How to File for Unemployment in Wyoming

Verify your identity with ID.me or Login.gov, then file online through the Wyoming Unemployment Insurance portal (WYUI). File a weekly claim every week, even while your claim is being reviewed or you have an appeal pending, and report all gross earnings for the week you earned them. The Claims Center is at (307) 473-3789.

Your base period is usually the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file. You must have earned enough wages in the base period, including some Wyoming wages, to establish a claim. The division mails you a Statement of Wages to review.

Every claimant must complete at least two qualifying work search activities, such as contacting employers, each week. Keep a written record of each contact: the date, the employer's address and phone, the position, and the outcome. You must also register for work. Union-attached workers may be exempt from registration and work search for the first 12 weeks. After four weeks of benefits, you must be willing to apply for and accept work outside your usual job if it pays at least 50% of your previous wages.

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services' WYUI portal (wyui.wyo.gov) is where registered claimants file weekly continued claims. Claim weeks end on Saturday; you can't file until the week is over and must file within 14 days of the week's end date. For each week you worked, report hours and gross earnings (rounded down), plus any holiday, vacation or severance pay or self-employment income. The system shows which weeks you can file and saves your responses in your account; print the summary for your records.