Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's total civilian labor force increased 3,083 (1.2%) from June 1998 to June 1999. The number of employed increased by the same percentage."

				Percent Change
	Jun 1999 (p)	May 1999 (r)	Jun 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	267,298	260,701	264,215	2.5	1.2
--Unemployed	12,166	11,879	12,077	2.4	0.7
--Employed	255,132	248,822	252,138	2.5	1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.6%/4.9%	4.6%/4.9%	4.6%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.3%	4.0%/4.2%	4.7%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,492,000	7,895,000	7,712,000	-5.1	-2.9
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.6%	5.9%	5.8%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	220,000	256,000	311,000	-14.1	-29.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,641,000	3,281,000	4,033,000	11.0	-9.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$838.20	$852.59	$820.79	-1.7	2.1
--Average Weekly Hours	42.7	43.7	44.2	-0.7	-0.2
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$746.74	$750.96	$733.92	-0.6	1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	43.9	44.2	44.0	-0.7	-0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$591.79	$629.84	$517.09	-6.0	14.4
--Average Weekly Hours	39.4	40.4	41.5	-2.5	-5.1
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$579.63	$577.55	$561.79	0.4	3.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	41.8	0.0	-0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	10,614	11,639	8,767	-8.8	21.1
--Benefits Paid	$1,958,554	$2,152,076	$1,522,035	-9.0	28.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$184.53	$184.90	$173.61	-0.2	6.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	220,809	213,788	216,790	3.3	1.9
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.5%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	166.2	166.2	163.0	0.0	2.0
----Food & Beverages	164.1	164.2	160.6	-0.1	2.2
----Housing	164.1	163.0	160.6	0.7	2.2
----Apparel	130.9	134.2	132.5	-2.5	-1.2
----Transportation	143.4	144.2	141.7	-0.6	1.2
----Medical Care	250.2	249.5	242.0	0.3	3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.2	101.2	0.0	1.0
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.3	100.4	100.1	-0.1	0.2
----Other Goods & Services	255.9	255.8	236.4	0.0	8.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.1	124.5	124.8	0.5	0.2

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

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