Economic Indicators
"Several figures suggest a tightening U.S. labor market. The unemployment rate fell, the number of discouraged workers fell, and the number of persons working part time for economic reasons fell."
Percent Change | |||||
Oct 1999 (p) | Sep 1999 (r) | Oct 1998 (b) | Month | Year | |
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) | 263,054 | 262,229 | 260,909 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
--Unemployed | 10,276 | 9,785 | 10,616 | 5.0 | -3.2 |
--Employed | 252,778 | 252,444 | 250,293 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 3.9%/4.6% | 3.7%/4.6% | 4.1%/4.8% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 3.8%/4.1% | 4.1%/4.2% | 4.2%/4.5% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 8,014,000 | 7,584,000 | 8,234,000 | 5.7 | -2.7 |
--As a Percent of All Workers | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.2% | N/A | N/A |
U. S. Discouraged Workers | 271,000 | 289,000 | 333,000 | -6.2 | -18.6 |
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 2,832,000 | 2,948,000 | 3,086,000 | -3.9 | -8.2 |
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | |||||
Wyoming Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $862.17 | $877.40 | $863.77 | -1.7 | -0.2 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 43.5 | 43.5 | 45.2 | 0.0 | -3.8 |
U.S. Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $749.47 | $759.68 | $751.08 | -1.3 | -0.2 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 44.4 | 44.4 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Wyoming Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $596.12 | $600.78 | $619.86 | -0.8 | -3.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 39.4 | 38.0 | 40.7 | 3.7 | -3.2 |
U.S. Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $588.28 | $589.22 | $567.75 | -0.2 | 3.6 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 41.9 | 41.7 | 41.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | |||||
--Weeks Compensated (2) | 5,788 | 5,666 | 6,298 | 2.2 | -8.1 |
--Benefits Paid | $1,068,727 | $1,043,915 | $1,110,098 | 2.4 | -3.7 |
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $184.65 | $184.24 | $176.26 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 213,737 | 218,805 | 211,382 | -2.3 | 1.1 |
--Insured Unemployment Rate | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Items | 168.2 | 167.9 | 164.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
----Food & Beverages | 165.5 | 165.1 | 162.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
----Housing | 165.0 | 165.2 | 161.4 | -0.1 | 2.2 |
----Apparel | 134.6 | 131.8 | 135.6 | 2.1 | -0.7 |
----Transportation | 147.3 | 146.5 | 141.3 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
----Medical Care | 252.8 | 252.3 | 244.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 101.8 | 101.7 | 101.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 102.1 | 101.9 | 101.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
----Other Goods & Services | 263.2 | 262.6 | 241.3 | 0.2 | 9.1 |
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Commodities | 127.9 | 128.0 | 124.0 | -0.1 | 3.1 |
Wyoming Building Permits | |||||
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized | 156 | 137 | 137 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
--Valuation | $20,489,000 | $22,693,000 | $21,459,000 | -9.7 | -4.5 |
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized
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