Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's labor force grew 1.6 percent over the year while the number of unemployed fell 7.9 percent."

				Percent Change
	March 1999 (p)	February 1999 (r)	March 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	259,313	256,792	255,147	1.0	1.6
--Unemployed	13,881	15,278	15,071	-9.1	-7.9
--Employed	245,432	241,514	240,076	1.6	2.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/4.3%	5.9%/4.6%	5.9%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.2%	4.7%/4.4%	5.0%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,027,000	8,044,000	7,987,000	-0.2	0.5
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	295,000	271,000	343,000	8.9	-14.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,703,000	3,594,000	4,011,000	3.0	-7.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$856.08	$832.46	$821.86	2.8	4.2
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	43.2	43.6	-0.9	-3.0
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$729.17	$731.43	$733.03	-0.3	-0.5
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	42.5	43.4	-0.9	-3.0
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$623.50	$608.70	$591.48	2.4	5.4
--Average Weekly Hours	40.2	39.5	40.1	1.8	0.2
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$568.97	$564.16	$561.70	0.9	1.3
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.3	41.7	0.5	-0.5
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	21,726	19,641	20,710	10.6	4.9
--Benefits Paid	$4,013,221	$3,607,040	$3,598,781	11.3	11.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$184.72	$183.65	$173.77	0.6	6.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	201,065	199,832	198,111	0.6	1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	2.4%	2.6%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	165.0	164.5	162.2	0.3	1.7
----Food & Beverages	163.7	163.8	160.1	-0.1	2.2
----Housing	162.8	162.3	159.2	0.3	2.3
----Apparel	132.7	129.7	134.9	2.3	-1.6
----Transportation	140.6	139.8	141.4	0.6	-0.6
----Medical Care	248.3	247.7	239.8	0.2	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.8	101.8	101.0	0.0	0.8
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.8	100.9	99.9	-0.1	0.9
----Other Goods & Services	253.3	255.0	232.4	-0.7	9.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	122.8	122.4	124.7	0.3	-1.5

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

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