Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1997 (p)	FEB 1997 (r)	MAR 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	255,153	252,709	255,756	1.0	-0.2
--Unemployed	14,068	14,659	15,290	-4.0	-8.0
--Employed	241,085	238,050	240,466	1.3	0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/4.5%	5.8%/4.4%	6.0%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/5.2%	5.7%/5.3%	5.8%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1997 (p)	FEB 1997 (r)	MAR 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$817.34	$842.26	$769.80	-3.0	6.2
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	46.0	44.6	-3.7	-0.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$731.43	$733.03	$697.95	-0.2	4.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.8	45.7	45.0	0.2	1.8
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$577.10	$577.50	$494.08	-0.1	16.8
--Average Weekly Hours	40.3	40.3	39.4	0.0	2.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$549.78	$542.05	$517.90	1.4	6.2
--Average Weekly Hours	42.0	41.6	41.3	1.0	1.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1997 (p)	FEB 1997 (r)	MAR 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	26,610	25,770	27,348	3.3	-2.7
----Initial Claims ²	1,867	2,242	1,903	-16.7	-1.9
--Weeks Compensated	19,739	21,041	23,154	-6.2	-14.7
--Benefits Paid	$3,394,021.00	$3,628,094.00	$4,133,624.00	-6.5	-17.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$171.43	$172.43	$178.53	-0.6	-4.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	192,821	190,795	192,701	1.1	0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.6%	2.9%	3.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1997 (p)	FEB 1997 (r)	MAR 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,607	4,037	3,497	-10.7	3.1
--Openings Received	2,249	1,603	2,031	40.3	10.7
--Individuals Placed	879	701	831	25.4	5.8
--Placement Transactions	1,297	986	1,296	31.5	0.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1997 (p)	FEB 1997 (r)	MAR 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	160.0	159.6	155.7	0.3	2.8
----Food and Beverage	157.1	156.9	152.1	0.1	3.3
----Housing	155.9	155.8	151.7	0.1	2.8
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.5	131.9	134.8	2.0	-0.2
----Transportation	144.9	144.8	141.2	0.1	2.6
----Medical Care	233.4	232.7	226.6	0.3	3.0
----Entertainment	162.1	161.8	158.4	0.2	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	221.4	220.7	213.0	0.3	3.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.7	128.7	126.4	-0.8	1.0

(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.