Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	April 1998 (p)	March 1998 (r)	April 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	253,679	253,968	248,035	-0.1	2.3
--Unemployed	11,527	13,350	14,666	-13.7	-21.4
--Employed	242,152	240,618	233,369	0.6	3.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.1%	5.3%/4.2%	5.9%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.3%	5.0%/4.7%	4.8%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$857.36	$831.17	$809.74	3.2	5.9
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	43.7	44.2	1.6	0.5
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$742.14	$738.70	$723.86	0.5	2.5
--Average Weekly Hours	43.4	43.3	45.1	0.2	-3.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$649.31	$596.69	$573.92	8.8	13.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	40.1	39.8	2.7	3.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$551.21	$562.12	$547.16	-1.9	0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.8	41.7	41.8	-2.2	-2.4
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	18,081	25,865	20,949	-30.1	-13.7
----Initial Claims (2)	1,925	2,045	2,401	-5.9	-19.8
--Weeks Compensated	14,545	20,710	18,969	-29.8	-23.3
--Benefits Paid	$2,528,487.00	$3,598,781.00	$3,229,892.00	-29.7	-21.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.84	$173.77	$170.27	0.0	2.1
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	199,019	197,160	194,841	0.9	2.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.4%	2.1%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,418	3,752	3,570	-8.9	-4.3
--Openings Received	3,028	1,883	2,911	60.8	4.0
--Individuals Placed	1,196	945	1,161	26.6	3.0
--Placement Transactions	1,702	1,351	1,643	26.0	3.6
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	162.5	162.2	160.2	0.2	1.4
----Food & Beverages	160.2	160.1	157.1	0.1	2.0
----Housing	159.5	159.2	155.8	0.2	2.4
----Apparel	135.8	134.9	136.1	0.7	-0.2
----Transportation	141.5	141.4	144.8	0.1	-2.3
----Medical Care	240.7	239.8	233.8	0.4	3.0
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.1	101.0	99.3	0.1	1.8
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	99.9	99.9	97.5	0.0	2.5
----Other Goods & Services	234.7	232.4	222.7	1.0	5.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.7	124.5	127.0	0.2	-1.8

(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.