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Wyoming Economic Indicators


Wyoming's Total Civilian Labor Force increased somewhat from September to October 1997 (up 0.3%) but decreased slightly over the year from October 1996 to 1997 (down 0.2%).


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.



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