Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's total civilian labor force increased 1.0 percent from December 1997 to 1998; the total number of employed and unemployed also rose by 1.0 percent for the same time period."

				Percent Change
	December 1998 (p)	November 1998 (r)	December 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1)	255,728	257,736	253,078	-0.8	1.0
--Unemployed	11,639	11,494	11,521	1.3	1.0
--Employed	244,089	246,242	241,557	-0.9	1.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.6%/4.5%	4.5%/4.8%	4.6%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.3%	4.1%/4.4%	4.4%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,220,000	8,307,000	8,108,000	-1.0	1.4
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.2%	6.3%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	358,000	310,000	345,000	15.5	3.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,455,000	3,159,000	3,869,000	9.4	-10.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$856.32	$859.84	$844.67	-0.4	1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	44.9	47.4	-0.9	-3.8
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$757.34	$760.35	$746.70	-0.4	1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	43.9	45.2	-0.9	-3.8
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$603.17	$618.10	$601.15	-2.4	0.3
--Average Weekly Hours	40.4	41.4	40.4	-2.4	0.0
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$583.19	$572.56	$579.21	1.9	0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	42.6	42.1	43.0	1.2	-0.9
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	16,199	9,040	15,016	79.2	7.9
--Benefits Paid	$2,864,181	$1,583,126	$2,522,610	80.9	13.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$176.81	$175.12	$167.99	1.0	5.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	204,120	205,252	204,008	-0.6	0.1
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.8%	1.3%	1.7%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	163.9	164.0	161.3	-0.1	1.6
----Food & Beverages	162.7	162.5	159.1	0.1	2.3
----Housing	161.3	161.3	157.7	0.0	2.3
----Apparel	130.7	135.0	131.6	-3.2	-0.7
----Transportation	140.7	141.5	143.2	-0.6	-1.7
----Medical Care	245.2	244.7	237.1	0.2	3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.2	101.3	100.0	-0.1	1.2
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.7	101.0	100.0	-0.3	0.7
----Other Goods & Services	250.3	240.5	230.1	4.1	8.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	122.7	123.5	126.8	-0.6	-3.2

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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