Wyoming Economic Indicators


PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1995 (p) MAR 1995 (r) APR 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1 251,976 252,232 245,178 -0.1 2.8
--Unemployed 11,426 12,701 13,422 -10.0 -14.9
--Employed 240,550 239,531 231,756 0.4 3.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.5%/4.4% 5.0%/4.1% 5.5%/5.3% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.6%/5.8% 5.7%/5.5% 6.2%/6.4% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1995 (p) MAR 1995 (r) APR 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $733.13 $715.89 $709.69 2.4 3.3
--Average Weekly Hours 43.3 43.1 44.3 0.5 -2.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $673.85 $668.60 $665.72 0.8 1.2
--Average Weekly Hours 44.1 43.9 44.5 0.5 -0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $515.70 $482.21 $493.56 6.9 4.5
--Average Weekly Hours 39.7 39.3 39.9 1.0 -0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $496.09 $511.24 $504.42 -3.0 -1.7
--Average Weekly Hours 40.3 41.7 42.0 -3.4 -4.0
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1995 (p) MAR 1995 (r) APR 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2 21,184 26,708 20,505 -20.7 3.3
----Initial Claims2 1,884 2,333 2,361 -19.2 -20.2
--Weeks Compensated 16,994 22,242 15,250 -23.6 11.4
--Benefits Paid $2,973,753.00 $3,893,861.00 $2,541,516.00 -23.6 17.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $174.99 $174.19 $166.66 0.5 5.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs1 196,625 193,763 191,364 1.5 2.7
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 2.4% 3.0% 2.4% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1995 (p) MAR 1995 (r) APR 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 3,382 4,581 3,517 -26.2 -3.8
--Openings Received 2,510 2,575 2,900 -2.5 -13.4
--Individuals Placed 1,061 1,165 1,038 -8.9 2.2
--Placement Transactions 1,639 1,810 1,803 -9.4 -9.1
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1995 (p) MAR 1995 (r) APR 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 151.9 151.4 147.4 0.3 3.1
----Food and Beverage 148.9 147.9 144.0 0.7 3.4
----Housing 147.4 147.4 143.9 0.0 2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep 134.8 134.4 136.4 0.3 -1.2
----Transportation 139.1 138.0 132.6 0.8 4.9
----Medical Care 218.9 218.4 209.2 0.2 4.6
----Entertainment 153.3 152.6 149.7 0.5 2.4
----Other Goods & Services 204.3 204.0 196.4 0.1 4.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 124.6 123.7 119.7 0.7 4.1


(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.



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