insurance policies
Most-declared county
10
Albany County, latest Sep 26, 2020.
Declarations since 2000
Declarations for Wyoming, 1963 to today
Claims paid in Wyoming by the year of the flood, US dollars
Declarations since 1963
Declarations naming the county since 2000; statewide ones not counted
All years since 1978; policies are a yearly average. Top 15 of 22.
| # | County | Claims | Paid | Policies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laramie County | 192 | $970K | 338 |
| 2 | Sweetwater County | 22 | $901K | 143 |
| 3 | Park County | 19 | $349K | 60 |
| 4 | Sheridan County | 74 | $293K | 144 |
| 5 | Big Horn County | 9 | $248K | 28 |
| 6 | Natrona County | 57 | $247K | 288 |
| 7 | Albany County | 16 | $122K | 78 |
| 8 | Converse County | 14 | $118K | 35 |
| 9 | Teton County | 24 | $117K | 464 |
| 10 | Carbon County | 34 | $117K | 57 |
| 11 | Lincoln County | 11 | $66K | 48 |
| 12 | Goshen County | 12 | $51K | 58 |
| 13 | Fremont County | 17 | $50K | 68 |
| 14 | Campbell County | 22 | $38K | 22 |
| 15 | Johnson County | 6 | $22K | 38 |
A declaration opens federal help after a disaster; it can name counties or the whole state. Flood insurance numbers count insured losses only (most homes have no flood insurance) and are not adjusted for inflation; the current year is data so far. For the flood-zone risk of a place, open the area on the real estate map.
Environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports of facilities in Wyoming, from official public data.
Official public data lists 5,259 facilities in Wyoming with records since 2010, 5,133 of them with environmental compliance records. In 2022 to 2026, the largest penalties were at Hf Sinclair Parco Refining CO LLC in Sinclair ($431,500). 168 large facilities reported 50.8 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023, down 5.4% from 2022.
Facilities with records
5,259
5,133 with environmental records.
Since 2010
Largest penalties
$432K
Hf Sinclair Parco Refining CO LLC, Sinclair.
One facility, 2022 to 2026
Greenhouse gases
50.8M t
-5.4%vs 2022
168 reporting facilities.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
Largest emitter
11.0M t
Laramie River, Wheatland.
Metric tons CO2e, 2023
| Facility | Penalties | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| Hf Sinclair Parco Refining CO LLC Sinclair | $431,500 | 4 |
| General Chemical Green River | $95,000 | 1 |
| Tri-State Oil Reclaimers Cheyenne | $55,801 | 5 |
| Granger Gas Plant Granger | $50,000 | 0 |
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Laramie River Station Wheatland | $45,000 | 2 |
| Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant Glenrock | $30,000 | 0 |
| Big Island Mine & Refinery (Sisecam Wyoming LLC) Sweetwater County | $26,000 | 1 |
| Hospital Waste Incinerator Casper | $20,000 | 0 |
| FMC Wyoming Corporation - Green River Wyoming Facility Green River | $15,400 | 1 |
| Lost Cabin Gas Plant Lysite | $15,000 | 2 |
| Facility | Metric tons CO2e |
|---|---|
| Laramie River Wheatland | 10,979,532 |
| Jim Bridger Point of Rocks | 8,973,791 |
| Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant Glenrock | 4,166,695 |
| Shute Creek Facility Kemmerer | 3,155,545 |
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative-Dry Fork Station Gillette | 2,840,045 |
| Naughton Kemmerer | 2,649,771 |
| Wyodak Gillette | 2,233,043 |
| We Soda Alkali Westvaco Green River | 1,824,844 |
| Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners, LLC Green River | 1,537,521 |
| Hf Sinclair Parco Refining CO LLC Sinclair | 1,050,393 |
Large facilities in Wyoming, metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Hover a year for the number.
