Economic Indicators

"Despite falling 0.6 percent from October, Wyoming’s civilian labor force was unchanged from its November 2001 level."

	Nov	Oct	Nov	Percent Change
	2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	271,311	272,821	271,303	-0.6	0.0
Unemployed	10,662	9,248	10,162	15.3	4.9
Employed	260,649	263,573	261,141	-1.1	-0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.2%	3.4%/3.9%	3.7%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.7%/6.0%	5.3%/5.7%	5.3%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,183,000	7,236,000	7,080,000	-0.7	1.5
As a percent of all workers	5.3%	5.4%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	381,000	355,000	322,000	7.3	18.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,080,000	3,891,000	4,042,000	4.9	0.9

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$925.68	$901.91	$957.88	2.6	-3.4
Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.7	44.0	-0.2	-7.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$767.48	$766.75	$764.27	0.1	0.4
Average Weekly Hours	42.9	43.1	43.4	-0.5	-1.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$652.81	$644.78	$621.68	1.2	5.0
Average Weekly Hours	37.8	37.4	38.0	1.1	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$634.68	$630.68	$613.35	0.6	3.5
Average Weekly Hours	41.0	40.9	40.7	0.2	0.7

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	15,041	12,044	8,880	24.9	69.4
Benefits Paid	$3,400,662	$2,756,230	$1,872,425	23.4	81.6
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$226.09	$228.85	$210.86	-1.2	7.2
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	221,962	226,143	218,704	-1.8	1.5
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.8%	1.3%	1.2%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	181.3	181.3	177.4	0.0	2.2
Food & Beverages	177.4	177.1	175.2	0.2	1.3
Housing	181.2	181.4	176.9	-0.1	2.4
Apparel	125.5	126.8	128.0	-1.0	-2.0
Transportation	155.2	154.9	150.2	0.2	3.3
Medical Care	290.5	289.2	276.7	0.4	5.0
Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.4	106.4	105.5	0.0	0.9
Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	109.3	109.4	107.0	-0.1	2.1
Other Goods & Services	295.6	295.4	289.2	0.1	2.2

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	133.2	133.1	129.8	0.1	2.6

Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	131	202	98	-35.1	33.7
Valuation	$17,338,000	$27,332,000	$13,031,000	-36.6	33.1

(p) Preliminary. (r) Revised. (b) Benchmarked.
(1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
(2) Not Normalized.