Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's civilian labor force grew by 2.4 percent from January 1998 to 1999. The number of unemployed in the state fell 2.7 percent over the same time period."

				Percent Change
	January 1999 (p)	December 1998 (r)	January 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	254,749	256,919	248,778	-0.8	2.4
--Unemployed	14,928	11,743	15,349	27.1	-2.7
--Employed	239,821	245,176	233,429	-2.2	2.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.9%/4.6%	4.6%/4.5%	6.2%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.8%/4.3%	4.0%/4.3%	5.2%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,897,000	8,220,000	7,702,000	-3.9	2.5
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.0%	6.2%	6.0%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	339,000	358,000	374,000	-5.3	-9.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,815,000	3,455,000	4,299,000	10.4	-11.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$816.05	$853.89	$846.87	-4.4	-3.6
--Average Weekly Hours	43.2	44.8	47.9	-2.5	-5.6
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$737.38	$758.20	$749.25	-2.7	-1.6
--Average Weekly Hours	42.5	43.6	45.0	-2.5	-5.6
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$612.65	$604.63	$623.37	1.3	-1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.2	39.7	40.4	1.3	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$564.57	$582.77	$561.46	-3.1	0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	41.3	42.6	41.9	-3.1	-1.4
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	18,428	16,199	22,873	13.8	-19.4
--Benefits Paid	$3,379,974	$2,864,181	$2,880,977	18.0	17.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$183.41	$176.81	$173.75	3.7	5.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	200,098	207,051	197,160	-3.4	1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	2.5%	1.8%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	164.3	163.9	161.6	0.2	1.7
----Food & Beverages	163.9	162.7	160.3	0.7	2.2
----Housing	161.8	161.3	158.3	0.3	2.2
----Apparel	127.9	130.7	129.8	-2.1	-1.5
----Transportation	140.4	140.7	142.7	-0.2	-1.6
----Medical Care	246.6	245.2	238.1	0.6	3.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.7	101.2	100.3	0.5	1.4
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.9	100.7	99.9	0.2	1.0
----Other Goods & Services	255.4	250.3	231.3	2.0	10.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	123.2	122.7	125.4	0.4	-1.8

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

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