Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1994 (p)	OCT 1994 (r)	NOV 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	247,929	248,991	238,824	-0.4	3.8
--Unemployed	10,718	9,871	12,505	8.6	-14.3
--Employed	237,211	239,120	226,319	-0.8	4.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.5%	4.0%/4.8%	5.2%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.3%/5.6%	5.4%/5.8%	6.1%/6.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1994 (p)	OCT 1994 (r)	NOV 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$734.56	$727.86	$700.98	0.9	4.8
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	43.9	45.4	2.3	-1.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$680.47	$678.41	$658.39	0.3	3.4
--Average Weekly Hours	45.7	45.5	45.5	0.4	0.4
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$474.41	$474.78	$440.35	-0.1	7.7
--Average Weekly Hours	39.6	41.0	38.9	-3.4	1.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$512.25	$514.74	$493.24	-0.5	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	42.3	42.4	41.8	-0.2	1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1994 (p)	OCT 1994 (r)	NOV 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	15,862	12,417	17,457	27.7	-9.1
----Initial Claims2	2,738	2,088	2,974	31.1	-7.9
--Weeks Compensated	11,775	6,891	10,266	70.9	14.7
--Benefits Paid	$1,939,578.00	$1,157,344.00	$1,631,789.00	67.6	18.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$164.72	$167.95	$158.95	-1.9	3.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	199,514	203,087	193,453	-1.8	3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.1%	1.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1994 (p)	OCT 1994 (r)	NOV 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,236	4,718	3,905	-10.2	8.5
--Openings Received	2,398	3,191	2,381	-24.9	0.7
--Individuals Placed	1,162	1,493	1,098	-22.2	5.8
--Placement Transactions	1,917	2,370	1,861	-19.1	3.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1994 (p)	OCT 1994 (r)	NOV 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	149.7	149.5	145.8	0.1	2.7
----Food and Beverage	145.9	145.6	142.6	0.2	2.3
----Housing	145.5	145.7	142.0	-0.1	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.2	135.2	136.2	-0.7	-1.5
----Transportation	137.1	136.1	132.6	0.7	3.4
----Medical Care	214.7	214.0	204.9	0.3	4.8
----Entertainment	151.6	151.0	147.7	0.4	2.6
----Other Goods & Services	202.3	201.9	193.8	0.2	4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	121.5	120.9	119.0	0.5	2.1

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not normalized.