Economic Indicators

"Consumer prices (as measured by CPI-U) increased 2.1 percent from June 2002 to June 2003."

	Jun	May	Jun	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	282,081	274,400	275,745	2.8	2.3
Unemployed	10,835	10,680	10,324	1.5	4.9
Employed	271,246	263,720	265,421	2.9	2.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.2%	3.9%/4.0%	3.7%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.5%/6.4%	5.8%/6.1%	6.0%/5.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,313,000	7,338,000	7,305,000	-0.3	0.1
As a percent of all workers	5.3%	5.3%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	478,000	482,000	342,000	-0.8	39.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,798,000	4,409,000	4,251,000	8.8	12.9

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$970.58	$956.57	$909.29	1.5	6.7
Average Weekly Hours	44.4	43.5	43.8	2.1	1.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$801.00	$787.04	$765.18	1.8	4.7
Average Weekly Hours	45.0	43.7	43.9	3.0	2.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$740.44	$699.46	$726.24	5.9	2.0
Average Weekly Hours	42.8	41.0	41.1	4.4	4.1
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$635.04	$628.73	$623.32	1.0	1.9
Average Weekly Hours	40.5	40.2	40.9	0.7	-1.0

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	12,113	15,771	9,775	-23.2	23.9
Benefits Paid	$2,788,912	$3,624,938	$2,227,259	-23.1	25.2
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$230.24	$229.85	$227.85	0.2	1.0
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	236,366	228,169	234,453	3.6	0.8
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.6%	1.9%	1.4%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	183.7	183.5	179.9	0.1	2.1
Food & Beverages	180.2	179.4	176.4	0.4	2.2
Housing	185.3	184.5	180.7	0.4	2.5
Apparel	119.5	122.5	122.7	-2.4	-2.6
Transportation	156.8	157.2	153.4	-0.3	2.2
Medical Care	296.3	295.5	284.7	0.3	4.1
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.6	107.6	106.2	0.0	1.3
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	108.5	108.6	106.9	-0.1	1.5
Other Goods & Services	298.1	298.1	294.4	0.0	1.3

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	138.0	136.7	130.9	1.0	5.4

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
Total Units	193	235	208	-17.9	-7.2
Valuation	$30,080,000	$38,549,000	$32,066,000	-22.0	-6.2
Single Family Homes	181	181	194	0.0	-6.7
Valuation	$28,774,000	$31,818,000	$31,282,000	-9.6	-8.0

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	63.0	48.0	42.0	31.3	50


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