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Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1996 (p)	OCT 1996 (r)	NOV 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	255,528	257,135	255,571	-0.6	0.0
--Unemployed	10,797	10,365	10,983	4.2	-1.7
--Employed	244,731	246,770	244,588	-0.8	0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.6%	4.0%/4.7%	4.3%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/5.4%	4.9%/5.2%	5.3%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1996 (p)	OCT 1996 (r)	NOV 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$816.66	$800.18	$739.15	2.1	10.5
--Average Weekly Hours	46.8	46.2	43.2	1.3	8.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$703.56	$711.91	$687.68	-1.2	2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	45.4	44.2	-2.2	0.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$544.16	$531.96	$438.05	2.3	24.2
--Average Weekly Hours	40.7	40.3	38.8	1.0	4.9
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$544.77	$538.00	$523.33	1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	41.5	0.0	0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1996 (p)	OCT 1996 (r)	NOV 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	15,839	12,233	18,107	29.5	-12.5
----Initial Claims ²	3,118	2,401	2,691	29.9	15.9
--Weeks Compensated	10,833	8,801	12,577	23.1	-13.9
--Benefits Paid	$1,843,546.00	$1,528,732.00	$2,179,396.00	20.6	-15.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$170.18	$173.70	$173.28	-2.0	-1.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	203,663	206,243	201,263	-1.3	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.1%	1.8%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1996 (p)	OCT 1996 (r)	NOV 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,181	5,066	4,207	-17.5	-0.6
--Openings Received	1,641	3,050	1,924	-46.2	-14.7
--Individuals Placed	881	1,640	976	-46.3	-9.7
--Placement Transactions	1,353	2,334	1,590	-42.0	-14.9
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1996 (p)	OCT 1996 (r)	NOV 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	158.6	158.3	153.6	0.2	3.3
----Food and Beverage	156.2	155.8	149.8	0.3	4.3
----Housing	153.9	154.0	149.4	-0.1	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	133.4	133.4	133.7	0.0	-0.2
----Transportation	144.8	143.9	139.4	0.6	3.9
----Medical Care	230.5	230.1	223.5	0.2	3.1
----Entertainment	160.7	159.8	156.0	0.6	3.0
----Other Goods & Services	219.2	218.8	211.2	0.2	3.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.1	127.9	125.4	0.2	2.2

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 These figures may differ from those in Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims and Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims because they are derived from different sources.