Wyoming Venture Capital has launched a new jobs board featuring roles in advanced fields like artificial intelligence, aimed at drawing talent to Wyoming with high salaries and unconventional opportunities, Cowboy State Daily reports.
The board lists positions such as Generative AI Product Manager and Machine Learning Engineer, part of an emerging startup ecosystem in the state. These high-tech roles come as Wyoming invests in diversifying its economy through the US Treasury’s State Small Business Credit Initiative, which allocated $58.4 million for direct investment in Wyoming startups. The Wyoming Business Council has focused this funding on supporting companies poised to make a significant economic impact.
Bert Adam, Managing Director of Wyoming Business Council and Wyoming Venture Capital, explained that these investments highlighted a demand for skilled talent within the state.
“What we saw after making some of these direct investments into Wyoming companies is they were struggling to find good Wyoming talent,” Adam said.
This need spurred the creation of the jobs board, which exclusively lists roles physically based in Wyoming or remote positions accessible to Wyoming residents.
The board also aims to counter Wyoming’s “brain drain” by attracting young talent who might otherwise leave the state for career opportunities. According to Wyoming Business Council CEO Josh Dorrell, about 65% of Wyoming residents in their late 20s to early 30s move out of the state, making Wyoming one of the states with the highest talent loss rates. The jobs board, Dorrell hopes, will encourage college graduates and former residents to consider Wyoming as a viable location for long-term careers.
“This can broaden people’s view of the types of jobs available in Wyoming,” Dorrell said.
He emphasized that the board’s diverse job postings signal to graduates and former residents that Wyoming is a place to both start and sustain a career, particularly in high-growth industries like tech.
Wyoming’s talent retention efforts reflect the state’s aging population challenges, with the 65-plus demographic as the only age group currently experiencing growth. Dorrell pointed out that Wyoming’s lack of workforce growth highlights the need to understand why residents seek opportunities elsewhere.
“We’re digging into that more to truly understand what those effects are,” Dorrell said.
While salaries are one factor, he suggested that a scarcity of varied opportunities may also drive young professionals to leave the state. Highlighting roles in innovative fields is one way the startup-focused jobs board aims to change this narrative.
