Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1995 (p)	NOV 1995 (r)	DEC 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	253,275	254,610	250,110	-0.5	1.3
--Unemployed	10,974	10,848	13,100	1.2	-16.2
--Employed	242,301	243,762	237,010	-0.6	2.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.0%	4.3%/4.5%	5.2%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.6%	5.3%/5.6%	5.1%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1995 (p)	NOV 1995 (r)	DEC 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$743.97	$726.08	$722.36	2.5	3.0
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	43.4	44.1	1.6	0.0
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
--Average Weekly Hours	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$442.09	$440.45	$474.33	0.4	-6.8
--Average Weekly Hours	39.9	38.4	40.3	3.9	-1.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
--Average Weekly Hours	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1995 (p)	NOV 1995 (r)	DEC 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	19,936	18,107	19,191	10.1	3.9
----Initial Claims2	2,909	2,691	2,826	8.1	2.9
--Weeks Compensated	15,355	12,577	13,842	22.1	10.9
--Benefits Paid	$2,642,827.00	$2,179,396.00	$2,342,143.00	21.3	12.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.28	$173.28	$169.21	0.0	2.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	203,949	202,818	198,364	0.6	2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.1%	1.8%	2.0%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1995 (p)	NOV 1995 (r)	DEC 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,703	4,207	4,041	-12.0	-8.4
--Openings Received	2,047	1,924	1,962	6.4	4.3
--Individuals Placed	863	976	1,120	-11.6	-22.9
--Placement Transactions	1,364	1,590	1,751	-14.2	-22.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1995 (p)	NOV 1995 (r)	DEC 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	153.5	153.6	149.7	-0.1	2.5
----Food and Beverage	150.3	149.8	147.2	0.3	2.1
----Housing	149.7	149.4	145.4	0.2	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.6	133.7	130.5	-2.3	0.1
----Transportation	139.1	139.4	137.1	-0.2	1.5
----Medical Care	223.8	223.5	215.3	0.1	3.9
----Entertainment	156.2	156.0	151.2	0.1	3.3
----Other Goods & Services	211.1	211.2	202.4	0.0	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.5	125.3	121.8	0.2	3.0

(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.