Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	May 1998 (p)	April 1998 (r)	May 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	254,183	253,656	246,426	0.2	3.1
--Unemployed	10,229	11,545	11,678	-11.4	-12.4
--Employed	243,954	242,111	234,748	0.8	3.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.4%	4.6%/4.1%	4.7%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.3%	4.1%/4.3%	4.7%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$863.50	$859.56	$836.00	0.5	3.3
--Average Weekly Hours	46.3	43.9	47.5	5.5	-2.5
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$744.14	$731.67	$733.26	1.7	1.5
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	43.5	45.8	2.1	-3.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$621.08	$647.39	$585.40	-4.1	6.1
--Average Weekly Hours	40.7	41.0	40.4	-0.7	0.7
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$560.35	$547.82	$548.05	2.3	2.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	40.7	41.9	2.2	-0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	12,164	18,081	14,462	-32.7	-15.9
----Initial Claims (2)	1,220	1,925	1,559	-36.6	-21.7
--Weeks Compensated	9,605	14,545	11,383	-34.0	-15.6
--Benefits Paid	$1,658,839.00	$2,528,487.00	$1,900,626.00	-34.4	-12.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$172.71	$173.84	$166.97	-0.7	3.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	208,317	199,019	203,411	4.7	2.4
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.7%	1.9%	1.6%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,002	3,418	3,109	-12.2	-3.4
--Openings Received	3,264	3,028	2,832	7.8	15.3
--Individuals Placed	1,281	1,196	1,081	7.1	18.5
--Placement Transactions	1,958	1,702	1,738	15.0	12.7
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	162.8	162.5	160.1	0.2	1.7
----Food & Beverages	160.7	160.2	157.1	0.3	2.3
----Housing	159.7	159.5	155.9	0.1	2.4
----Apparel	135.3	135.8	135.3	-0.4	0.0
----Transportation	142.0	141.5	144.4	0.4	-1.7
----Medical Care	241.4	240.7	234.2	0.3	3.1
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.0	101.1	99.4	-0.1	1.6
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.1	99.9	97.6	0.2	2.6
----Other Goods & Services	236.7	234.7	223.1	0.9	6.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.9	124.7	127.4	0.2	-2.0

(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.