© Copyright 2001 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming Economic Indicators
by: Julie Barnish, Statistical Technician

"When compared to July 2000, benefits paid by Wyoming Unemployment Insurance were up 16.5 percent."

 

	July	June	July	Percentage Change
	2001	2001	2000	Month	Year
	______(p)_	_____(r)_	_____(b)_	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	276,071	275,267	274,319	0.3	0.6
Unemployed	9,185	9,303	9,337	-1.3	-1.6
Employed	266,886	265,964	264,982	0.3	0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.3%/3.8%	3.4%/3.8%	3.4%/3.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/4.5%	4.7%/4.5%	4.2%/4.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,452,000	7,328,000	7,553,000	1.7	-1.3
As a percent of all workers	5.5%	5.4%	5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	308,000	291,000	265,000	5.8	16.2
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,681,000	3,924,000	3,283,000	-6.2	12.1
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$896.20	$912.33	$819.72	-1.8	9.3
Average Weekly Hours	45.4	46.5	44.0	-2.4	3.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$769.52	$769.99	$748.64	-0.1	2.8
Average Weekly Hours	43.5	43.7	43.5	-0.5	0.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$661.15	$622.80	$615.40	6.2	7.4
Average Weekly Hours	38.8	37.7	38.2	2.9	1.6
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$598.46	$603.43	$592.66	-0.8	1.0
Average Weekly Hours	40.3	40.8	41.3	-1.2	-2.4
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	7,725	7,128	6,785	8.4	13.9
Benefits Paid	$1,589,296	$1,472,190	$1,364,101	8.0	16.5
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$205.73	$206.54	$201.05	-0.4	2.3
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	222,607	227,929	219,165	-2.3	1.6
Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	177.5	178.0	172.8	-0.3	2.7
Food & Beverages	174.0	173.4	168.7	0.3	3.1
Housing	177.6	177.3	170.6	0.2	4.1
Apparel	122.6	126.3	124.5	-2.9	-1.5
Transportation	154.4	158.3	155.0	-2.5	-0.4
Medical Care	273.1	272.5	261.4	0.2	4.5
Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	105.0	104.8	103.7	0.2	1.3
Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	104.8	104.4	102.0	0.4	2.7
Other Goods & Services	285.8	281.2	272.2	1.6	5.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	133.9	135.7	133.7	-1.3	0.1
Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	$144	$192	$158	-25.0	-8.9
Valuation	24,281,000	34,182,000	33,515,000	-29.0	-27.6
(p) Preliminary.   (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.
(1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
(2) Not Normalized.