Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1993 (p)	APR 1993 (r)	MAY 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	237,445	235,349	244,765	0.9	-3.0
--Unemployed	12,399	13,735	14,034	-9.7	-11.7
--Employed	225,046	221,614	230,731	1.5	-2.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.4%	5.8%/5.5%	5.7%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.7%/6.9%	6.8%/7.0%	7.2%/7.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1993 (p)	APR 1993 (r)	MAY 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$743.25	$741.32	$720.90	0.3	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	44.1	45.0	2.3	0.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$654.15	$646.66	$634.22	1.2	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	44.5	43.4	43.8	2.5	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$446.91	$456.96	$421.90	-2.2	5.9
--Average Weekly Hours	39.1	38.4	38.6	1.8	1.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$485.62	$480.11	$470.60	1.1	3.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.4	41.0	41.1	1.0	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1993 (p)	APR 1993 (r)	MAY 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed	15,935	20,728	19,007	-23.1	-16.2
----Initial Claims	1,489	2,334	2,268	-36.2	-34.3
--Weeks Compensated	11,827	15,768	14,650	-25.0	-19.3
--Benefits Paid	$1,869,728.00	$2,514,746.00	$2,332,639.00	-25.6	-19.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$157.67	$159.09	$158.77	-0.9	-0.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	191,010	182,696	190,082	4.6	0.5
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.4%	2.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1993 (p)	APR 1993 (r)	MAY 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,848	4,233	3,941	-9.1	-2.4
--Openings Received	N/A	4,039	3,283	N/A	N/A
--Individuals Placed	1,517	948	1,412	60.0	7.4
--Placement Transactions	2,642	1,955	2,413	35.1	9.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1993 (p)	APR 1993 (r)	MAY 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	144.2	144.0	139.7	0.1	3.2
----Food and Beverage	141.8	141.4	138.3	0.3	2.5
----Housing	140.5	140.4	136.7	0.1	2.8
----Apparel & Upkeep	135.0	136.9	133.1	-1.4	1.4
----Transportation	130.2	129.4	126.3	0.6	3.1
----Medical Care	200.5	199.4	188.7	0.6	6.3
----Entertainment	145.0	145.3	142.0	-0.2	2.1
----Other Goods & Services	193.2	192.4	181.3	0.4	6.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	119.7	119.2	117.2	0.4	2.1

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.