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Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's total civilian labor force increased 1.0 percent from December 1997 to 1998; the total number of employed and unemployed also rose by 1.0 percent for the same time period."

Percent Change
December 1998 (p) November 1998 (r) December 1997 (b) Month Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1) 255,728 257,736 253,078 -0.8 1.0
--Unemployed 11,639 11,494 11,521 1.3 1.0
--Employed 244,089 246,242 241,557 -0.9 1.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.6%/4.5% 4.5%/4.8% 4.6%/4.5% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.0%/4.3% 4.1%/4.4% 4.4%/4.7% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 8,220,000 8,307,000 8,108,000 -1.0 1.4
--As a Percent of All Workers 6.2% 6.3% 6.2% N/A N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers 358,000 310,000 345,000 15.5 3.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 3,455,000 3,159,000 3,869,000 9.4 -10.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $856.32 $859.84 $844.67 -0.4 1.4
--Average Weekly Hours 44.3 44.9 47.4 -0.9 -3.8
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $757.34 $760.35 $746.70 -0.4 1.4
--Average Weekly Hours 43.5 43.9 45.2 -0.9 -3.8
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $603.17 $618.10 $601.15 -2.4 0.3
--Average Weekly Hours 40.4 41.4 40.4 -2.4 0.0
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $583.19 $572.56 $579.21 1.9 0.7
--Average Weekly Hours 42.6 42.1 43.0 1.2 -0.9
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2) 16,199 9,040 15,016 79.2 7.9
--Benefits Paid $2,864,181 $1,583,126 $2,522,610 80.9 13.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $176.81 $175.12 $167.99 1.0 5.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 204,120 205,252 204,008 -0.6 0.1
--Insured Unemployment Rate 1.8% 1.3% 1.7% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 163.9 164.0 161.3 -0.1 1.6
----Food & Beverages 162.7 162.5 159.1 0.1 2.3
----Housing 161.3 161.3 157.7 0.0 2.3
----Apparel 130.7 135.0 131.6 -3.2 -0.7
----Transportation 140.7 141.5 143.2 -0.6 -1.7
----Medical Care 245.2 244.7 237.1 0.2 3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 101.2 101.3 100.0 -0.1 1.2
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 100.7 101.0 100.0 -0.3 0.7
----Other Goods & Services 250.3 240.5 230.1 4.1 8.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 122.7 123.5 126.8 -0.6 -3.2

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized


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