Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1995 (p)	APR 1995 (r)	MAY 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	252,439	251,895	245,822	0.2	2.7
--Unemployed	11,229	11,429	12,084	-1.7	-7.1
--Employed	241,210	240,466	233,738	0.3	3.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.8%	4.5%/4.4%	4.9%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/5.7%	5.6%/5.8%	5.9%/6.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1995 (p)	APR 1995 (r)	MAY 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$709.69	$732.85	$714.40	-3.2	-0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	43.7	44.4	-0.9	-2.5
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$675.13	$675.82	$659.94	-0.1	2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	44.2	44.5	0.2	-0.4
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$465.12	$502.44	$485.20	-7.4	-4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	38.0	39.1	40.0	-2.8	-5.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$509.21	$496.52	$504.42	2.6	0.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	40.4	42.0	2.7	-1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1995 (p)	APR 1995 (r)	MAY 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	21,257	21,184	18,666	0.3	13.9
----Initial Claims2	2,047	1,884	1,676	8.7	22.1
--Weeks Compensated	16,134	16,994	12,355	-5.1	30.6
--Benefits Paid	$2,824,936.00	$2,973,753.00	$2,070,334.00	-5.0	36.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.09	$174.99	$167.57	0.1	4.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	204,830	196,625	192,297	4.2	6.5
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.0%	2.4%	1.9%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1995 (p)	APR 1995 (r)	MAY 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,216	3,382	3,693	24.7	14.2
--Openings Received	3,298	2,510	3,322	31.4	-0.7
--Individuals Placed	1,341	1,061	1,345	26.4	-0.3
--Placement Transactions	2,364	1,639	2,397	44.2	-1.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1995 (p)	APR 1995 (r)	MAY 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	152.2	151.9	147.5	0.2	3.2
----Food and Beverage	148.7	148.9	144.1	-0.1	3.2
----Housing	147.6	147.4	144.1	0.1	2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep	133.4	134.8	135.6	-1.0	-1.6
----Transportation	140.3	139.1	132.8	0.9	5.6
----Medical Care	219.3	218.9	209.7	0.2	4.6
----Entertainment	153.6	153.3	149.9	0.2	2.5
----Other Goods & Services	204.9	204.3	197.1	0.3	4.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.0	124.6	119.9	0.3	4.3

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.