Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1997 (p)	JAN 1997 (r)	FEB 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	252,765	251,692	252,638	0.4	0.1
--Unemployed	14,657	14,672	15,198	-0.1	-3.6
--Employed	238,108	237,020	237,440	0.5	0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/4.4%	5.8%/4.6%	6.0%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.7%/5.3%	5.9%/5.4%	6.0%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1997 (p)	JAN 1997 (r)	FEB 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$818.14	$817.86	$739.54	0.0	10.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.2	43.9	42.6	0.7	3.8
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$716.77	$734.37	$684.59	-2.4	4.7
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	46.1	43.8	-3.9	1.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$563.60	$553.50	$477.10	1.8	18.1
--Average Weekly Hours	40.2	39.2	39.3	2.6	2.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$542.41	$559.62	$503.87	-3.1	7.6
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	42.6	39.8	-2.6	4.3
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1997 (p)	JAN 1997 (r)	FEB 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	25,770	27,473	28,797	-6.2	-10.5
----Initial Claims ²	2,242	3,412	2,508	-34.3	-10.6
--Weeks Compensated	21,041	21,444	23,423	-1.9	-10.2
--Benefits Paid	$3,628,094.00	$3,785,379.00	$4,156,474.00	-4.2	-12.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$172.43	$176.52	$177.45	-2.3	-2.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	190,795	191,102	190,678	-0.2	0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.9%	2.9%	3.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1997 (p)	JAN 1997 (r)	FEB 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,037	4,570	3,375	-11.7	19.6
--Openings Received	1,603	1,521	1,539	5.4	4.2
--Individuals Placed	701	673	716	4.2	-2.1
--Placement Transactions	986	975	1,003	1.1	-1.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1997 (p)	JAN 1997 (r)	FEB 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	159.6	159.1	154.9	0.3	3.0
----Food and Beverage	156.9	156.9	151.3	0.0	3.7
----Housing	155.8	155.1	151.2	0.5	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.9	129.6	131.2	1.8	0.5
----Transportation	144.8	145.0	140.4	-0.1	3.1
----Medical Care	232.7	231.8	226.2	0.4	2.9
----Entertainment	161.8	161.3	158.3	0.3	2.2
----Other Goods & Services	220.7	220.0	212.6	0.3	3.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.7	129.7	126.2	-0.8	2.0

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 These figures may differ from those in Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims and Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims because they are derived from different sources.