Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1993 (p)	NOV 1993 (r)	DEC 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	239,798	237,012	235,306	1.2	1.9
--Unemployed	12,580	10,886	12,079	15.6	4.1
--Employed	227,218	226,126	223,227	0.5	1.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.1%	4.6%/4.9%	5.1%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.0%/6.4%	6.1%/6.5%	7.0%/7.3%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1993 (p)	NOV 1993 (r)	DEC 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$715.21	$695.24	$724.75	2.9	-1.3
--Average Weekly Hours	45.7	45.5	44.6	0.4	2.5
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$647.55	$653.68	$651.61	-0.9	-0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	45.3	44.6	-0.7	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$456.23	$435.38	$440.66	4.8	3.5
--Average Weekly Hours	39.5	38.7	39.1	2.1	1.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$500.15	$493.66	$480.48	1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	41.8	41.6	0.7	1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1993 (p)	NOV 1993 (r)	DEC 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	20,259	17,457	22,854	16.1	-11.4
----Initial Claims2	3,037	2,974	3,620	2.1	-16.1
--Weeks Compensated	14,527	10,266	17,891	41.5	-18.8
--Benefits Paid	$2,353,789.00	$1,665,617.00	$2,826,651.00	41.3	-16.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$161.81	$158.95	$157.62	1.8	2.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	186,249	186,143	185,287	0.1	0.5
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.1%	1.6%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1993 (p)	NOV 1993 (r)	DEC 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,763	3,905	4,524	-3.6	-16.8
--Openings Received	1,987	2,381	2,335	-16.5	-14.9
--Individuals Placed	855	1,098	780	-22.1	9.6
--Placement Transactions	1,650	1,861	1,379	-11.3	19.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	DEC 1993 (p)	NOV 1993 (r)	DEC 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	145.8	145.8	141.9	0.0	2.7
----Food and Beverage	143.3	142.6	139.5	0.5	2.7
----Housing	142.3	142.0	138.5	0.2	2.7
----Apparel & Upkeep	132.6	136.2	131.4	-2.6	0.9
----Transportation	132.1	132.6	129.0	-0.4	2.4
----Medical Care	205.2	204.9	194.7	0.1	5.4
----Entertainment	147.8	147.7	143.8	0.1	2.8
----Other Goods & Services	194.2	193.8	189.1	0.2	2.7
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	118.4	118.9	117.6	-0.4	0.7

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


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