Wyoming Department of Workforce Services

The $2 million grant will help inmates before and after release to secure documents and permits, and offer career counseling and training. The state is looking for business partners.

As baby boomers retire and millennials find careers elsewhere, filling existing and new jobs is a “tricky question,” says one of the state’s workforce researchers.

Unemployment fell this month while more jobs were created across multiple sectors.

April’s 3.6% is “modestly higher” than last year, but “considerably lower” than the U.S. rate.

Non-residential construction jobs are up, partly due to new data centers. But the number of people opting to enter the workforce is decreasing.

Slightly more people are looking for work than this time last year. But Wyoming’s rate trails the national 4.1%.

Unemployment rates tend to drop in summer months as seasonal jobs in construction, and professional and business services, pick up.

Compared to last year, jobless rates are up in 17 counties, down in four and holding steady in Lincoln and Teton counties.

This year’s rate is considerably higher than February of last year, at 2.8%, but still well below the national unemployment rate of 4.1%.

While the state’s rate is almost a full point higher than last year, it’s still below the current national unemployment rate of 4%.