Economic Indicators

© Copyright 2004 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning
WYOMING LABOR FORCE TRENDS
Vol. 41 No. 8

The number of building permits issued for new privately owned housing units rose 46.1 percent from a year earlier.

	Jun	May	Jun	Percent Change
	2004	2004	2003	Month	Year
	______(p)_	______(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force	284,408	277,087	284,054	2.6	0.1
Unemployed	9,558	9,969	11,651	-4.1	-18.0
Employed	274,850	267,118	272,403	2.9	0.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.4%/3.6%	3.6%/3.7%	4.1%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/5.6%	5.3%/5.6%	6.5%/6.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,361,000	7,258,000	7,313,000	1.4	0.7
As a percent of all workers	5.3%	5.2%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	478,000	476,000	478,000	0.4	0.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,623,000	4,427,000	4,798,000	4.4	-3.6

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$1,007.40	$1,016.60	$970.19	-0.9	3.8
Average Weekly Hours	43.8	43.5	44.2	0.7	-0.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$844.54	$830.78	$799.17	1.7	5.7
Average Weekly Hours	45.7	45.2	45.1	1.1	1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$621.46	$644.40	$726.64	-3.6	-14.5
Average Weekly Hours	38.6	40.3	43.8	-4.2	-11.9
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$660.10	$659.24	$635.45	0.1	3.9
Average Weekly Hours	41.0	41.1	40.5	-0.2	1.2

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated	12,381	12,715	12,113	-2.6	2.2
Benefits Paid	$2,970,683	$2,963,576	$2,788,912	0.2	6.5
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$239.94	$233.08	$230.24	2.9	4.2
State Insured Covered Jobs	242,794	234,488	238,423	3.5	1.8
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.4%	1.6%	1.6%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100) - All Items	189.7	189.1	183.7	0.3	3.3
Food & Beverages	186.8	186.5	180.2	0.2	3.7
Housing	190.3	188.9	185.3	0.7	2.7
Apparel	120.1	123.4	119.5	-2.7	0.5
Transportation	165.7	165.2	156.8	0.3	5.7
Medical Care	310.0	309.0	296.3	0.3	4.6
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	108.9	108.8	107.6	0.1	1.2
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	110.8	110.6	108.5	0.2	2.1
Other Goods & Services	304.1	303.8	298.1	0.1	2.0

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) - All Commodities	147.1	146.6	138.0	0.3	6.6

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
Total Units	282	296	193	-4.7	46.1
Valuation	$40,301,000	$42,622,000	$30,080,000	-5	34.0
Single Family Homes	231	254	181	-9.1	27.6
Valuation	$36,899,000	$39,326,000	$28,774,000	-6.2	28.2

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	78	67	63	16.4	23.8


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