Economic Indicators

"After a large increase from March to April 1999 (up 0.7%; see the June 1999 issue of Wyoming Labor Force Trends), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged from April to May 1999."

				Percent Change
	May 1999 (p)	April 1999 (r)	May 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	260,700	259,597	256,599	0.4	1.6
--Unemployed	11,853	12,414	11,465	-4.5	3.4
--Employed	248,847	247,183	245,134	0.7	1.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.9%	4.8%/4.5%	4.5%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.2%	4.1%/4.3%	4.2%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,895,000	7,648,000	8,126,000	3.2	-2.8
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.9%	5.8%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	256,000	245,000	268,000	4.5	-4.5
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,281,000	3,316,000	3,602,000	-1.1	-8.9
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$851.20	$918.34	$856.49	-7.3	-0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.8	44.3	45.9	1.6	-0.9
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$739.72	$731.81	$738.48	1.1	0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	43.9	43.2	44.3	1.6	-0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$615.94	$629.84	$608.19	-2.2	1.3
--Average Weekly Hours	40.1	40.4	40.6	-0.7	-1.2
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$577.13	$574.08	$563.46	0.5	2.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.6	41.8	0.2	-0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	11,639	15,008	9,605	-22.4	21.2
--Benefits Paid	$2,152,076	$2,744,491	$1,658,839	-21.6	29.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$184.90	$182.87	$172.71	1.1	7.1
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	213,788	204,522	210,683	4.5	1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.9%	1.7%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	166.2	166.2	162.8	0.0	2.1
----Food & Beverages	164.2	163.9	160.7	0.2	2.2
----Housing	163.0	163.0	159.7	0.0	2.1
----Apparel	134.2	135.2	135.3	-0.7	-0.8
----Transportation	144.2	144.3	142.0	-0.1	1.5
----Medical Care	249.5	249.1	241.4	0.2	3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.0	101.0	0.2	1.2
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.4	100.7	100.1	-0.3	0.3
----Other Goods & Services	255.8	256.1	236.7	-0.1	8.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.5	123.5	125.1	0.8	-0.5

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

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