Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1996 (p)	NOV 1996 (r)	DEC 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	253,570	255,528	254,546	-0.8	-0.4
--Unemployed	11,437	10,797	11,462	5.9	-0.2
--Employed	242,133	244,731	243,084	-1.1	-0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.4%	4.2%/4.6%	4.5%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/5.3%	5.0%/5.3%	5.2%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1996 (p)	NOV 1996 (r)	DEC 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$817.72	$802.96	$792.06	1.8	3.2
--Average Weekly Hours	46.7	47.4	44.8	-1.5	4.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$703.56	$711.91	$687.68	-1.2	2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	45.4	44.2	-2.2	0.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$543.92	$537.07	$450.55	1.3	20.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.5	40.2	40.7	0.7	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$544.77	$538.00	$523.33	1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	41.5	0.0	0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1996 (p)	NOV 1996 (r)	DEC 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	26,002	15,839	19,936	64.2	30.4
----Initial Claims ²	3,618	3,118	2,909	16.0	24.4
--Weeks Compensated	18,580	10,833	15,355	71.5	21.0
--Benefits Paid	$3,262,189.00	$1,843,546.00	$2,642,827.00	77.0	23.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.58	$170.18	$173.28	3.2	1.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	202,617	203,663	200,200	-0.5	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.2%	1.5%	2.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1996 (p)	NOV 1996 (r)	DEC 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,130	4,181	3,703	-1.2	11.5
--Openings Received	1,411	1,641	2,047	-14.0	-31.1
--Individuals Placed	653	881	863	-25.9	-24.3
--Placement Transactions	986	1,353	1,364	-27.1	-27.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1996 (p)	NOV 1996 (r)	DEC 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	158.6	158.6	153.5	0.0	3.3
----Food and Beverage	156.6	156.2	150.3	0.3	4.2
----Housing	154.0	153.9	149.7	0.1	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.3	133.4	130.6	-2.3	-0.2
----Transportation	145.2	144.8	139.1	0.3	4.4
----Medical Care	230.6	230.5	223.8	0.0	3.0
----Entertainment	160.8	160.7	156.2	0.1	2.9
----Other Goods & Services	218.7	219.2	211.1	-0.2	3.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.8	128.1	125.7	0.5	2.5

(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.