Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1996 (p)	APR 1996 (r)	MAY 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	257,816	257,343	253,580	0.2	1.7
--Unemployed	11,125	13,328	12,277	-16.5	-9.4
--Employed	246,691	244,015	241,303	1.1	2.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.6%	5.2%/5.0%	4.8%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/5.6%	5.4%/5.4%	5.5%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1996 (p)	APR 1996 (r)	MAY 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$758.81	$746.48	$718.35	1.7	5.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	43.4	43.3	3.5	3.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$705.71	$699.54	$671.40	0.9	5.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.5	44.9	44.2	1.3	2.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$489.24	$476.58	$471.42	2.7	3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	40.5	39.0	38.8	3.8	4.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$528.74	$524.48	$509.22	0.8	3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.2	41.4	1.0	0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1996 (p)	APR 1996 (r)	MAY 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	18,948	27,740	21,257	-31.7	-10.9
----Initial Claims2	2,010	2,068	2,047	-2.8	-1.8
--Weeks Compensated	15,188	21,944	16,134	-30.8	-5.9
--Benefits Paid	$2,670,220.00	$3,898,750.00	$2,824,936.00	-31.5	-5.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.81	$177.67	$175.09	-1.0	0.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	204,222	197,303	201,802	3.5	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.2%	2.7%	2.0%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1996 (p)	APR 1996 (r)	MAY 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,604	3,279	4,216	9.9	-14.5
--Openings Received	2,952	3,114	3,298	-5.2	-10.5
--Individuals Placed	1,233	969	1,341	27.2	-8.1
--Placement Transactions	2,072	1,516	2,364	36.7	-12.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAY 1996 (p)	APR 1996 (r)	MAY 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	156.6	156.3	152.2	0.2	2.9
----Food and Beverage	152.5	152.7	148.7	-0.1	2.6
----Housing	152.0	151.8	147.6	0.1	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	133.7	134.9	133.4	-0.9	0.2
----Transportation	144.4	143.1	140.3	0.9	2.9
----Medical Care	227.4	227.0	219.3	0.2	3.7
----Entertainment	158.8	158.6	153.6	0.1	3.4
----Other Goods & Services	214.1	213.3	204.9	0.4	4.5
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.2	127.5	125.0	0.5	2.6

(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.