Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's labor force (the sum of employed and unemployed individuals) grew by 1.8 percent from May 2002 to May 2003."

	May	Apr	May	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	274,052	274,181	269,305	0.0	1.8
Unemployed	10,670	11,624	10,880	-8.2	-1.9
Employed	263,382	262,557	258,425	0.3	1.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.0%	4.2%/4.0%	4.0%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/6.1%	5.8%/6.0%	5.5%/5.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,338,000	7,181,000	7,247,000	2.2	1.3
As a percent of all workers	5.3%	5.2%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	482,000	437,000	414,000	10.3	16.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,409,000	4,609,000	3,942,000	-4.3	11.8

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$954.85	$954.84	$949.53	0.0	0.6
Average Weekly Hours	43.7	43.6	44.6	0.2	-2.0
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$789.66	$789.87	$766.06	0.0	3.1
Average Weekly Hours	43.7	44.3	43.7	-1.4	0.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$703.34	$714.56	$677.64	-1.6	3.8
Average Weekly Hours	41.3	40.6	38.7	1.7	6.7
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$629.53	$625.20	$615.60	0.7	2.3
Average Weekly Hours	40.2	40.0	40.5	0.5	-0.7

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	15,771	23,870	13,154	-33.9	19.9
Benefits Paid	$3,624,938	$5,553,344	$2,949,194	-34.7	22.9
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$229.85	$232.65	$224.21	-1.2	2.5
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	228,169	220,527	226,859	3.5	0.6
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.4%	1.7%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	183.5	183.8	179.8	-0.2	2.1
Food & Beverages	179.4	179.0	176.4	0.2	1.7
Housing	184.5	184.1	179.7	0.2	2.7
Apparel	122.5	123.9	127.1	-1.1	-3.6
Transportation	157.2	159.3	153.8	-1.3	2.2
Medical Care	295.5	294.6	284.1	0.3	4.0
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.6	107.4	106.4	0.2	1.1
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	108.6	109.0	106.6	-0.4	1.9
Other Goods & Services	298.1	298.1	291.5	0.0	2.3

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	136.7	136.8	130.8	-0.1	4.5

Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	235	293	229	-19.8	2.6
Valuation	$38,549,000	$34,763,000	$39,987,000	10.9	-3.6

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	48	38	36	26.3	33.3


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