Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCTOBER 1997 (p)	SEPTEMBER 1997 (r)	OCTOBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	258,326	257,471	258,817	0.3	-0.2
--Unemployed	9,376	9,001	11,378	4.2	-17.6
--Employed	248,950	248,470	247,439	0.2	0.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.6%/4.2%	3.5%/4.3%	4.4%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.7%	4.7%/4.9%	4.9%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCTOBER 1997 (p)	SEPTEMBER 1997 (r)	OCTOBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$847.10	$825.98	$780.76	2.6	8.5
--Average Weekly Hours	48.6	47.8	45.9	1.7	5.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$732.95	$738.47	$713.29	-0.7	2.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.3	45.5	45.9	-0.4	-1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$592.18	$617.01	$538.94	-4.0	9.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.1	40.7	40.4	1.0	1.7
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$560.84	$561.38	$537.58	-0.1	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	42.2	42.4	41.9	-0.5	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCTOBER 1997 (p)	SEPTEMBER 1997 (r)	OCTOBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	9,524	9,521	12,233	0.0	-22.1
----Initial Claims ²	1,812	1,143	2,401	58.5	-24.5
--Weeks Compensated	6,531	6,191	8,801	5.5	-25.8
--Benefits Paid	$1,096,229.00	$1,031,118.00	$1,528,732.00	6.3	-28.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$167.85	$166.55	$173.70	0.8	-3.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	205,196	209,678	206,243	-2.1	-0.5
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	0.9%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCTOBER 1997 (p)	SEPTEMBER 1997 (r)	OCTOBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,498	4,947	5,066	-9.1	-11.2
--Openings Received	2,607	3,095	3,050	-15.8	-14.5
--Individuals Placed	1,456	1,648	1,640	-11.7	-11.2
--Placement Transactions	2,082	2,256	2,334	-7.7	-10.8
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCTOBER 1997 (p)	SEPTEMBER 1997 (r)	OCTOBER 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	161.6	161.2	158.3	0.2	2.1
----Food and Beverage	158.7	158.4	155.8	0.2	1.9
----Housing	157.7	157.7	154.0	0.0	2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.9	133.0	133.4	1.4	1.1
----Transportation	144.5	144.3	143.9	0.1	0.4
----Medical Care	235.8	235.4	230.1	0.2	2.5
----Entertainment	163.1	163.0	160.1	0.1	1.9
----Other Goods & Services	229.4	228.1	218.8	0.6	4.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.8	127.5	128.0	0.2	-0.2

(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.