Economic Indicators

"The Baker Hughes rig county for Wyoming increased 40.9 percent from a year earlier."


	Jul	Jun	Jul	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	282,220	282,122	276,003	0.0	2.3
Unemployed	9,824	10,877	9,645	-9.7	1.9
Employed	272,396	271,245	266,358	0.4	2.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.5%/4.1%	3.9%/4.2%	3.5%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.3%/6.2%	6.5%/6.4%	5.9%/5.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,304,000	7,313,000	7,247,000	-0.1	0.8
As a percent of all workers	5.3%	5.3%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	470,000	478,000	405,000	-1.7	16.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,870,000	4,798,000	4,352,000	1.5	11.9

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$967.82	$975.04	$921.02	-0.7	5.1
Average Weekly Hours	43.4	44.3	43.9	-2.0	-1.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$803.23	$797.85	$775.59	0.7	3.6
Average Weekly Hours	45.1	45.0	44.6	0.2	1.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$744.80	$729.79	$733.24	2.1	1.6
Average Weekly Hours	40.0	43.7	40.6	-8.5	-1.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$621.72	$635.45	$607.68	-2.2	2.3
Average Weekly Hours	39.6	40.5	39.9	-2.2	-0.8

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	13,093	12,113	12,041	8.1	8.7
Benefits Paid	$3,029,341	$2,788,912	$2,719,639	8.6	11.4
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$231.37	$230.24	$225.86	0.5	2.4
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	231,584	236,366	230,611	-2.0	0.4
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.4%	1.6%	1.4%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	183.9	183.7	180.1	0.1	2.1
Food & Beverages	180.3	180.2	176.6	0.1	2.1
Housing	185.9	185.3	181.2	0.3	2.6
Apparel	116.2	119.5	118.7	-2.8	-2.1
Transportation	156.8	156.8	153.7	0.0	2.0
Medical Care	297.6	296.3	286.6	0.4	3.8
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.7	107.6	106.2	0.1	1.4
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	108.9	108.5	107.6	0.4	1.2
Other Goods & Services	299.2	298.1	294.5	0.4	1.6

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	137.8	138.0	131.2	-0.1	5.0

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)	224.0	193.0	174.0	16.1	28.7
Total Units	37,229,000	30,080,000	28621000	23.8	30.1
Valuation	$196	$181	$154	8.3	27.3
Single Family Homes	34,481,000	28,774,000	27,602,000	19.8	24.9
Valuation

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	62.0	63.0	44.0	-1.587302	40.909091


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