Wyoming Economic Indicators
by: Julie Barnish, Statistical Technician

"Benefits paid by Wyoming Unemployment Insurance increased 20.4 percent from November 1999 to November 2000."

				Percent Change
	November 2000 (p)	October 2000 (r)	November 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	264,227	266,007	261,873	-0.7	0.9
--Unemployed	9,392	8,691	11,029	8.1	-14.8
--Employed	254,835	257,316	250,844	-1.0	1.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.6%/3.8%	3.3%/3.9%	4.2%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.0%	3.6%/3.9%	3.8%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,455,000	7,550,000	8,057,000	-1.3	-7.5
--As a percent of all workers	5.5%	5.6%	6.0%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	234,000	230,000	272,000	1.7	-14.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,241,000	2,851,000	3,045,000	13.7	6.4
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$875.77	$874.00	$880.49	0.2	-0.5
--Average Weekly Hours	45.9	46.0	44.9	-0.2	2.2
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$766.44	$785.54	$758.65	-2.4	1.0
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	46.1	44.6	-2.6	0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$600.24	$643.17	$594.66	-6.7	0.9
--Average Weekly Hours	38.7	40.4	39.2	-4.2	-1.3
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$607.15	$604.45	$594.18	0.4	2.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.6	42.2	-0.2	-1.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	9,504	6,762	8,638	40.6	10.0
--Benefits Paid	$1,894,695	$1,354,437	$1,573,591	39.9	20.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$199.36	$200.31	$182.17	-0.5	9.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	215,703	219,820	209,389	-1.9	3.0
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.3%	0.9%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	174.1	174.0	168.3	0.1	3.4
----Food & Beverages	169.5	169.6	165.7	-0.1	2.3
----Housing	171.6	171.7	164.9	-0.1	4.1
----Apparel	131.8	132.8	133.6	-0.8	-1.3
----Transportation	198.0	197.0	192.7	0.5	2.8
----Medical Care	264.1	263.7	253.3	0.2	4.3
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	103.7	103.8	101.9	-0.1	1.8
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	103.2	103.6	102.2	-0.4	1.0
----Other Goods & Services	276.2	273.0	263.0	1.2	5.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	134.6	135.1	128.3	-0.4	4.9
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	114	141	121	-19.1	-5.8
--Valuation	$14,405,000	$28,328,000	$12,785,000	-49.1	12.7

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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