Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUNE 1997 (p)	MAY 1997 (r)	JUNE 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	262,643	255,077	263,397	3.0	-0.3
--Unemployed	11,380	11,124	11,966	2.3	-4.9
--Employed	251,263	243,953	251,431	3.0	-0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.9%	4.4%/4.8%	4.5%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.0%	4.7%/4.8%	5.5%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUNE 1997 (p)	MAY 1997 (r)	JUNE 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$857.28	$851.76	$754.39	0.6	13.6
--Average Weekly Hours	47.6	46.8	45.2	1.7	5.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$739.88	$734.40	$716.68	0.7	3.2
--Average Weekly Hours	45.7	45.9	46.0	-0.4	-0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$587.32	$580.77	$538.48	1.1	9.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.1	40.5	41.2	1.5	-0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$550.62	$548.47	$534.23	0.4	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	42.0	41.9	41.9	0.2	0.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUNE 1997 (p)	MAY 1997 (r)	JUNE 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	13,097	14,462	14,930	-9.4	-12.3
----Initial Claims ²	1,455	1,559	1,599	-6.7	-9.0
--Weeks Compensated	8,828	11,383	11,468	-22.4	-23.0
--Benefits Paid	$1,480,223.00	$1,900,626.00	$2,013,867.00	-22.1	-26.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$167.67	$166.97	$175.61	0.4	-4.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	211,250	203,411	214,715	3.9	-1.6
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.6%	1.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUNE 1997 (p)	MAY 1997 (r)	JUNE 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,976	3,109	3,692	27.9	7.7
--Openings Received	3,638	2,832	3,106	28.5	17.1
--Individuals Placed	1,898	1,081	1,648	75.6	15.2
--Placement Transactions	2,850	1,738	2,505	64.0	13.8
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUNE 1997 (p)	MAY 1997 (r)	JUNE 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	160.3	160.1	156.7	0.1	2.3
----Food and Beverage	157.1	157.1	153.1	0.0	2.6
----Housing	156.9	155.9	152.7	0.6	2.8
----Apparel & Upkeep	132.4	135.3	130.8	-2.1	1.2
----Transportation	144.0	144.4	144.0	-0.3	0.0
----Medical Care	234.4	234.2	227.8	0.1	2.9
----Entertainment	162.7	162.2	159.0	0.3	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	223.1	223.1	214.0	0.0	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.2	127.3	127.9	-0.1	-0.5

(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.