Economic Indicators

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 2

	Dec	Nov	Dec	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	______(p)_	______(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force	274,674	275,855	267,606	-0.4	2.6
Unemployed	11,530	10,438	12,169	10.5	-5.3
Employed	263,144	265,417	255,437	-0.9	3.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.0%	3.8%/4.0%	4.5%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/5.7%	5.6%/5.9%	5.7%/6.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,260,000	7,302,000	7,650,000	-0.6	-5.1
As a percent of all workers	5.2%	5.3%	5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	433,000	457,000	403,000	-5.3	7.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,833,000	4,682,000	4,385,000	3.2	10.2

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$1,012.48	$996.36	$917.60	1.6	10.3
Average Weekly Hours	44.8	44.5	43.1	0.7	3.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$834.47	$821.72	$776.15	1.6	7.5
Average Weekly Hours	44.6	45.1	43.9	-1.1	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$647.80	$657.71	$709.97	-1.5	-8.8
Average Weekly Hours	41.0	40.7	40.5	0.7	1.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$664.83	$653.84	$644.78	1.7	3.1
Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.2	41.2	0.7	0.7

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated	20,689	12,751	22,435	62.3	-7.8
Benefits Paid	$4,791,202	$2,912,733	$5,096,680	64.5	-6.0
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$231.58	$228.43	$227.18	1.4	1.9
State Insured Covered Jobs	225,834	225,818	222,183	0.0	1.6
Insured Unemployment Rate	2.1%	1.6%	2.3%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	184.3	184.5	180.9	-0.1	1.9
Food & Beverages	184.1	182.9	177.8	0.7	3.5
Housing	185.1	185.1	181.1	0.0	2.2
Apparel	119.0	123.1	121.5	-3.3	-2.1
Transportation	154.7	155.7	154.2	-0.6	0.3
Medical Care	302.1	300.8	291.3	0.4	3.7
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.7	107.8	106.5	-0.1	1.1
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	110.9	110.8	109.2	0.1	1.6
Other Goods & Services	300.2	300.0	295.8	0.1	1.5

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	139.4	138.9	132.9	0.4	4.9

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
Total Units	124	154	125	-19.5	-0.8
Valuation	$21,020,000	$21,121,000	$16,377,000	-0.5	28.4
Single Family Homes	117	115	104	1.7	12.5
Valuation	$20,596,000	$18,966,000	$15,392,000	8.6	33.8

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	62	63	36	-1.6	72.2


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