"Wyoming's total civilian labor force (the sum of all employed and unemployed individuals ) grew by 1.2 percent over the year."

			Jan	Dec	Jan	Percent Change
			2003	2002	2002	Month	Year
			______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)			269,165	267,606	266,073	0.6	1.2
		Unemployed	13,620	12,169	13,819	11.9	-1.4
		Employed	255,545	255,437	252,254	0.0	1.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			5.1%/4.0%	4.4%/4.4%	5.2%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			6.5%/5.7%	5.7%/6.0%	6.3%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,180,000	7,650,000	7,018,000	-6.1	2.3
	As a percent of all workers		5.3%	5.6%	5.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			449,000	403,000	328,000	11.4	36.9
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			5,135,000	4,385,000	4,564,000	17.1	12.5

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
	Average Weekly Earnings		$930.04	$917.60	$899.65	1.4	3.4
	Average Weekly Hours		42.8	43.1	43.8	-0.7	-2.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$757.13	$756.84	$754.96	0.0	0.3
	Average Weekly Hours		41.9	42.4	42.2	-1.2	-0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$719.05	$709.97	$664.39	1.3	8.2
	Average Weekly Hours		39.4	40.5	37.6	-2.7	4.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$628.22	$646.57	$612.06	-2.8	2.6
	Average Weekly Hours		40.4	41.5	40.4	-2.7	0.0

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated (2)		24,794	22,435	20,212	10.5	22.7
	Benefits Paid		$5,718,278	$5,096,680	$4,417,935	12.2	29.4
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$230.63	$227.18	$218.58	1.5	5.5
	State Insured Covered Jobs (1)		215,827	222,183	215,029	-2.9	0.4
	Insured Unemployment Rate		2.8%	2.3%	2.2%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		181.7	180.9	177.1	0.4	2.6
		Food & Beverages	178.1	177.8	176.2	0.2	1.1
		Housing	182.3	181.1	177.6	0.7	2.6
		Apparel	118.1	121.5	120.4	-2.8	-1.9
		Transportation	155.5	154.2	148.6	0.8	4.6
		Medical Care	292.6	291.3	279.6	0.4	4.6
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.9	106.5	105.7	0.4	1.1
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	109.7	109.2	107.2	0.5	2.3
		Other Goods & Services	296.5	295.8	287.2	0.2	3.2

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		135.5	133.0	128.5	1.9	5.4

Wyoming Building Permits
	New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized		93	125	75	-25.6	24.0
	Valuation		$14,055,000	$16,377,000	$10,460,000	-14.2	34.4

(p) Preliminary (r) Revised (1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates