Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEPTEMBER 1997 (p)	AUGUST 1997 (r)	SEPTEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	257,453	260,194	259,097	-1.1	-0.6
--Unemployed	8,952	10,129	11,056	-11.6	-19.0
--Employed	248,501	250,065	248,041	-0.6	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.5%/4.2%	3.9%/4.6%	4.3%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.9%	4.8%/4.9%	5.0%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEPTEMBER 1997 (p)	AUGUST 1997 (r)	SEPTEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$812.06	$816.53	$813.29	-0.5	-0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	47.6	46.9	46.5	1.5	2.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$737.48	$729.37	$722.01	1.1	2.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.3	45.7	45.9	-0.9	-1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$625.25	$606.80	$568.99	3.0	9.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.0	41.0	40.7	0.0	0.7
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$561.80	$552.30	$545.67	1.7	3.0
--Average Weekly Hours	42.4	42.0	42.3	1.0	0.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEPTEMBER 1997 (p)	AUGUST 1997 (r)	SEPTEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	9,521	9,646	11,128	-1.3	-14.4
----Initial Claims ²	1,143	1,233	1,300	-7.3	-12.1
--Weeks Compensated	6,191	7,196	7,198	-14.0	-14.0
--Benefits Paid	$1,031,118	$1,188,853	$1,251,287	-13.3	-17.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$166.55	$165.21	$173.84	0.8	-4.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	209,678	208,176	211,993	0.7	-1.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEPTEMBER 1997 (p)	AUGUST 1997 (r)	SEPTEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,947	5,021	5,692	-1.5	-13.1
--Openings Received	3,095	3,639	2,929	-14.9	5.7
--Individuals Placed	1,648	1,553	1,590	6.1	3.6
--Placement Transactions	2,256	1,963	2,149	14.9	5.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEPTEMBER 1997 (p)	AUGUST 1997 (r)	SEPTEMBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	161.2	160.8	157.8	0.2	2.2
----Food and Beverage	158.4	158.1	155.0	0.2	2.2
----Housing	157.7	157.6	153.9	0.1	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	133.0	130.0	131.5	2.3	1.1
----Transportation	144.3	143.8	143.2	0.3	0.8
----Medical Care	235.4	235.2	229.4	0.1	2.6
----Entertainment	163.0	163.0	159.8	0.0	2.0
----Other Goods & Services	228.1	225.7	218.3	1.1	4.5
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.5	127.2	128.2	0.2	-0.5

(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.