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Wyoming Economic Indicators


Wyoming's Total Civilian Labor Force showed a slight increase from March 1997 to April 1997 (0.4%). This is a seasonal gain; if typical patterns prevail, the labor force should continue to show seasonal growth until July or August.


PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1997 (p) MAR 1997 (r) APR 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹ 256,274 255,152 256,733 0.4 -0.2
--Unemployed 13,256 14,068 14,288 -5.8 -7.2
--Employed 243,018 241,084 242,445 0.8 0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.2%/4.9% 5.5%/4.5% 5.6%/5.3% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.8%/4.9% 5.5%/5.2% 5.4%/5.5% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1997 (p) MAR 1997 (r) APR 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $843.14 $833.45 $746.00 1.2 13.0
--Average Weekly Hours 45.6 45.1 43.6 1.1 4.6
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $728.10 $729.37 $698.20 -0.2 4.3
--Average Weekly Hours 45.0 45.5 44.9 -1.1 0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $572.96 $578.12 $522.05 -0.9 9.8
--Average Weekly Hours 39.9 40.4 39.4 -1.2 1.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $547.58 $549.36 $524.48 -0.3 4.4
--Average Weekly Hours 41.8 42.0 41.2 -0.5 1.5
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1997 (p) MAR 1997 (r) APR 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ² 20,949 26,610 27,740 -21.3 -24.5
----Initial Claims ² 2,401 1,867 2,068 28.6 16.1
--Weeks Compensated 18,969 19,739 21,944 -3.9 -13.6
--Benefits Paid $3,229,892.00 $3,394,021.00 $3,898,750.00 -4.8 -17.2
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $170.27 $171.43 $177.67 -0.7 -4.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹ 194,841 192,821 194,692 1.0 0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 2.1% 2.6% 2.7% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1997 (p) MAR 1997 (r) APR 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 3,570 3,607 3,279 -1.0 8.9
--Openings Received 2,911 2,249 3,114 29.4 -6.5
--Individuals Placed 1,161 879 969 32.1 19.8
--Placement Transactions 1,643 1,297 1,516 26.7 8.4
PERCENT CHANGE
APR 1997 (p) MAR 1997 (r) APR 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 160.2 160.0 156.3 0.1 2.5
----Food and Beverage 157.1 157.1 152.7 0.0 2.9
----Housing 155.8 155.9 151.8 -0.1 2.6
----Apparel & Upkeep 136.1 134.5 134.9 1.2 0.9
----Transportation 144.8 144.9 143.1 -0.1 1.2
----Medical Care 233.8 233.4 227.0 0.2 3.0
----Entertainment 162.2 162.1 158.6 0.1 2.3
----Other Goods & Services 222.7 221.4 213.3 0.6 4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 127.2 127.7 127.4 -0.4 -0.2


(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.



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