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.