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Wyoming DOT reports about 12% full‑time vacancy rate; housing and pay used to recruit
Summary
Wyoming Department of Transportation told a legislative committee it has roughly 2,051 authorized positions, about 1,815 filled full‑time employees and around 236 vacancies (about 12%), and described efforts — including targeted housing and pay adjustments — to recruit and retain staff.
Darren Westby, director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, told the Joint Transportation Highways Military Affairs Committee on May 1 that WYDOT is working to reduce a persistent vacancy problem that has affected operations statewide.
At the meeting, Westby said WYDOT has 2,051 authorized positions, about 1,815 filled full‑time positions and roughly 236 vacancies — “just shy of 12% vacancy on the full‑time positions,” he said. He told the committee the agency began 2023 with about 345 vacancies and has reduced that number to the current level.
The vacancy shortfall includes technical and field roles that WYDOT leaders say are hard to fill, such as…
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