Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1996 (p)	SEP 1996 (r)	OCT 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	257,526	258,337	257,921	-0.3	-0.2
--Unemployed	10,368	10,013	10,221	3.5	1.4
--Employed	247,158	248,324	247,700	-0.5	-0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.7%	3.9%/4.7%	4.0%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.9%/5.2%	5.0%/5.2%	5.2%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1996 (p)	SEP 1996 (r)	OCT 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$796.03	$828.31	$719.08	-3.9	10.7
--Average Weekly Hours	46.2	46.3	43.9	-0.2	5.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$713.92	$721.55	$696.44	-1.1	2.5
--Average Weekly Hours	46.0	45.9	45.4	0.2	1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$536.26	$545.80	$477.17	-1.7	12.4
--Average Weekly Hours	39.9	40.4	41.1	-1.2	-2.9
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$538.00	$545.67	$518.33	-1.4	3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	42.3	41.7	-0.9	0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1996 (p)	SEP 1996 (r)	OCT 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	12,233	11,128	14,084	9.9	-13.1
----Initial Claims2	2,401	1,300	2,116	84.7	13.5
--Weeks Compensated	8,801	7,198	9,499	22.3	-7.3
--Benefits Paid	$1,528,732.00	$1,251,287.00	$1,669,677.00	22.2	-8.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.70	$173.84	$175.77	-0.1	-1.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	206,243	211,993	203,765	-2.7	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.1%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1996 (p)	SEP 1996 (r)	OCT 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,066	5,692	4,931	-11.0	2.7
--Openings Received	3,050	2,929	3,853	4.1	-20.8
--Individuals Placed	1,640	1,590	1,727	3.1	-5.0
--Placement Transactions	2,334	2,149	2,383	8.6	-2.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1996 (p)	SEP 1996 (r)	OCT 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	158.3	157.8	153.7	0.3	3.0
----Food and Beverage	155.8	155.0	149.8	0.5	4.0
----Housing	154.0	153.9	149.7	0.1	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	133.4	131.5	134.5	1.4	-0.8
----Transportation	143.9	143.2	139.4	0.5	3.2
----Medical Care	230.1	229.4	222.9	0.3	3.2
----Entertainment	159.8	159.8	155.2	0.0	3.0
----Other Goods & Services	218.8	218.3	210.7	0.2	3.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.9	128.0	125.3	-0.1	2.1

(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.