Converse County unemployment at 2.7%, still below U.S. rate 

DOUGLAS (WNE) — Converse County’s unemployment rate continues to drop, standing at just 2.7% in August, down from 2.9% in July, according to Department of Workforce Service Research & Planning Senior Economist David Bullard in the October WDWS report.

Wyoming’s statewide unemployment rate also fell, from 3.3% in July to 3.2% in August, well below the national unemployment rate of 4.3%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Monday.

Other counties whose rates fell in August include Sweetwater (3.5% to 3.1%), Fremont (3.5% to 3.1%), Campbell (2.9% to 2.5%), Natrona (2.9% to 2.8%), John- son (2.2% to 2.1%), and Albany (2.5% to 2.2%). Weston County remained the same from July to August at 2.4%.

“In August, the highest unemployment rates were found in Platte County at 3.7%, Big Horn County at 3.5%, and Niobrara County at 3.4%,” Bullard said. “The lowest rates were reported in Teton County at 1.5%, Lincoln County at 2.1%, and Johnson County at 2.1%.”

From August 2024 to August 2025, unemployment rates fell in 20 counties, rose in two counties, and remained unchanged in one county.

The largest year-to-year decreases occurred in Johnson (down from 2.9% to 2.1%), Weston (down from 3.0% to 2.4%), and Lincoln (down from 2.7% to 2.1%) counties. 

The two areas where unemployment rates increased were Hot Springs County (up from 2.8% to 3.0%) and Niobrara County (up from 3.2% to 3.4%). 

In Converse County, the August 2024 unemployment rate was sitting at 3.1%, a decrease of four percentage points.

This story was published on Nov. 5, 2025.