Wyoming Economic Indicators

"The number of unemployed individuals in Wyoming fell by 18.3 percent from April 1999 to April 2000."

				Percent Change
	April 2000 (p)	March 2000 (r)	April 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	260,708	260,361	260,261	0.1	0.2
--Unemployed	11,077	12,477	13,558	-11.2	-18.3
--Employed	249,631	247,884	246,703	0.7	1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.0%	4.8%/4.0%	5.2%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.7%/3.9%	4.3%/4.1%	4.1%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,737,000	7,707,000	7,648,000	0.4	1.2
--As a percent of all workers	5.7%	5.7%	5.8%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	330,000	257,000	245,000	28.4	34.7
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,043,000	3,306,000	3,316,000	-8.0	-8.2
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$907.57	$854.55	$944.55	6.2	-3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	43.4	44.2	-0.2	-2.0
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$769.73	$753.76	$733.07	2.1	5.0
--Average Weekly Hours	44.7	43.9	43.3	1.8	3.2
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$631.17	$612.69	$636.66	3.0	-0.9
--Average Weekly Hours	40.1	39.3	40.5	2.0	-1.0
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$596.31	$590.13	$574.08	1.0	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.5	41.6	0.5	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	11,635	15,707	15,008	-25.9	-22.5
--Benefits Paid	$2,225,476	$2,988,754	$2,744,491	-25.5	-18.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$191.27	$190.28	$182.87	0.5	4.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	206,722	203,858	205,184	1.4	0.7
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.9%	1.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	171.2	171.1	166.2	0.1	3.0
----Food & Beverages	167.2	167.1	163.9	0.1	2.0
----Housing	167.6	167.6	163.0	0.0	2.8
----Apparel	133.3	132.5	135.2	0.6	-1.4
----Transportation	152.9	153.4	144.3	-0.3	6.0
----Medical Care	258.8	258.1	249.1	0.3	3.9
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.9	102.9	102.0	0.0	0.9
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.8	102.0	100.7	-0.2	1.1
----Other Goods & Services	271.9	268.0	256.1	1.5	6.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	130.7	131.0	123.6	-0.2	5.7
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	179	175	185	2.3	-3.2
--Valuation	$35,229,000	$45,640,000	$44,675,000	-22.8	-21.1

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

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