Wyoming Economic Indicators


The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Wyoming was 4.7 percent in August 1996 and September (1995 and 1996). This indicates that unemployment has been typical with respect to historical trends during these months.


PERCENT CHANGE
SEP 1996 (p) AUG 1996 (r) SEP 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1 258,373 260,452 257,762 -0.8 0.2
--Unemployed 10,013 10,360 10,085 -3.3 -0.7
--Employed 248,360 250,092 247,677 -0.7 0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 3.9%/4.7% 4.0%/4.7% 3.9%/4.7% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.0%/5.2% 5.1%/5.1% 5.4%/5.6% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
SEP 1996 (p) AUG 1996 (r) SEP 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $822.89 $787.06 $696.63 4.6 18.1
--Average Weekly Hours 46.1 45.6 42.4 1.1 8.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $724.56 $701.05 $696.89 3.4 4.0
--Average Weekly Hours 45.8 45.2 45.4 1.3 0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $559.78 $526.99 $482.39 6.2 16.0
--Average Weekly Hours 40.8 40.6 40.3 0.5 1.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $545.67 $525.67 $523.74 7.9 4.2
--Average Weekly Hours 42.3 41.1 42.0 2.9 0.7
PERCENT CHANGE
SEP 1996 (p) AUG 1996 (r) SEP 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2 11,128 12,038 11,149 -7.6 -0.2
----Initial Claims2 1,300 1,366 1,400 -4.8 -7.1
--Weeks Compensated 7,198 9,198 8,360 -21.7 -13.9
--Benefits Paid $1,251,287.00 $1,605,479.00 $1,477,623.00 -22.1 -15.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $173.84 $174.55 $176.75 -0.4 -1.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs1 211,993 208,313 209,358 1.8 1.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 1.1% 1.3% 1.2% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
SEP 1996 (p) AUG 1996 (r) SEP 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 5,692 5,245 4,931 8.5 15.4
--Openings Received 2,929 3,487 3,853 -16.0 -24.0
--Individuals Placed 1,590 1,730 1,727 -8.1 -7.9
--Placement Transactions 2,149 2,167 2,383 -0.8 -4.3
PERCENT CHANGE
SEP 1996 (p) AUG 1996 (r) SEP 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 157.8 157.3 153.2 0.3 3.0
----Food and Beverage 155.0 154.2 149.4 0.5 3.7
----Housing 153.9 154.0 149.5 -0.1 2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep 131.5 128.1 132.7 2.7 -0.9
----Transportation 143.2 142.8 138.8 0.3 3.2
----Medical Care 229.4 229.2 222.1 0.1 3.3
----Entertainment 159.8 159.2 154.9 0.4 3.2
----Other Goods & Services 218.3 216.3 210.2 0.9 3.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 128.0 128.1 125.2 -0.1 2.2


(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.


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