Wyoming Economic Indicators

				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.