Economic Indicators
"The number of building permits continues to increase over last year; December 1999 indicates 120 authorized permits compared to 82 in December 1998."
Percent Change | |||||
Dec 1999 (p) | Nov 1999 (r) | Dec 1998 (b) | Month | Year | |
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) | 260,592 | 261,694 | 256,919 | -0.4 | 1.4 |
--Unemployed | 11,561 | 10,768 | 11,743 | 7.4 | -1.5 |
--Employed | 249,031 | 250,926 | 245,176 | -0.8 | 1.6 |
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.4%/4.4% | 4.1%/4.4% | 4.6%/4.5% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 3.7%/4.1% | 3.8%/4.1% | 4.0%/4.4% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 8,037,000 | 8,057,000 | 8,220,000 | -0.2 | -2.2 |
--As a Percent of All Workers | 6.0% | 6.0% | 6.2% | N/A | N/A |
U. S. Discouraged Workers | 267,000 | 272,000 | 358,000 | -1.8 | -25.4 |
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 3,332,000 | 3,045,000 | 3,455,000 | 9.4 | -3.6 |
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | |||||
Wyoming Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $873.59 | $868.77 | $857.92 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 45.1 | 44.1 | 44.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
U.S. Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $778.34 | $757.22 | $755.57 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 45.2 | 44.7 | 43.7 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
Wyoming Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $605.82 | $600.73 | $603.44 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 39.7 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
U.S. Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $605.77 | $594.60 | $583.19 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 42.6 | 42.2 | 42.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | |||||
--Weeks Compensated (2) | 10,860 | 8,638 | 16,199 | 25.7 | -33.0 |
--Benefits Paid | $2,161,764 | $1,573,591 | $2,870,597 | 37.4 | -24.7 |
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $199.06 | $182.17 | $177.21 | 9.3 | 12.3 |
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 209,131 | 209,389 | 207,051 | -0.1 | 1.0 |
--Insured Unemployment Rate | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.8% | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Items | 168.3 | 168.3 | 163.9 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
----Food & Beverages | 165.9 | 165.7 | 162.7 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
----Housing | 164.8 | 164.9 | 161.3 | -0.1 | 2.2 |
----Apparel | 130.1 | 133.6 | 130.7 | -2.6 | -0.5 |
----Transportation | 148.3 | 147.6 | 140.7 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
----Medical Care | 254.2 | 253.3 | 245.2 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 102.0 | 101.9 | 101.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 102.3 | 102.2 | 100.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
----Other Goods & Services | 263.0 | 263.0 | 250.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Commodities | 128.0 | 128.4 | 122.8 | -0.3 | 4.2 |
Wyoming Building Permits | |||||
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized | 120 | 121 | 82 | -0.8 | 46.3 |
--Valuation | $10,731,000 | $12,785,000 | $8,498,000 | -16.1 | 26.3 |
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized
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