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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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