Economic Indicators
"Wyoming's labor force increased by 5,337 persons from November 1997 to 1998. There were 697 more unemployed persons and 4,640 employed during this time."
Percent Change | |||||
November 1998 (p) | October 1998 (r) | November 1997 (b) | Month | Year | |
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1) | 257,696 | 259,352 | 252,359 | -0.6 | 2.1 |
--Unemployed | 11,458 | 10,379 | 10,761 | 10.4 | 6.5 |
--Employed | 246,238 | 248,973 | 241,598 | -1.1 | 1.9 |
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.4%/4.8% | 4.0%/4.8% | 4.3%/4.6% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.1%/4.4% | 4.2%/4.6% | 4.3%/4.6% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 8,307,000 | 8,234,000 | 8,156,000 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
--As a Percent of All Workers | 6.3% | 6.2% | 6.2% | N/A | N/A |
U. S. Discouraged Workers | 310,000 | 333,000 | 331,000 | -6.9 | -6.3 |
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 3,159,000 | 3,086,000 | 3,768,000 | 2.4 | -16.2 |
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | |||||
Wyoming Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $858.29 | $855.72 | $841.19 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 45.8 | 45.3 | 46.5 | 0.7 | -3.3 |
U.S. Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $761.61 | $750.73 | $748.30 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 44.1 | 43.8 | 45.6 | 0.7 | -3.3 |
Wyoming Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $621.30 | $624.34 | $598.04 | -0.5 | 3.9 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 41.2 | 40.7 | 40.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
U.S. Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $572.98 | $567.33 | $569.14 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 42.1 | 41.9 | 42.6 | 0.5 | -1.2 |
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | |||||
--Weeks Compensated (2) | 9,040 | 6,298 | 8,156 | 43.5 | 10.8 |
--Benefits Paid | $1,583,126 | $1,110,098 | $1,343,078 | 42.6 | 17.9 |
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $175.12 | $176.26 | $164.67 | -0.6 | 6.3 |
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 205,252 | 209,733 | 203,564 | -2.1 | 0.8 |
--Insured Unemployment Rate | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Items | 164.0 | 164.0 | 161.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
----Food & Beverages | 162.5 | 162.4 | 158.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
----Housing | 161.3 | 161.4 | 157.7 | -0.1 | 2.3 |
----Apparel | 135.0 | 135.6 | 134.7 | -0.4 | 0.2 |
----Transportation | 141.5 | 141.3 | 143.9 | 0.1 | -1.7 |
----Medical Care | 244.7 | 244.3 | 236.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 101.3 | 101.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 101.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
----Other Goods & Services | 240.5 | 241.3 | 229.9 | -0.3 | 4.6 |
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Commodities | 123.5 | 124.0 | 127.9 | -0.4 | -3.4 |
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized
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