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Wyoming Economic Indicators


Wyoming's 1997 total civilian labor force continues to remain below 1996 levels, as it has since March 1997 (down 0.1 percent from December 1996 to 1997).


Percent Change
December 1997 (p) November 1997 (r) December 1996 (b) Month Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 255,459 256,070 255,789 -0.2 -0.1
--Unemployed 11,625 10,259 13,164 13.3 -11.7
--Employed 243,834 245,811 242,625 -0.8 0.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.6%/4.5% 4.0%/4.2% 5.1%/5.1% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.4%/4.7% 4.3%/4.6% 5.0%/5.3% N/A N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $874.40 $854.61 $821.10 2.3 6.5
--Average Weekly Hours 45.9 46.7 46.0 -1.7 -0.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $740.99 $745.29 $733.70 -0.6 1.0
--Average Weekly Hours 45.1 45.5 46.0 -0.9 -2.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $601.64 $594.95 $567.12 1.1 6.1
--Average Weekly Hours 40.9 40.5 40.8 1.0 0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $580.13 $569.14 $559.40 1.9 3.7
--Average Weekly Hours 43.1 42.6 42.8 1.2 0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2) 21,035 12,719 26,002 65.4 -19.1
----Initial Claims (2) 3,052 2,528 3,618 20.7 -15.6
--Weeks Compensated 15,016 8,156 18,580 84.1 -19.2
--Benefits Paid $2,522,610.00 $1,343,078.00 $3,262,189.00 87.8 -22.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $167.99 $164.67 $175.58 2.0 -4.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 204,008 203,564 202,617 0.2 0.7
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 1.7% 1.2% 2.2% N/A N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received 4,060 3,960 4,130 2.5 -1.7
--Openings Received 1,776 1,961 1,411 -9.4 25.9
--Individuals Placed 936 1,079 653 -13.3 43.3
--Placement Transactions 1,342 1,537 986 -12.7 36.1
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 161.3 161.5 158.6 -0.1 1.7
----Food and Beverage 159.1 158.9 156.6 0.1 1.6
----Housing 157.7 157.7 154.0 0.0 2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep 131.6 134.7 130.3 -2.3 1.0
----Transportation 143.2 143.9 145.2 -0.5 -1.4
----Medical Care 237.1 236.4 230.6 0.3 2.8
----Entertainment 163.1 162.9 160.8 0.1 1.4
----Other Goods & Services 230.1 229.9 218.7 0.1 5.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 126.7 127.8 129.1 -0.9 -1.9


(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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