Wyoming Economic Indicators

				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.