Economic Indicators
"Wyoming's total civilian labor force (the sum of the employed and the unemployed) increased 2.1 percent from February 1998 to 1999. The number of employed increased 2.4 percent over this time."
Percent Change | |||||
February 1999 (p) | January 1999 (r) | February 1998 (b) | Month | Year | |
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) | 256,777 | 254,907 | 251,582 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
--Unemployed | 15,219 | 14,915 | 15,655 | 2.0 | -2.8 |
--Employed | 241,558 | 239,992 | 235,927 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 5.9%/4.6% | 5.9%/4.6% | 6.2%/4.8% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.7%/4.4% | 4.8%/4.3% | 5.0%/4.6% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 8,044,000 | 7,897,000 | 7,877,000 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
--As a Percent of All Workers | 6.1% | 6.0% | 6.1% | N/A | N/A |
U. S. Discouraged Workers | 271,000 | 339,000 | 361,000 | -20.1 | -24.9 |
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 3,594,000 | 3,815,000 | 4,042,000 | -5.8 | -11.1 |
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | |||||
Wyoming Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $821.71 | $824.32 | $856.04 | -0.3 | -4.0 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 42.4 | 43.8 | 47.4 | 1.4 | -2.7 |
U.S. Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $745.15 | $732.17 | $743.16 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 42.8 | 42.2 | 44.0 | 1.4 | -2.7 |
Wyoming Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $630.42 | $625.65 | $595.60 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 39.9 | 40.6 | 40.0 | -1.7 | -0.3 |
U.S. Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $564.16 | $564.57 | $559.20 | -0.1 | 0.9 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.7 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | |||||
--Weeks Compensated (2) | 19,641 | 18,428 | 17,473 | 6.6 | 12.4 |
--Benefits Paid | $3,607,040 | $3,379,974 | $3,026,581 | 6.7 | 19.2 |
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $183.65 | $183.41 | $173.21 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 199,832 | 200,098 | 196,899 | -0.1 | 1.5 |
--Insured Unemployment Rate | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.4% | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Items | 164.5 | 164.3 | 161.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
----Food & Beverages | 163.8 | 163.9 | 159.8 | -0.1 | 2.5 |
----Housing | 162.3 | 161.8 | 158.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
----Apparel | 129.7 | 127.9 | 131.9 | 1.4 | -1.7 |
----Transportation | 139.8 | 140.4 | 142.1 | -0.4 | -1.6 |
----Medical Care | 247.7 | 246.6 | 239.3 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 101.8 | 101.7 | 100.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 100.9 | 100.9 | 99.8 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
----Other Goods & Services | 255.0 | 255.4 | 233.1 | -0.2 | 9.4 |
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Commodities | 122.4 | 123.2 | 125.0 | -0.6 | -2.1 |
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized
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