Wyoming’s state-law framework is narrow by comparison with plaintiff-favorable jurisdictions. The Fair Employment Practices Act provides state-level protection, and common-law public-policy and implied-contract exceptions to at-will provide additional grounds in defined circumstances. Most damages exposure reaches the federal-track cap structure.
Energy-sector compensation
Wyoming’s energy sector spans coal (Powder River Basin), oil and gas, and trona mining. Plaintiffs face compensation with rotational schedules, production-linked bonuses, and pronounced commodity-cycle sensitivity. The model runs commodity-scenario sensitivity for the relevant loss period rather than using a single assumed strip.
Thin professional labor market
Outside Cheyenne and Casper, the Wyoming professional-services labor market is thin. Imputed mitigation requires documented evidence of available alternative employment within a realistic geography.
Worklife & discount-rate notes
Wyoming's energy, mining, and tourism sectors produce compensation structures with rotational schedules, production-linked bonuses, and seasonal variability. Coal, oil, and trona-mining plaintiffs face commodity-cycle sensitivity; tourism plaintiffs face seasonal earnings; the broader labor market is thin for professional-services specialties.
