Economic Indicators

"The number of unemployed workers decreased over the year by 14.8 percent from 16,458 in February 1999 to 14,015 in February 2000."

				Percent Change
	February 2000 (p)	January 2000 (r)	February 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	258,771	257,062	257,713	0.7	0.4
--Unemployed	14,015	13,711	16,458	2.2	-14.8
--Employed	244,756	243,351	241,255	0.6	1.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/4.1%	5.3%/4.1%	6.4%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.1%	4.5%/4.0%	4.7%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,735,000	7,637,000	8,044,000	1.3	-3.8
--As a percent of all workers	5.8%	5.7%	6.1%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	262,000	234,000	271,000	12.0	-3.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,296,000	3,535,000	3,594,000	-6.8	-8.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$882.92	$875.52	$847.81	0.8	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.7	45.6	43.3	0.2	5.5
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$761.07	$765.90	$729.32	-0.6	4.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	44.4	42.7	-0.2	3.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$605.09	$613.32	$606.37	-1.3	-0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	39.6	39.8	39.4	-0.5	0.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$589.89	$590.30	$564.16	-0.1	4.6
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.6	41.3	0.0	0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	18,402	14,011	19,641	31.3	-6.3
--Benefits Paid	$3,499,963	$2,642,468	$3,607,040	32.5	-3.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$190.19	$188.60	$183.65	0.8	3.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	201,751	202,139	200,207	-0.2	0.8
--Insured Unemployment Rate	2.1%	2.0%	2.6%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	169.7	168.7	164.5	0.6	3.2
----Food & Beverages	166.8	166.6	163.8	0.1	1.8
----Housing	166.9	165.8	162.3	0.7	2.8
----Apparel	129.2	126.8	129.7	1.9	-0.4
----Transportation	149.7	148.3	139.8	0.9	7.1
----Medical Care	257.0	255.5	247.7	0.6	3.8
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.5	102.3	101.8	0.2	0.7
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.7	100.9	-0.5	1.3
----Other Goods & Services	266.7	264.7	255.0	0.8	4.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	129.8	128.3	122.3	1.2	6.1
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	90	88	89	2.3	1.1
--Valuation	$10,774,000	$9,030,000	$11,968,000	19.3	-10.0

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

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