Economic Indicators

"The number of building permits issued in March 2003 was 8.6 percent higher than a year ago."

	Mar	Feb	Mar	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	273,507	271,520	269,598	0.7	1.4
Unemployed	13,129	14,086	13,291	-6.8	-1.2
Employed	260,378	257,434	256,307	1.1	1.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.8%/4.1%	5.2%/4.1%	4.9%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.2%/5.8%	6.4%/5.8%	6.1%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,385,000	7,620,000	7,466,000	-3.1	-1.1
As a percent of all workers	5.4%	5.6%	5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	474,000	450,000	330,000	5.3	43.6
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,748,000	5,061,000	4,225,000	-6.2	12.4

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$977.18	$955.28	$916.98	2.3	6.6
Average Weekly Hours	43.8	43.7	43.5	0.2	0.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$778.32	$765.24	$757.07	1.7	2.8
Average Weekly Hours	42.3	42.0	42.7	0.7	-0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$699.94	$746.82	$655.46	-6.3	6.8
Average Weekly Hours	39.5	40.5	37.2	-2.5	6.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$632.95	$628.22	$620.04	0.8	2.1
Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.4	40.9	0.5	-0.7

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	23,029	23,866	18,643	-3.5	23.5
Benefits Paid	$5,376,589	$5,548,822	$4,154,550	-3.1	29.4
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$233.47	$232.50	$222.85	0.4	4.8
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	217,909	215,747	217,075	1.0	0.4
Insured Unemployment Rate	2.8%	2.9%	2.4%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	184.2	183.1	178.8	0.6	3.0
Food & Beverages	179.2	178.9	176.6	0.2	1.5
Housing	184.3	183.2	179.1	0.6	2.9
Apparel	123.6	120.6	128.2	2.5	-3.6
Transportation	161.0	158.9	150.5	1.3	7.0
Medical Care	294.2	293.7	282.0	0.2	4.3
Recreation (Mar. 1997=100)	107.4	107.2	106.1	0.2	1.2
Education & Communication (Mar. 1997=100)	109.4	109.7	106.6	-0.3	2.6
Other Goods & Services	297.3	297.5	288.5	-0.1	3.1

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	141.4	137.8	129.8	2.6	8.9

Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	164	105	151	56.2	8.6
Valuation	$22,080,000	$16,466,000	$20,407,000	34.1	8.2

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	40.0	41.0	38.0	-2.4	5.3


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