Their facilities in Wyoming, 2022 to 2026. Click a company for its Risk & Compliance tab.
| Company | Facilities | Penalties | CO2e (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HF Sinclair Corporation DINO | 4 | $432K | 1.44M |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK-B | 6 | $30K | 18.3M |
| Black Hills Corporation BKH | 11 | $0 | 3.51M |
| Eagle Materials Inc. EXP | 1 | $0 | 522K |
Official public data on environmental compliance records, workplace safety inspections and greenhouse gas reports, summarized by facility and year since 2010. A record does not mean a site is unsafe today; penalties and violations vary a lot by industry and size. Penalties are the amounts assessed (after settlements), not amounts paid. Recent years can still change.
Cost, students and graduate earnings of the colleges in the state, from official public data.
The newest unemployment rate, pay, new home permits, moves and gas price for Wyoming, updated as new official numbers come out.
Unemployment for Wyoming is seasonally adjusted; for its counties, metro areas and cities it is not, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Pay covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance. Building permits count homes approved to be built, not homes sold. Moves count households by where they filed their tax returns in two years in a row. Daily gas prices are average pump prices for Wyoming, its counties and metro areas on the day shown. The weekly gas prices in the explorer come from a separate weekly survey that publishes a price for only some states, so a state without one shows the price of its region there; the two series are never combined.
The unemployment rate in Wyoming was 3.0% in August 2026 (seasonally adjusted, preliminary), compared with 3.3% a year earlier. 276,474 people were employed out of a labor force of 284,980. Among its counties, Teton County had the lowest rate (1.8%) and Niobrara County the highest (4.0%, not seasonally adjusted).
Average weekly pay in Wyoming was $1,287 in Q1 2026, up 5.8% from a year earlier, across 275,190 jobs at 31,811 business locations.
Building permits were issued for 183 new homes in Wyoming in August 2026 (132 single-family and 39 in buildings with 5 or more units). From January to August the total was 1,277, down 5.8% from the same months last year, and 2,018 in the last 12 months. The most homes were permitted in Laramie County (466), Sheridan County (367), Park County (213) over the last 12 months.
Yes. From 2022 to 2023, 22,314 people moved to Wyoming and 21,977 moved away, a net gain of 337 (+0.7 per 1,000 residents). Most newcomers came from Colorado, California, Utah, and most people who left went to Colorado, Utah, Texas.
Regular gasoline in Wyoming averaged $4.50 per gallon on October 10, 2026, up $1.43 from a year earlier. Diesel averaged $6.20. Among its counties, Natrona County had the lowest regular price ($4.17) and Teton County the highest ($5.26).
Health Care and Social Assistance (33,962 employees), Retail Trade (32,123 employees), Accommodation and Food Services (28,884 employees) were the largest sectors in Wyoming in 2023. In all, 23,865 business locations employed 212,203 people at an average pay of $58,628 a year.
$84,365 a year was the median pay offered in 217 certified H-1B filings for jobs in Wyoming in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), up 3.6% from 2024. The middle half of the offers ranged from $67,818 to $95,139. The US median was $120,000. These are offered pay figures in work-visa filings, not the pay of all workers.
University of Wyoming (45), Cloudtek Data LLC (38), Soft Parch LLC (16), Metatek Solutions LLC (9), Shyra Tech LLC (6) had the most certified H-1B filings for jobs in Wyoming in fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025).
Software Developers (34 filings, median $90,563), Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians (14 filings, median $80,371), Data Scientists (10 filings, median $94,141) were the largest job groups in certified H-1B filings in Wyoming in fiscal year 2025.
$90,563 was the median offered pay in Sheridan, the highest among the Wyoming cities with the most H-1B filings in fiscal year 2025 (68 filings).
$35,180 a year was the median pay offered in 50 certified PERM green card filings for jobs in Wyoming in fiscal year 2025.
45 disasters and emergencies have been declared for Wyoming since 1963, 38 of them since 2000 (10 major disasters). The most common type is Fire (28 declarations).
Albany County, with 10 declarations since 2000, followed by Platte County (8) and Natrona County (7). Statewide declarations are not counted for single counties.
$3.77 million on 562 flood insurance claims since 1978. The biggest year was 2015, with $974,569 paid on 27 claims. Laramie County received the most ($969,917).
$935 a year in 2025, across 1,643 flood insurance policies in Wyoming. Most homes have no flood insurance; the premium depends on the home's flood risk and coverage.