Wyoming Labor Force Trends

Economic Indicators

by: Margaret Hiatt, Administrative/Survey Support Specialist

The producer price index for all commodities was basically unchanged (0.0) from a year earlier.

			Apr	Mar	Apr	Percent Change
			2013 (p)	2013 (r)	2012 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Nonfarm Employment			282,300	282,300	284,900	0.0	-0.9
	Wyoming State Government		17,600	17,500	17,500	0.6	0.6
Laramie County Nonfarm Employment			45,000	45,400	44,200	-0.9	1.8
Natrona County Nonfarm Employment			41,400	40,800	40,900	1.5	1.2
Selected U.S. Employment Data
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,029,000	7,192,000	6,947,000	-2.3	1.2
	As a percent of all workers		4.9%	5.0%	4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			835,000	803,000	968,000	4.0	-13.7
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			7,709,000	7,734,000	7,694,000	-0.3	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated		25,468	24,523	20,680	3.9	23.2
	Benefits Paid		$8,920,898	$8,560,514	$6,912,673	4.2	29.1
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$350.28	$349.08	$334.27	0.3	4.8
	State Insured Covered Jobs1		263,066	262,501	261,926	0.2	0.4
	Insured Unemployment Rate		3.0%	3.2%	2.8%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		232.5	232.8	230.1	-0.1	1.1
		Food & Beverages	236.8	236.3	233.1	0.2	1.6
		Housing	226.0	225.6	221.7	0.2	1.9
		Apparel	128.9	128.3	128.5	0.5	0.3
		Transportation	218.6	221.1	223.1	-1.1	-2.0
		Medical Care	423.8	424.2	412.5	-0.1	2.7
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	115.4	115.4	114.7	0.0	0.6
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	135.2	135.6	133.3	-0.3	1.5
		Other Goods & Services	400.2	399.3	393.3	0.2	1.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		203.6	204.1	203.7	-0.2	0.0
Wyo. Bldg. Permits (New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
	Total Units		206	135	156	52.6	32.1
		Valuation	$48,838,000	$32,367,000	$35,893,000	50.9	36.1
	Single Family Homes		177	115	140	53.9	26.4
		Valuation	$45,421,000	$32,017,000	$34,612,000	41.9	31.2
	Casper MSA2 Building Permits		24	35	17	-31.4	41.2
		Valuation	$6,184,000	$7,182,000	$3,473,000	-13.9	78.1
	Cheyenne MSA Building Permits		47	21	28	123.8	67.9
		Valuation	$8,156,000	$3,724,000	$4,446,000	119.0	83.4
Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming			42	44	40	-4.5	5.0
(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
1Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Note: Production worker hours and earnings data have been dropped from the Economic Indicators page because of problems with accuracy due to a small sample size and high item nonresponse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will continue to publish these data online at http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.wy.htm.