Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1997 (p)	DEC 1996 (b)	JAN 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	251,749	255,789	251,272	-1.6	0.2
--Unemployed	14,670	13,164	15,115	11.4	-2.9
--Employed	237,079	242,625	236,157	-2.3	0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/4.6%	5.1%/5.1%	6.0%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.9%/5.4%	5.0%/5.3%	6.3%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1997 (p)	DEC 1996 (b)	JAN 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$822.80	$827.08	$776.15	-0.5	6.0
--Average Weekly Hours	44.0	46.0	43.0	-4.3	2.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$716.77	$734.37	$684.59	-2.4	4.7
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	46.1	43.8	-3.9	1.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$558.93	$565.90	$472.42	-1.2	18.3
--Average Weekly Hours	39.5	40.8	39.5	-3.2	0.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$542.41	$559.62	$503.87	-3.1	7.6
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	42.6	39.8	-2.6	4.3
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1997 (p)	DEC 1996 (b)	JAN 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	27,473	26,002	32,078	5.7	-14.4
----Initial Claims ²	3,412	3,618	3,919	-5.7	-12.9
--Weeks Compensated	21,444	18,580	23,319	15.4	-8.0
--Benefits Paid	$3,785,379.00	$3,262,189.00	$4,097,743.00	16.0	-7.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$176.52	$175.58	$175.73	0.5	0.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	191,102	199,458	190,998	-4.2	0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.9%	2.2%	2.8%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1997 (p)	DEC 1996 (b)	JAN 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,570	4,130	4,602	10.7	-0.7
--Openings Received	1,521	1,411	1,500	7.8	1.4
--Individuals Placed	673	653	686	3.1	-1.9
--Placement Transactions	975	986	1,035	-1.1	-5.8
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1997 (p)	DEC 1996 (b)	JAN 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	159.1	158.6	154.4	0.3	3.0
----Food and Beverage	156.9	156.6	151.4	0.2	3.6
----Housing	155.1	154.0	150.6	0.7	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	129.6	130.3	130.0	-0.5	-0.3
----Transportation	145.0	145.2	139.9	-0.1	3.6
----Medical Care	231.8	230.6	225.2	0.5	2.9
----Entertainment	161.3	160.8	157.0	0.3	2.7
----Other Goods & Services	220.0	218.7	212.0	0.6	3.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	129.7	128.8	126.3	0.7	2.7

(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.