"U.S. unemployment (seasonally adjusted) increased to 6.0 percent in April 2002."

			April	March	April	Percent Change
			2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
			______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)			270,859	270,335	268,366	0.2	0.9
		Unemployed	12,100	12,486	10,659	-3.1	13.5
		Employed	258,759	257,849	257,707	0.4	0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			4.5%/4.4%	4.6%/3.9%	4.0%/3.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			5.7%/6.0%	6.1%/5.7%	4.2%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,265,000	7,392,000	7,280,000	-1.7	-0.2
	As a percent of all workers		5.4%	5.5%	5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			317,000	319,000	346,000	-0.6	-8.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			3,927,000	4,129,000	3,108,000	-4.9	26.4

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
	Average Weekly Earnings		$937.92	$849.85	$879.91	10.4	6.6
	Average Weekly Hours		44.2	41.7	40.4	6.0	9.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$756.84	$762.70	$765.60	-0.8	-1.1
	Average Weekly Hours		42.4	42.8	43.5	-0.9	-2.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$637.26	$619.38	$643.85	2.9	-1.0
	Average Weekly Hours		38.0	37.0	38.6	2.7	-1.6
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$620.98	$620.45	$588.13	0.1	5.6
	Average Weekly Hours		40.8	40.9	39.9	-0.2	2.3

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated (2)		18,034	18,643	11,745	-3.3	53.5
	Benefits Paid		$4,061,577	$4,154,550	$2,408,277	-2.2	68.7
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$225.22	$222.85	$205.05	1.1	9.8
	State Insured Covered Jobs (1)		217,184	214,603	213,777	1.2	1.6
	Insured Unemployment Rate		2.2%	2.4%	1.5%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		179.8	178.8	176.9	0.6	1.6
		Food & Beverages	176.7	176.6	172.4	0.1	2.5
		Housing	179.5	179.1	175.4	0.2	2.3
		Apparel	128.8	128.2	131.9	0.5	-2.4
		Transportation	153.7	150.5	156.1	2.1	-1.5
		Medical Care	283.2	282.0	270.8	0.4	4.6
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.5	106.1	105.0	0.4	1.4
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	106.2	106.6	104.1	-0.4	2.0
		Other Goods & Services	292.9	288.5	281.3	1.5	4.1

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		131.0	129.9	136.4	0.8	-4.0

Wyoming Building Permits
	New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized		228	151	163	51.0	39.9
	Valuation		$31,820,000	$20,407,000	$25,661,000	55.9	24.0

(p) Preliminary (r) Revised (1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates


	April	March	April	Percent Change
	2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	270,859	270,335	268,366	0.2	0.9
Unemployed	12,100	12,486	10,659	-3.1	13.5
Employed	258,759	257,849	257,707	0.4	0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.4%	4.6%/3.9%	4.0%/3.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.7%/6.0%	6.1%/5.7%	4.2%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,265,000	7,392,000	7,280,000	-1.7	-0.2
As a percent of all workers	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	317,000	319,000	346,000	-0.6	-8.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,927,000	4,129,000	3,108,000	-4.9	26.4

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$937.92	$849.85	$879.91	10.4	6.6
Average Weekly Hours	44.2	41.7	40.4	6.0	9.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$756.84	$762.70	$765.60	-0.8	-1.1
Average Weekly Hours	42.4	42.8	43.5	-0.9	-2.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$637.26	$619.38	$643.85	2.9	-1.0
Average Weekly Hours	38.0	37.0	38.6	2.7	-1.6
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$620.98	$620.45	$588.13	0.1	5.6
Average Weekly Hours	40.8	40.9	39.9	-0.2	2.3

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	18,034	18,643	11,745	-3.3	53.5
Benefits Paid	$4,061,577	$4,154,550	$2,408,277	-2.2	68.7
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$225.22	$222.85	$205.05	1.1	9.8
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	217,184	214,603	213,777	1.2	1.6
Insured Unemployment Rate	2.2%	2.4%	1.5%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	179.8	178.8	176.9	0.6	1.6
Food & Beverages	176.7	176.6	172.4	0.1	2.5
Housing	179.5	179.1	175.4	0.2	2.3
Apparel	128.8	128.2	131.9	0.5	-2.4
Transportation	153.7	150.5	156.1	2.1	-1.5
Medical Care	283.2	282.0	270.8	0.4	4.6
Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.5	106.1	105.0	0.4	1.4
Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	106.2	106.6	104.1	-0.4	2.0
Other Goods & Services	292.9	288.5	281.3	1.5	4.1

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	131.0	129.9	136.4	0.8	-4.0

Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	228	151	163.0	51.0	39.9
Valuation	$31,820,000	$20,407,000	$25,661,000	55.9	24.0

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