Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1995 (p)	DEC 1994 (r)	JAN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	247,994	250,110	240,207	-0.8	3.2
--Unemployed	14,313	13,100	16,690	9.3	-14.2
--Employed	233,681	237,010	223,517	-1.4	4.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/4.3%	5.2%/5.0%	6.9%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.2%/5.7%	5.1%/5.4%	7.3%/6.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1995 (p)	DEC 1994 (r)	JAN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$730.94	$725.89	$743.93	0.7	-1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	43.2	44.1	45.5	-2.0	-5.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$681.23	$681.01	$664.15	0.0	2.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.7	45.1	44.1	-0.9	1.4
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$457.02	$475.94	$448.09	-4.0	2.0
--Average Weekly Hours	38.6	40.3	39.1	-4.2	-1.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$513.28	$525.95	$496.34	-2.4	3.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	42.9	41.5	-2.3	1.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1995 (p)	DEC 1994 (r)	JAN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	29,803	19,191	27,463	55.3	8.5
----Initial Claims2	3,692	2,826	3,158	30.6	16.9
--Weeks Compensated	20,821	13,841	16,598	50.4	25.4
--Benefits Paid	$3,620,408.00	$2,342,143.00	$2,739,739.00	54.6	32.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.88	$169.21	$165.06	2.8	5.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	191,814	198,364	186,662	-3.3	2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.7%	2.0%	2.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1995 (p)	DEC 1994 (r)	JAN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,032	4,041	4,524	24.5	11.2
--Openings Received	2,058	1,962	1,924	4.9	7.0
--Individuals Placed	860	1,120	893	-23.2	-3.7
--Placement Transactions	1,477	1,751	1,391	-15.6	6.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1995 (p)	DEC 1994 (r)	JAN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	150.3	149.7	146.2	0.4	2.8
----Food and Beverage	147.9	147.2	144.3	0.5	2.5
----Housing	146.4	145.4	142.9	0.7	2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep	129.4	130.5	130.4	-0.8	-0.8
----Transportation	137.3	137.1	131.6	0.1	4.3
----Medical Care	216.6	215.3	206.4	0.6	4.9
----Entertainment	152.1	151.2	148.5	0.6	2.4
----Other Goods & Services	203.0	202.4	195.1	0.3	4.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	122.6	121.8	119.1	0.7	2.9

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.

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