Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOVEMBER 1997 (p)	OCTOBER 1997 (r)	NOVEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	256,006	258,419	257,042	-0.9	-0.4
--Unemployed	10,190	9,439	12,263	8.0	-16.9
--Employed	245,816	248,980	244,779	-1.3	0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.2%	3.7%/4.2%	4.8%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.6%	4.4%/4.7%	5.0%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOVEMBER 1997 (p)	OCTOBER 1997 (r)	NOVEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$833.95	$854.98	$807.08	-2.5	3.3
--Average Weekly Hours	46.1	48.8	47.7	-5.5	-3.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$746.38	$733.41	$712.99	1.8	4.7
--Average Weekly Hours	45.4	45.3	45.5	0.2	-0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$594.69	$583.23	$549.29	2.0	8.3
--Average Weekly Hours	40.4	40.7	40.3	-0.7	0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$569.56	$560.84	$544.35	1.6	4.6
--Average Weekly Hours	42.6	42.2	42.1	0.9	1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOVEMBER 1997 (p)	OCTOBER 1997 (r)	NOVEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	12,719	9,524	15,839	33.5	-19.7
----Initial Claims ²	2,528	1,812	3,118	39.5	-18.9
--Weeks Compensated	8,156	6,531	10,833	24.9	-24.7
--Benefits Paid	$1,343,078.00	$1,096,229.00	$1,843,546.00	22.5	-27.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$164.67	$167.85	$170.18	-1.9	-3.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	203,564	205,196	203,663	-0.8	0.0
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	0.9%	1.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOVEMBER 1997 (p)	OCTOBER 1997 (r)	NOVEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,960	4,498	4,181	-12.0	-5.3
--Openings Received	1,961	2,607	1,641	-24.8	19.5
--Individuals Placed	1,079	1,456	881	-25.9	22.5
--Placement Transactions	1,537	2,082	1,353	-26.2	13.6
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOVEMBER 1997 (p)	OCTOBER 1997 (r)	NOVEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	161.5	161.6	158.6	-0.1	1.8
----Food and Beverage	158.9	158.7	156.2	0.1	1.7
----Housing	157.7	157.7	153.9	0.0	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.7	134.9	133.4	-0.1	1.0
----Transportation	143.9	144.5	144.8	-0.4	-0.6
----Medical Care	236.4	235.8	230.5	0.3	2.6
----Entertainment	162.9	163.1	160.7	-0.1	1.4
----Other Goods & Services	229.9	229.4	219.2	0.2	4.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.8	127.8	128.2	0.0	-0.3

(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.