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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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