Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	July 1998 (p)	June 1998 (r)	July 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	263,795	263,026	254,840	0.3	3.5
--Unemployed	10,576	11,059	11,511	-4.4	-8.1
--Employed	253,219	251,967	243,329	0.5	4.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.6%	4.2%/4.7%	4.5%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.5%	4.7%/4.5%	5.0%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$831.19	$814.68	$831.06	2.0	0.0
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	43.8	48.6	-0.9	-3.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$730.30	$735.68	$724.76	-0.7	0.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.6	44.0	45.1	-0.9	-3.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$689.79	$517.51	$584.91	33.3	17.9
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	41.5	40.2	-2.2	1.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$550.74	$561.79	$539.72	-2.0	2.0
--Average Weekly Hours	41.1	41.8	41.2	-1.7	-0.2
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	10,509	12,044	11,143	-12.7	-5.7
----Initial Claims (2)	1,346	1,451	1,654	-7.2	-18.6
--Weeks Compensated	8,067	8,767	9,261	-8.0	-12.9
--Benefits Paid	$1,390,758.00	$1,522,035.00	$1,534,383.00	-8.6	-9.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$172.40	$173.61	$165.68	-0.7	4.1
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	210,144	215,638	205,762	-2.5	2.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	N/A	3,740	N/A	N/A	N/A
--Openings Received	N/A	3,571	3,614	N/A	N/A
--Individuals Placed	N/A	1,841	1,796	N/A	N/A
--Placement Transactions	N/A	2,685	2,026	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	163.2	163.0	160.5	0.1	1.7
----Food & Beverages	160.9	160.6	157.5	0.2	2.2
----Housing	161.2	160.6	157.5	0.4	2.3
----Apparel	129.6	132.5	130.2	-2.2	-0.5
----Transportation	141.8	141.7	143.7	0.1	-1.3
----Medical Care	242.7	242.0	234.8	0.3	3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.1	101.2	99.8	-0.1	1.3
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.0	100.1	97.9	-0.1	2.1
----Other Goods & Services	237.8	236.4	223.5	0.6	6.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.8	124.8	126.9	0.0	-1.7

(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.