Economic Indicators


	Aug	Jul	Aug	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	279,273	282,278	273,000	-1.1	2.3
Unemployed	9,419	9,816	9,237	-4.0	2.0
Employed	269,854	272,462	263,763	-1.0	2.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.4%/4.1%	3.5%/4.1%	3.4%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.0%/6.1%	6.3%/6.2%	5.7%/5.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,221,000	7,304,000	6,879,000	-1.1	5.0
As a percent of all workers	5.2%	5.3%	5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	503,000	470,000	378,000	7.0	33.1
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,377,000	4,870,000	4,249,000	-10.1	3.0

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$967.10	$966.64	$926.55	0.0	4.4
Average Weekly Hours	43.8	43.7	43.5	0.2	0.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$789.80	$802.78	$764.75	-1.6	3.3
Average Weekly Hours	44.0	45.1	43.7	-2.4	0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$648.77	$641.63	$694.82	1.1	-6.6
Average Weekly Hours	39.9	39.1	39.3	2.0	1.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$633.15	$620.93	$621.18	2.0	1.9
Average Weekly Hours	40.2	39.6	40.6	1.5	-1.0

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	10,144	13,093	10,143	-22.5	0.0
Benefits Paid	$2,350,929	$3,029,341	$2,317,292	-22.4	1.5
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$231.76	$231.37	$228.46	0.2	1.4
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	232,702	231,584	230,705	0.5	0.9
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.3%	1.4%	1.3%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	184.6	183.9	180.7	0.4	2.2
Food & Beverages	180.9	180.3	176.6	0.3	2.4
Housing	186.1	185.9	181.7	0.1	2.4
Apparel	117.2	116.2	120.5	0.9	-2.7
Transportation	158.3	156.8	153.9	1.0	2.9
Medical Care	298.4	297.6	287.3	0.3	3.9
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.7	107.7	106.3	0.0	1.3
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	110.1	108.9	108.9	1.1	1.1
Other Goods & Services	299.6	299.2	295.9	0.1	1.3

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	138.0	137.8	131.5	0.1	4.9

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
Total Units	204	224	156	-8.9	30.8
Valuation	$33,004,000	$37,229,000	$27,482,000	-11.3	20.1
Single Family Homes	191	196	152	-2.6	25.7
Valuation	$31,791,000	$34,481,000	$27,167,000	-7.8	17.0

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	64	62	42	3.2	52.4


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