Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1994 (p)	DEC 1993 (r)	JAN 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	247,461	239,319	233,055	3.4	6.2
--Unemployed	24,074	14,190	15,827	69.7	52.1
--Employed	223,387	225,129	217,228	-0.8	2.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	9.7%/8.1%	5.9%/5.3%	6.8%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	7.3%/6.7%	6.0%/6.4%	7.9%/7.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1994 (p)	DEC 1993 (r)	JAN 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$750.85	$718.98	$736.96	4.4	1.9
--Average Weekly Hours	45.7	46.0	44.8	-0.7	2.0
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$658.06	$658.68	$649.15	-0.1	1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.0	44.2	44.0	-0.5	0.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$448.84	$456.19	$426.75	-1.6	5.2
--Average Weekly Hours	39.2	39.6	37.5	-1.0	4.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$496.76	$509.22	$477.58	-2.4	4.0
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	41.4	0.0	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1994 (p)	DEC 1993 (r)	JAN 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	27,463	20,259	24,431	35.6	12.4
----Initial Claims2	3,158	3,037	3,394	4.0	-7.0
--Weeks Compensated	16,598	14,527	17,866	14.3	-7.1
--Benefits Paid	$2,746,575.00	$2,353,789.00	$2,859,261.00	16.7	-3.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$165.06	$161.81	$159.68	2.0	3.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	186,369	192,504	180,816	-3.2	3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.7%	2.1%	2.8%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1994 (p)	DEC 1993 (r)	JAN 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,524	3,763	4,746	20.2	-4.7
--Openings Received	1,924	1,987	3,238	-3.2	-40.6
--Individuals Placed	893	855	1,068	4.4	-16.4
--Placement Transactions	1,391	1,650	2,030	-15.7	-31.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1994 (p)	DEC 1993 (r)	JAN 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	146.2	145.8	142.6	0.3	2.5
----Food and Beverage	144.3	143.3	140.5	0.7	2.7
----Housing	142.9	142.3	139.3	0.4	2.6
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.4	132.6	129.7	-1.7	0.5
----Transportation	131.6	132.1	129.1	-0.4	1.9
----Medical Care	206.4	205.2	196.4	0.6	5.1
----Entertainment	148.5	147.8	144.3	0.5	2.9
----Other Goods & Services	195.1	194.2	191.0	0.5	2.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	119.0	118.4	118.0	0.5	0.8

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not normalized.