Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1997 (p)	APR 1997 (r)	MAY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	255,070	256,197	255,588	-0.4	-0.2
--Unemployed	11,124	13,257	11,868	-16.1	-6.3
--Employed	243,946	242,940	243,720	0.4	0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.8%	5.2%/4.9%	4.6%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.8%	4.8%/4.9%	5.4%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1997 (p)	APR 1997 (r)	MAY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$854.52	$828.06	$751.69	3.2	13.7
--Average Weekly Hours	46.9	44.4	44.4	5.6	5.6
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$734.40	$723.86	$697.89	1.5	5.2
--Average Weekly Hours	45.9	45.1	45.2	1.8	1.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$587.48	$572.17	$521.78	2.7	12.6
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	39.9	39.8	1.8	2.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$548.47	$547.16	$528.74	0.2	3.7
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	41.8	41.6	0.2	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1997 (p)	APR 1997 (r)	MAY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	14,462	20,949	18,948	-31.0	-23.7
----Initial Claims ²	1,559	2,401	2,010	-35.1	-22.4
--Weeks Compensated	11,383	18,969	15,188	-40.0	-25.1
--Benefits Paid	$1,900,626.00	$3,229,892.00	$2,670,220.00	-41.2	-28.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$166.97	$170.27	$175.81	-1.9	-5.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	203,411	194,841	203,227	4.4	0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.6%	2.1%	2.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1997 (p)	APR 1997 (r)	MAY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,109	3,570	3,604	-12.9	-13.7
--Openings Received	2,832	2,911	2,952	-2.7	-4.1
--Individuals Placed	1,081	1,161	1,233	-6.9	-12.3
--Placement Transactions	1,738	1,643	2,072	5.8	-16.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1997 (p)	APR 1997 (r)	MAY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	160.1	160.2	156.6	-0.1	2.2
----Food and Beverage	157.1	157.1	152.5	0.0	3.0
----Housing	155.9	155.8	152.0	0.1	2.6
----Apparel & Upkeep	135.3	136.1	133.7	-0.6	1.2
----Transportation	144.4	144.8	144.4	-0.3	0.0
----Medical Care	234.2	233.8	227.4	0.2	3.0
----Entertainment	162.2	162.2	158.8	0.0	2.1
----Other Goods & Services	223.1	222.7	214.1	0.2	4.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.3	127.2	128.1	0.1	-0.6

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 These figures may differ from those in Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims and Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims because they are derived from different sources.