Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	June 1998 (p)	May 1998 (r)	June 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	262,536	254,205	253,417	3.3	3.6
--Unemployed	11,039	10,248	11,835	7.7	-6.7
--Employed	251,497	243,957	241,582	3.1	4.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.7%	4.0%/4.4%	4.7%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.5%	4.2%/4.3%	5.2%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$811.88	$872.21	$832.68	-6.9	-2.5
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	46.1	47.8	-0.9	-4.6
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$733.29	$739.56	$739.21	-0.8	-0.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.7	44.1	45.8	-0.9	-4.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$593.57	$613.76	$584.82	-3.3	1.5
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.7	40.5	-0.2	0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$562.72	$561.28	$549.78	0.3	2.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	41.7	42.0	0.5	-0.2
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	12,044	12,164	13,097	-1.0	-8.0
----Initial Claims (2)	1,451	1,220	1,455	18.9	-0.3
--Weeks Compensated	8,767	9,605	8,828	-8.7	-0.7
--Benefits Paid	$1,522,035.00	$1,658,839.00	$1,480,223.00	-8.2	2.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.61	$172.71	$167.67	0.5	3.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	215,638	208,317	211,250	3.5	2.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.7%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,740	3,002	3,976	24.6	-5.9
--Openings Received	3,571	3,264	3,638	9.4	-1.8
--Individuals Placed	1,841	1,281	1,898	43.7	-3.0
--Placement Transactions	2,685	1,958	2,850	37.1	-5.8
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	163.0	162.8	160.3	0.1	1.7
----Food & Beverages	160.6	160.7	157.1	-0.1	2.2
----Housing	160.6	159.7	156.9	0.6	2.4
----Apparel	132.5	135.3	132.4	-2.1	0.1
----Transportation	141.7	142.0	144.0	-0.2	-1.6
----Medical Care	242.0	241.4	234.4	0.2	3.2
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.2	101.0	99.8	0.2	1.4
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.1	100.1	97.7	0.0	2.5
----Other Goods & Services	236.4	236.7	223.1	-0.1	6.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.8	124.9	127.2	-0.1	-1.9

(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.