Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1994(p)	JAN 1994(r)	FEB 1993(b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	246,416	247,461	234,173	-0.4	5.2
--Unemployed	19,932	24,074	16,120	-17.2	23.6
--Employed	226,484	223,387	218,053	1.4	3.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	8.1%/6.7%	9.7%/8.1%	6.9%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	7.1%/6.5%	7.3%/6.7%	7.7%/7.0%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$694.90	$732.15	$715.73	-5.1	-2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	45.3	45.0	44.4	0.7	2.0
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$650.95	$659.38	$635.10	-1.3	2.5
--Average Weekly Hours	43.6	43.9	43.5	-0.7	0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$459.42	$449.69	$436.85	2.2	5.2
--Average Weekly Hours	39.2	38.7	38.9	1.3	0.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$490.82	$496.76	$477.58	-1.2	2.8
--Average Weekly Hours	40.8	41.5	41.1	-1.7	-0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Claims Filed	26,110	27,463	25,453	-4.9	2.6
----Initial Claims	2,445	3,158	2,928	-22.6	-16.5
--Weeks Compensated	19,881	16,598	19,315	19.8	2.9
--Benefits Paid	$3,333,975	$2,746,575	$3,077,590	21.4	8.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$167.35	$165.06	$159.15	1.4	5.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs(1)	185,960	186,369	180,430	-0.2	3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	3.1%	2.7%	3.0%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,114	4,524	3,863	-31.2	-19.4
--Openings Received	1,781	1,924	2,443	-7.4	-27.1
--Individuals Placed	624	893	719	-30.1	-13.2
--Placement Transactions	1,103	1,391	1,307	-20.7	-15.6
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	146.7	146.2	143.1	0.3	2.5
----Food and Beverage	143.6	144.3	140.7	-0.5	2.1
----Housing	143.7	142.9	139.7	0.6	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	132.4	130.4	133.4	1.5	-0.7
----Transportation	131.9	131.6	129.2	0.2	2.1
----Medical Care	207.7	206.4	198.0	0.6	4.9
----Entertainment	149.1	148.5	144.5	0.4	3.2
----Other Goods & Services	195.2	195.1	191.5	0.1	1.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	119.4	119.0	118.4	0.3	0.8

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.