Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	March 1998 (p)	February 1998 (r)	March 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	253,960	251,281	248,134	1.1	2.3
--Unemployed	13,320	14,075	15,814	-5.4	-15.8
--Employed	240,640	237,206	232,320	1.4	3.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/4.2%	5.6%/4.0%	6.4%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/4.7%	5.0%/4.6%	5.5%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$870.01	$862.75	$817.65	0.8	6.4
--Average Weekly Hours	46.8	47.3	45.0	-1.1	4.0
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$734.37	$743.16	$730.29	-1.2	0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	44.0	45.7	-1.6	-5.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$593.31	$598.40	$581.36	-0.9	2.1
--Average Weekly Hours	39.9	40.0	40.4	-0.3	-1.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$562.12	$559.61	$549.36	0.4	2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.7	42.0	0.0	-0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	25,865	22,062	26,610	17.2	-2.8
----Initial Claims (2)	2,045	2,069	1,867	-1.2	9.5
--Weeks Compensated	20,710	17,473	19,739	18.5	4.9
--Benefits Paid	$3,598,781.00	$3,026,581.00	$3,394,021.00	18.9	6.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.77	$173.21	$171.43	0.3	1.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	197,160	194,458	192,821	1.4	2.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.4%	2.4%	2.6%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,752	3,628	3,607	3.4	4.0
--Openings Received	1,883	1,080	2,249	74.4	-16.3
--Individuals Placed	945	703	879	34.4	7.5
--Placement Transactions	1,351	957	1,297	41.2	4.2
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	162.2	161.9	160.0	0.2	1.4
----Food & Beverages	160.1	159.8	157.1	0.2	1.9
----Housing	159.2	158.8	155.9	0.3	2.1
----Apparel	134.9	131.9	134.5	2.3	0.3
----Transportation	141.2	142.1	144.9	-0.6	-2.6
----Medical Care	239.8	239.3	233.4	0.2	2.7
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.0	100.7	99.4	0.3	1.6
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	99.9	99.8	97.5	0.1	2.5
----Other Goods & Services	232.4	233.1	221.4	-0.3	5.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.5	125.1	127.3	-0.5	-2.2

(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.