Wyoming Economic Indicators

"Wyoming building permits for new privately owned housing units rose by 16.7 percent from June 1999 to June 2000."

				Percent Change
	June 2000 (p)	May 2000 (r)	June 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	267,927	260,378	268,397	2.9	-0.2
--Unemployed	9,534	9,444	12,852	1.0	-25.8
--Employed	258,393	250,934	255,545	3.0	1.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.6%/3.8%	3.6%/3.8%	4.8%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.0%	3.9%/4.1%	4.5%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,296,000	7,710,000	7,492,000	-5.4	-2.6
--As a percent of all workers	5.4%	5.7%	5.6%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	308,000	282,000	220,000	9.2	40.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,369,000	3,140,000	3,641,000	7.3	-7.5
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$856.93	$866.96	$863.75	-1.2	-0.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.9	43.5	44.5	0.9	-1.3
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$770.40	$764.51	$750.52	0.8	2.6
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	44.5	44.2	1.1	1.8
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$620.14	$615.43	$582.27	0.8	6.5
--Average Weekly Hours	39.6	39.1	39.0	1.3	1.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$595.71	$590.36	$581.02	0.9	2.5
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.4	41.8	0.5	-0.5
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	7,869	10,772	10,614	-26.9	-25.9
--Benefits Paid	$1,590,424	$2,077,538	$1,958,554	-23.4	-18.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$202.11	$192.86	$184.53	4.8	9.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	223,321	214,912	220,858	3.9	1.1
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.0%	1.2%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	172.3	171.3	166.2	0.6	3.7
----Food & Beverages	167.9	167.8	164.1	0.1	2.3
----Housing	169.4	167.8	164.1	1.0	3.2
----Apparel	128.3	132.2	130.9	-3.0	-2.0
----Transportation	155.7	153.1	143.4	1.7	8.6
----Medical Care	260.5	259.4	250.2	0.4	4.1
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	103.4	103.1	102.2	0.3	1.2
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.5	101.8	100.3	-0.3	1.2
----Other Goods & Services	269.6	270.2	255.9	-0.2	5.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	133.3	131.6	125.2	1.3	6.5
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	168	144	144	16.7	16.7
--Valuation	$25,574,000	$41,325,000	$23,541,000	-38.1	8.6

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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