Economic Indicators
The Consumer Price Index decreased by 0.4% from March 2008 to March 2009.
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| Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1 | 288,538 | 288,962 | 289,908 | -0.1 | -0.5 | |||
| Unemployed | 13,692 | 15,256 | 8,111 | -10.3 | 68.8 | |||
| Employed | 274,846 | 273,706 | 281,797 | 0.4 | -2.5 | |||
| Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.7%/4.5% | 5.3%/4.5% | 2.8%/2.9% | N/A | N/A | |||
| U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 8.6%/8.9% | 9.0%/8.5% | 4.8%/5.0% | N/A | N/A | |||
| U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 7,781,000 | 7,723,000 | 7,630,000 | 0.8 | 2.0 | |||
| As a percent of all workers | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.2% | N/A | N/A | |||
| U.S. Discouraged Workers | 740,000 | 685,000 | 412,000 | 8.0 | 79.6 | |||
| U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 8,648,000 | 9,305,000 | 5,071,000 | -7.1 | 70.5 | |||
| Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | ||||||||
| Wyoming Mining2 | ||||||||
| Average Weekly Earnings | ||||||||
| Average Weekly Hours | ||||||||
| U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings | ||||||||
| Average Weekly Earnings | $992.38 | $1,003.86 | $969.21 | -1.1 | 2.4 | |||
| Average Weekly Hours | 42.5 | 42.9 | 44.5 | -0.9 | -4.5 | |||
| Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings | ||||||||
| Average Weekly Earnings | $833.28 | $830.02 | $816.90 | 0.4 | 2.0 | |||
| Average Weekly Hours | 40.1 | 39.3 | 42.0 | 2.0 | -4.5 | |||
| U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings | ||||||||
| Average Weekly Earnings | $706.04 | $709.13 | $723.24 | -0.4 | -2.4 | |||
| Average Weekly Hours | 38.9 | 39.2 | 41.0 | -0.8 | -5.1 | |||
| Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | ||||||||
| Weeks Compensated (2) | 46,076 | 45,379 | 15,603 | 1.5 | 195.3 | |||
| Benefits Paid | $15,928,628 | $15,334,042 | $4,719,531 | 3.9 | 237.5 | |||
| Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $345.70 | $337.91 | $302.48 | 2.3 | 14.3 | |||
| State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 273,145 | 269,992 | 266,064 | 1.2 | 2.7 | |||
| Insured Unemployment Rate | 3.7% | 3.2% | 1.1% | N/A | N/A | |||
| Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers | ||||||||
| (1982 to 1984 = 100) | ||||||||
| All Items | 213.2 | 212.7 | 214.8 | 0.2 | -0.7 | |||
| Food & Beverages | 218.4 | 218.8 | 211.4 | -0.2 | 3.3 | |||
| Housing | 217.1 | 217.4 | 214.9 | -0.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Apparel | 123.2 | 122.5 | 122.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | |||
| Transportation | 172.0 | 169.6 | 198.6 | 1.4 | -13.4 | |||
| Medical Care | 374.2 | 373.2 | 363.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | |||
| Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 114.3 | 114.6 | 112.9 | -0.3 | 1.2 | |||
| Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 126.3 | 126.2 | 122.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 | |||
| Other Goods & Services | 370.6 | 361.2 | 343.4 | 2.6 | 7.9 | |||
| Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | ||||||||
| All Commodities | 168.7 | 168.1 | 190.9 | 0.4 | -11.6 | |||
| Wyoming Building Permits (New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized) | ||||||||
| Total Units | 116 | 94 | 274 | 23.4 | -57.7 | |||
| Valuation | $23,964,000 | $19,890,000 | $52,814,000 | 20.5 | -54.6 | |||
| Single Family Homes | 99 | 79 | 227 | 25.3 | -56.4 | |||
| Valuation | $22,586,000 | $19,331,000 | $50,397,000 | 16.8 | -55.2 | |||
| Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming | 36 | 44 | 69 | -18.2 | -47.8 | |||
| (p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked. |
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1 Local Area Unemployment
Statistics Program estimates. 2 Hours and earnings data for Wyoming mining not available. |
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