Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JULY 1997 (p)	JUNE 1997 (r)	JULY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	263,331	262,772	263,395	0.2	0.0
--Unemployed	11,300	11,331	11,998	-0.3	-5.8
--Employed	252,031	251,441	251,397	0.2	0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.9%	4.3%/4.9%	4.6%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/4.8%	5.2%/5.0%	5.6%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JULY 1997 (p)	JUNE 1997 (r)	JULY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$861.00	$859.44	$778.80	0.2	10.6
--Average Weekly Hours	49.2	47.8	44.2	2.9	11.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$711.82	$738.30	$696.19	-3.6	2.2
--Average Weekly Hours	44.6	45.8	44.8	-2.6	-0.4
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$575.36	$578.53	$536.05	-0.5	7.3
--Average Weekly Hours	39.9	40.4	39.3	-1.2	1.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$541.37	$549.78	$525.67	-1.5	3.0
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	42.0	41.1	-1.9	0.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JULY 1997 (p)	JUNE 1997 (r)	JULY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	11,143	13,097	16,555	-14.9	-32.7
----Initial Claims ²	1,654	1,455	1,800	13.7	-8.1
--Weeks Compensated	9,261	8,828	12,379	4.9	-25.2
--Benefits Paid	$1,534,383.00	$1,480,223.00	$2,181,268.00	3.7	-29.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$165.68	$167.67	$176.21	-1.2	-6.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	205,762	211,250	207,503	-2.6	-0.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.2%	1.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JULY 1997 (p)	JUNE 1997 (r)	JULY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	N/A	3,976	N/A	N/A	N/A
--Openings Received	3,614	3,638	3,147	-0.7	14.8
--Individuals Placed	1,796	1,898	1,645	-5.4	9.2
--Placement Transactions	2,026	2,850	1,914	-28.9	5.9
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JULY 1997 (p)	JUNE 1997 (r)	JULY 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	160.5	160.3	157.0	0.1	2.2
----Food and Beverage	157.5	157.1	153.6	0.3	2.5
----Housing	157.5	156.9	153.6	0.4	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.2	132.4	128.3	-1.7	1.5
----Transportation	143.7	144.0	143.5	-0.2	0.1
----Medical Care	234.8	234.4	228.7	0.2	2.7
----Entertainment	162.6	162.7	159.0	-0.1	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	223.5	223.1	214.6	0.2	4.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	126.9	127.2	128.0	-0.2	-0.6

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 These figures may differ from those in Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Initial Claims and Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Statistics: Continued Claims because they are derived from different sources.