Wyoming’s ‘brain drain’ exacerbates labor shortage

CHEYENNE – Wyoming is experiencing some of the same labor pains as the booming Front Range – but for a somewhat different reason.Call it the “brain drain” or maybe just a lack of new jobs. Where Colorado’s labor shortage can be traced to the rapid economic expansion and growing demand for new skilled workers, Wyoming’s labor shortage stems primarily from a lack of opportunity.
Wyoming’s economy has not experienced the boom of the Front Range and has been relatively flat for several years, prompting some of the state’s residents and many of its new graduates to leave looking for greener…