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Wyoming Economic Indicators


The Wyoming Civilian Labor Force remained flat compared to 1995; the stability of the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate indicates that Wyoming's economy is following historical trends for this time of year.


PERCENT CHANGE
NOV 1996 (p) OCT 1996 (r) NOV 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹ 255,528 257,135 255,571 -0.6 0.0
--Unemployed 10,797 10,365 10,983 4.2 -1.7
--Employed 244,731 246,770 244,588 -0.8 0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.2%/4.6% 4.0%/4.7% 4.3%/4.6% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.0%/5.4% 4.9%/5.2% 5.3%/5.6% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
NOV 1996 (p) OCT 1996 (r) NOV 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $816.66 $800.18 $739.15 2.1 10.5
--Average Weekly Hours 46.8 46.2 43.2 1.3 8.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $703.56 $711.91 $687.68 -1.2 2.3
--Average Weekly Hours 44.4 45.4 44.2 -2.2 0.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $544.16 $531.96 $438.05 2.3 24.2
--Average Weekly Hours 40.7 40.3 38.8 1.0 4.9
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $544.77 $538.00 $523.33 1.3 4.1
--Average Weekly Hours 41.7 41.7 41.5 0.0 0.5
PERCENT CHANGE
NOV 1996 (p) OCT 1996 (r) NOV 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ² 15,839 12,233 18,107 29.5 -12.5
----Initial Claims ² 3,118 2,401 2,691 29.9 15.9
--Weeks Compensated 10,833 8,801 12,577 23.1 -13.9
--Benefits Paid $1,843,546.00 $1,528,732.00 $2,179,396.00 20.6 -15.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $170.18 $173.70 $173.28 -2.0 -1.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹ 203,663 206,243 201,263 -1.3 1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 1.5% 1.1% 1.8% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
NOV 1996 (p) OCT 1996 (r) NOV 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 4,181 5,066 4,207 -17.5 -0.6
--Openings Received 1,641 3,050 1,924 -46.2 -14.7
--Individuals Placed 881 1,640 976 -46.3 -9.7
--Placement Transactions 1,353 2,334 1,590 -42.0 -14.9
PERCENT CHANGE
NOV 1996 (p) OCT 1996 (r) NOV 1995 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 158.6 158.3 153.6 0.2 3.3
----Food and Beverage 156.2 155.8 149.8 0.3 4.3
----Housing 153.9 154.0 149.4 -0.1 3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep 133.4 133.4 133.7 0.0 -0.2
----Transportation 144.8 143.9 139.4 0.6 3.9
----Medical Care 230.5 230.1 223.5 0.2 3.1
----Entertainment 160.7 159.8 156.0 0.6 3.0
----Other Goods & Services 219.2 218.8 211.2 0.2 3.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 128.1 127.9 125.4 0.2 2.2


(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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