"Average weekly earnings for Wyoming's mining production workers increased 14.5 percent from December 2000 to December 2001."

			December	November	December	Percent Change
			2001	2001	2000	Month	Year
			______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)			267,977	269,583	263,432	-0.6	1.7
		Unemployed	10,719	9,578	9,821	11.9	9.1
		Employed	257,258	260,005	253,611	-1.1	1.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			4.0%/3.9%	3.6%/3.8%	3.7%/3.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			5.4%/5.8%	5.3%/5.6%	3.7%/4.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,319,000	7,266,000	7,556,000	0.7	-3.1
	As a percent of all workers		5.4%	5.4%	5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			344,000	322,000	265,000	6.8	21.5
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			4,388,000	4,042,000	3,246,000	8.6	35.2

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
	Average Weekly Earnings		$1,025.53	$1,012.65	$895.58	1.3	14.5
	Average Weekly Hours		46.7	47.1	45.6	-0.8	2.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$765.98	$764.16	$747.20	0.2	2.5
	Average Weekly Hours		43.3	43.1	42.6	0.5	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$629.18	$634.97	$613.09	-0.9	2.6
	Average Weekly Hours		38.6	38.6	39.1	0.0	-1.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$627.76	$613.35	$607.34	2.3	3.4
	Average Weekly Hours		41.3	40.7	41.4	1.5	-0.2

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated (2)		12,433	8,880	12,973	40.0	-4.2
	Benefits Paid		$2,666,133	$1,872,425	$2,627,681	42.4	1.5
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$214.44	$210.86	$202.55	1.7	5.9
	State Insured Covered Jobs (1)		217,200	217,253	214,088	1.5	0.0
	Insured Unemployment Rate		1.8%	1.2%	1.7%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		176.7	177.4	174.0	-0.4	1.6
		Food & Beverages	175.2	175.2	170.5	0.0	2.8
		Housing	176.9	176.9	171.9	0.0	2.9
		Apparel	123.7	128.0	127.8	-3.4	-3.2
		Transportation	148.5	150.2	154.4	-1.1	-3.8
		Medical Care	277.3	276.7	264.8	0.2	4.7
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	105.3	105.5	103.7	-0.2	1.5
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	106.9	107.0	103.6	-0.1	3.2
		Other Goods & Services	286.4	289.2	274.0	-1.0	4.5

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		128.0	130.1	136.2	-1.6	-6.0

Wyoming Building Permits
	New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized		104	98	56	6.1	85.7
	Valuation		$9,466,000	$13,031,000	$9,742,000	-27.4	-2.8

(p) Preliminary (r) Revised (1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates