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Wyoming Economic Indicators


PERCENT CHANGE
DEC 1994 (p) NOV 1994 (r) DEC 1993 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1 248,469 247,959 239,319 0.2 3.8
--Unemployed 11,751 10,717 14,190 9.6 -17.2
--Employed 236,718 237,242 225,129 -0.2 5.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.7%/4.3% 4.3%/4.5% 5.9%/5.5% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.1%/5.4% 5.3%/5.6% 6.0%/6.4% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
DEC 1994 (p) NOV 1994 (r) DEC 1993 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $728.12 $735.76 $718.98 -1.0 1.3
--Average Weekly Hours 43.6 44.7 46.0 -2.5 -5.2
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 $481.60 $470.45 $456.19 2.4 5.6
--Average Weekly Hours 40.2 39.7 39.6 1.3 1.5
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
DEC 1994 (p) NOV 1994 (r) DEC 1993 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2 19,191 15,862 20,259 21.0 -5.3
----Initial Claims2 2,826 2,738 3,037 3.2 -6.9
--Weeks Compensated 13,842 11,775 14,527 17.6 -4.7
--Benefits Paid $2,342,143.00 $1,939,578.00 $2,350,647.00 20.8 -0.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $169.21 $164.72 $161.81 2.7 4.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs1 198,557 199,514 192,504 -0.5 3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 2.0% 1.5% 2.1% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
DEC 1994 (p) NOV 1994 (r) DEC 1993 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 4,041 4,236 3,763 -4.6 7.4
--Openings Received 1,962 2,398 1,987 -18.2 -1.3
--Individuals Placed 1,120 1,162 855 -3.6 31.0
--Placement Transactions 1,751 1,917 1,650 -8.7 6.1
PERCENT CHANGE
DEC 1994 (p) NOV 1994 (r) DEC 1993 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 149.7 149.7 145.8 0.0 2.7
----Food and Beverage 147.2 145.9 143.3 0.9 2.7
----Housing 145.4 145.5 142.3 -0.1 2.2
----Apparel & Upkeep 130.5 134.2 132.6 -2.8 -1.6
----Transportation 137.1 137.1 132.1 0.0 3.8
----Medical Care 215.3 214.7 205.2 0.3 4.9
----Entertainment 151.2 151.6 147.8 -0.3 2.3
----Other Goods & Services 202.4 202.3 194.2 0.0 4.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 121.8 121.5 118.6 0.2 2.7


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


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



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