Economic Indicators

"Wyoming's total civilian labor force (the sum of the employed and the unemployed) increased 2.1 percent from February 1998 to 1999. The number of employed increased 2.4 percent over this time."

				Percent Change
	February 1999 (p)	January 1999 (r)	February 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	256,777	254,907	251,582	0.7	2.1
--Unemployed	15,219	14,915	15,655	2.0	-2.8
--Employed	241,558	239,992	235,927	0.7	2.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.9%/4.6%	5.9%/4.6%	6.2%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.4%	4.8%/4.3%	5.0%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,044,000	7,897,000	7,877,000	1.9	2.1
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.1%	6.0%	6.1%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	271,000	339,000	361,000	-20.1	-24.9
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,594,000	3,815,000	4,042,000	-5.8	-11.1
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$821.71	$824.32	$856.04	-0.3	-4.0
--Average Weekly Hours	42.4	43.8	47.4	1.4	-2.7
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$745.15	$732.17	$743.16	1.8	0.3
--Average Weekly Hours	42.8	42.2	44.0	1.4	-2.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$630.42	$625.65	$595.60	0.8	5.8
--Average Weekly Hours	39.9	40.6	40.0	-1.7	-0.3
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$564.16	$564.57	$559.20	-0.1	0.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.3	41.3	41.7	0.0	-1.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	19,641	18,428	17,473	6.6	12.4
--Benefits Paid	$3,607,040	$3,379,974	$3,026,581	6.7	19.2
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$183.65	$183.41	$173.21	0.1	6.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	199,832	200,098	196,899	-0.1	1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	164.5	164.3	161.9	0.1	1.6
----Food & Beverages	163.8	163.9	159.8	-0.1	2.5
----Housing	162.3	161.8	158.8	0.3	2.2
----Apparel	129.7	127.9	131.9	1.4	-1.7
----Transportation	139.8	140.4	142.1	-0.4	-1.6
----Medical Care	247.7	246.6	239.3	0.4	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.8	101.7	100.7	0.1	1.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.9	100.9	99.8	0.0	1.1
----Other Goods & Services	255.0	255.4	233.1	-0.2	9.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	122.4	123.2	125.0	-0.6	-2.1

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

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