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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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