Sweetwater, Wyoming
Sweetwater County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 31, 2026
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jun 2026
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Sweetwater is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 42 | 12 | 26 | + | 0 | 0 |
| College | 83 | 16 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | |
| Current | Private | 570 | 37 | 283 | 196 | 54 | 30 |
| Public | 281 | 41 | 158 | 70 | 12 | 23 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 425 | 41 | 237 | 125 | 22 | 23 | |
| Recent Veteran | 8 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1414 | 151 | 748 | 424 | 95 | 81 | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 42 | 12 | 26 | + | 0 | 0 |
| College | 83 | 16 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | |
| Current | Private | 570 | 37 | 283 | 196 | 54 | 30 |
| Public | 281 | 41 | 158 | 70 | 12 | 23 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 9 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 425 | 41 | 237 | 125 | 22 | 23 | |
| Recent Veteran | 8 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1414 | 151 | 748 | 424 | 95 | 81 | |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 31, 2026
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 312 | 130 |
|
✓
Current |
74 | 904 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 166 | 461 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 105 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
Employers in Sweetwater County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism
- Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce
- Blue Door Services
- Sweetwater County School District #2
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County
- Wyoming Machinery Company
- Castle Rock Hospital District
- Krazy Moose
- YMCA of Sweetwater County
- Quality Inn
- Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners
- Holiday Inn
- Tronox Alkali
- Black Butte Coal Company
- Simplot Phosphates LLC
- Papa Murphy's Take 'N' BakePizza
- Union Wireless
Golden Hour Senior Center
- The Hitching Post Restaurant & Saloon
- Goodwill Industries of Wyoming Rock
Springs - Jensen Jewelers
- Plaza Mall Shopping Center
- Sweetwater Now LLC
- White Mountain Dental
- Terry R. Pitt Constrcution
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