Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1995 (p)	JAN 1995 (r)	FEB 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	249,609	248,005	242,595	0.6	2.9
--Unemployed	14,163	14,312	17,281	-1.0	-18.0
--Employed	235,446	233,693	225,314	0.8	4.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.7%/4.2%	5.8%/4.3%	7.1%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.9%/5.4%	6.2%/5.7%	7.1%/6.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1995 (p)	JAN 1995 (r)	FEB 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$739.78	$734.37	$690.03	0.7	7.2
--Average Weekly Hours	43.8	43.3	45.1	1.2	-2.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$680.96	$683.55	$652.00	-0.4	4.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.8	45.0	43.7	-0.4	2.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$461.57	$455.87	$459.01	1.3	0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	38.4	38.6	39.4	-0.5	-2.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$510.83	$513.66	$490.80	-0.6	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	42.0	40.9	-0.7	2.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1995 (p)	JAN 1995 (r)	FEB 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	26,929	29,803	26,110	-9.6	3.1
----Initial Claims2	2,565	3,692	2,445	-30.5	4.9
--Weeks Compensated	21,049	20,821	19,891	1.1	5.8
--Benefits Paid	$3,666,502.00	$3,620,408.00	$3,327,009.00	1.3	10.2
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$174.19	$173.88	$165.06	0.2	5.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	191,323	191,814	186,183	-0.3	2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	3.1%	2.7%	3.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1995 (p)	JAN 1995 (r)	FEB 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,947	5,032	3,114	-21.6	26.8
--Openings Received	1,708	2,058	1,781	-17.0	-4.1
--Individuals Placed	686	860	624	-20.2	9.9
--Placement Transactions	1,137	1,477	1,103	-23.0	3.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1995 (p)	JAN 1995 (r)	FEB 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	150.9	150.3	146.7	0.4	2.9
----Food and Beverage	147.8	147.9	143.6	-0.1	2.9
----Housing	147.0	146.4	143.7	0.4	2.3
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.1	129.4	132.4	1.3	-1.0
----Transportation	137.5	137.3	131.9	0.1	4.2
----Medical Care	217.9	216.6	207.7	0.6	4.9
----Entertainment	152.5	152.1	149.1	0.3	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	204.1	203.0	195.2	0.5	4.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	123.5	122.6	119.3	0.7	3.5

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.

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