Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1995 (p)	FEB 1995 (r)	MAR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	252,353	249,626	245,418	1.1	2.8
--Unemployed	12,694	14,162	15,881	-10.4	-20.1
--Employed	239,659	235,464	229,537	1.8	4.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/4.1%	5.7%/4.2%	6.5%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.7%/5.5%	5.9%/5.4%	6.8%/6.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1995 (p)	FEB 1995 (r)	MAR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$725.28	$736.64	$685.52	-1.5	5.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	43.9	44.0	-1.4	-1.6
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$679.58	$679.52	$652.96	0.0	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	44.5	44.0	-0.9	0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$483.88	$463.81	$471.64	4.3	2.6
--Average Weekly Hours	39.5	38.3	39.7	3.1	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$512.08	$510.83	$502.38	0.2	1.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	41.9	0.0	-0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1995 (p)	FEB 1995 (r)	MAR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	26,708	26,929	26,284	-0.8	1.6
----Initial Claims2	2,333	2,565	2,220	-9.0	5.1
--Weeks Compensated	22,242	21,049	24,214	5.7	-8.1
--Benefits Paid	$3,893,861.00	$3,666,502.00	$4,055,208.00	6.2	-4.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$174.19	$174.19	$167.47	0.0	4.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	193,763	191,323	188,562	1.3	2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	3.0%	3.1%	3.0%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1995 (p)	FEB 1995 (r)	MAR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,581	3,947	4,251	16.1	7.8
--Openings Received	2,575	1,708	2,691	50.8	-4.3
--Individuals Placed	1,165	686	935	69.8	24.6
--Placement Transactions	1,810	1,137	1,626	59.2	11.3
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1995 (p)	FEB 1995 (r)	MAR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	151.4	150.9	147.2	0.3	2.9
----Food and Beverage	147.9	147.8	143.9	0.1	2.8
----Housing	147.4	147.0	144.1	0.3	2.3
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.4	131.1	136.1	2.5	-1.2
----Transportation	138.0	137.5	132.2	0.4	4.4
----Medical Care	218.4	217.9	208.3	0.2	4.8
----Entertainment	152.6	152.5	149.6	0.1	2.0
----Other Goods & Services	204.0	204.1	195.5	0.0	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	123.7	123.5	119.7	0.2	3.3

(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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