Sheridan County leads self-employment in Wyoming; state leads U.S.

SHERIDAN — A recent report showed Sheridan County held the highest percentage of self-employed jobs in Wyoming in 2022, and the state led the U.S. in self-employment.

Just over one-third of Wyoming’s 436,564 full-time and part-time jobs in 2022 were self-employed, according to the Wyoming Department of Administration and Information (WDAI) report. The data in the report came from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Wyoming was the state with the most self-employed jobs, and Sheridan County had the highest percentage — 50.4% — of self-employed jobs in the state, according to the report. Johns...