Economic Indicators

"The Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.1 percent from its June 2001 level."

			Jun	May	Jun	Percent Change
			2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
			______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)			278,559	270,757	277,451	2.9	0.4
		Unemployed	10,878	10,725	9,940	1.4	9.4
		Employed	267,681	260,032	267,511	2.9	0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			3.9%/4.3%	4.0%/4.3%	3.6%/4.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.			6.0/5.9%	5.5/5.8%	4.7%/4.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders			7,231,000	7,161,000	7,328,000	1.0	-1.3
	As a percent of all workers		5.4%	5.3%	5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers			337,000	407,000	291,000	-17.2	15.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons			4,188,000	3,856,000	3,924,000	8.6	6.7

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
	Average Weekly Earnings		$862.07	$903.90	$868.09	-4.6	-0.7
	Average Weekly Hours		42.3	42.9	42.7	-1.4	-0.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$768.25	$765.94	$767.81	0.3	0.1
	Average Weekly Hours		43.7	43.2	43.8	1.2	-0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$646.52	$619.72	$636.12	4.3	1.6
	Average Weekly Hours		38.9	37.4	38.0	4.0	2.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
	Average Weekly Earnings		$629.54	$622.50	$603.43	1.1	4.3
	Average Weekly Hours		41.2	40.9	40.8	0.7	1.0

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
	Weeks Compensated (2)		9,775	13,154	7,128	-25.7	37.1
	Benefits Paid		$2,227,259	$2,949,194	$1,472,190	-24.5	51.3
	Average Weekly Benefit Payment		$227.85	$224.21	$206.54	1.6	10.3
	State Insured Covered Jobs (1)		232,498	224,138	230,764	3.7	0.8
	Insured Unemployment Rate		1.4%	1.7%	1.0%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Items		179.9	179.8	178.0	0.1	1.1
		Food & Beverages	176.4	176.4	173.4	0.0	1.7
		Housing	180.7	179.7	177.3	0.6	1.9
		Apparel	122.7	127.1	126.3	-3.5	-2.9
		Transportation	153.4	153.8	158.3	-0.3	-3.1
		Medical Care	284.7	284.1	272.5	0.2	4.5
		Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.2	106.4	104.8	-0.2	1.3
		Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	106.9	106.6	104.4	0.3	2.4
		Other Goods & Services	294.4	291.5	281.2	1.0	4.7

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
	All Commodities		131.1	131.0	135.5	0.1	-3.2

Wyoming Building Permits
	New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized		208	229	192	-9.2	8.3
	Valuation		$32,066,000	$39,987,000	$34,182,000	-19.8	-6.2

(p) Preliminary (r) Revised (1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates