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Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's civilian labor force grew by 2.4 percent from January 1998 to 1999. The number of unemployed in the state fell 2.7 percent over the same time period."

Percent Change
January 1999 (p) December 1998 (r) January 1998 (b) Month Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 254,749 256,919 248,778 -0.8 2.4
--Unemployed 14,928 11,743 15,349 27.1 -2.7
--Employed 239,821 245,176 233,429 -2.2 2.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.9%/4.6% 4.6%/4.5% 6.2%/4.9% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.8%/4.3% 4.0%/4.3% 5.2%/4.6% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 7,897,000 8,220,000 7,702,000 -3.9 2.5
--As a Percent of All Workers 6.0% 6.2% 6.0% N/A N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers 339,000 358,000 374,000 -5.3 -9.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 3,815,000 3,455,000 4,299,000 10.4 -11.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $816.05 $853.89 $846.87 -4.4 -3.6
--Average Weekly Hours 43.2 44.8 47.9 -2.5 -5.6
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $737.38 $758.20 $749.25 -2.7 -1.6
--Average Weekly Hours 42.5 43.6 45.0 -2.5 -5.6
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $612.65 $604.63 $623.37 1.3 -1.7
--Average Weekly Hours 40.2 39.7 40.4 1.3 -0.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $564.57 $582.77 $561.46 -3.1 0.6
--Average Weekly Hours 41.3 42.6 41.9 -3.1 -1.4
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2) 18,428 16,199 22,873 13.8 -19.4
--Benefits Paid $3,379,974 $2,864,181 $2,880,977 18.0 17.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $183.41 $176.81 $173.75 3.7 5.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 200,098 207,051 197,160 -3.4 1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate 2.5% 1.8% 2.4% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 164.3 163.9 161.6 0.2 1.7
----Food & Beverages 163.9 162.7 160.3 0.7 2.2
----Housing 161.8 161.3 158.3 0.3 2.2
----Apparel 127.9 130.7 129.8 -2.1 -1.5
----Transportation 140.4 140.7 142.7 -0.2 -1.6
----Medical Care 246.6 245.2 238.1 0.6 3.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 101.7 101.2 100.3 0.5 1.4
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 100.9 100.7 99.9 0.2 1.0
----Other Goods & Services 255.4 250.3 231.3 2.0 10.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 123.2 122.7 125.4 0.4 -1.8

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


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