Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's labor force increased by 5,337 persons from November 1997 to 1998. There were 697 more unemployed persons and 4,640 employed during this time."

				Percent Change
	November 1998 (p)	October 1998 (r)	November 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1)	257,696	259,352	252,359	-0.6	2.1
--Unemployed	11,458	10,379	10,761	10.4	6.5
--Employed	246,238	248,973	241,598	-1.1	1.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.8%	4.0%/4.8%	4.3%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.4%	4.2%/4.6%	4.3%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,307,000	8,234,000	8,156,000	0.9	1.9
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.3%	6.2%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	310,000	333,000	331,000	-6.9	-6.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,159,000	3,086,000	3,768,000	2.4	-16.2
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$858.29	$855.72	$841.19	0.3	2.0
--Average Weekly Hours	45.8	45.3	46.5	0.7	-3.3
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$761.61	$750.73	$748.30	1.4	1.8
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	43.8	45.6	0.7	-3.3
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$621.30	$624.34	$598.04	-0.5	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	40.7	40.6	1.2	1.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$572.98	$567.33	$569.14	1.0	0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	41.9	42.6	0.5	-1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	9,040	6,298	8,156	43.5	10.8
--Benefits Paid	$1,583,126	$1,110,098	$1,343,078	42.6	17.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.12	$176.26	$164.67	-0.6	6.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	205,252	209,733	203,564	-2.1	0.8
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.3%	0.9%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	164.0	164.0	161.5	0.0	1.5
----Food & Beverages	162.5	162.4	158.9	0.1	2.3
----Housing	161.3	161.4	157.7	-0.1	2.3
----Apparel	135.0	135.6	134.7	-0.4	0.2
----Transportation	141.5	141.3	143.9	0.1	-1.7
----Medical Care	244.7	244.3	236.4	0.2	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.3	101.1	100.0	0.2	1.3
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.0	101.0	100.0	0.0	1.0
----Other Goods & Services	240.5	241.3	229.9	-0.3	4.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	123.5	124.0	127.9	-0.4	-3.4

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

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