© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Economic Indicators

"After remaining flat for two months in a row, the consumer price index increased 0.3 percent from June to July."

Percent Change
Jul 1999 (p) Jun 1999 (r) Jul 1998 (b) Month Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 267,750 267,886 265,056 -0.1 1.0
--Unemployed 10,868 12,186 11,335 -10.8 -4.1
--Employed 256,882 255,700 253,721 0.5 1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.1%/4.5% 4.5%/4.9% 4.3%/4.8% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.5%/4.3% 4.5%/4.3% 4.7%/4.5% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 7,636,000 7,492,000 7,643,000 1.9 -0.1
--As a Percent of All Workers 5.7% 5.6% 5.8% N/A N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers 290,000 220,000 374,000 31.8 -22.5
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 3,537,000 3,641,000 4,025,000 -2.9 -12.1
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $838.93 $843.92 $845.85 -0.6 -0.8
--Average Weekly Hours 43.9 44.3 45.5 -0.9 -3.5
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $757.15 $749.19 $735.76 1.1 2.9
--Average Weekly Hours 44.2 44.2 43.9 0.0 0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $582.23 $583.11 $593.98 -0.2 -2.0
--Average Weekly Hours 39.5 38.9 40.6 1.5 -2.7
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $574.33 $581.02 $549.92 -1.2 4.4
--Average Weekly Hours 41.2 41.8 41.1 -1.4 0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2) 7,949 10,614 8,067 -25.1 -1.5
--Benefits Paid $1,462,136 $1,958,554 $1,390,758 -25.3 5.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $183.94 $184.53 $172.40 -0.3 6.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 215,494 220,809 214,382 -2.4 0.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate 1.1% 1.2% 1.0% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 166.7 166.2 163.2 0.3 2.1
----Food & Beverages 164.2 164.1 160.9 0.1 2.1
----Housing 164.7 164.1 161.2 0.4 2.2
----Apparel 127.3 130.9 129.6 -2.8 -1.8
----Transportation 144.7 143.4 141.8 0.9 2.0
----Medical Care 251.1 250.2 242.7 0.4 3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 102.2 102.2 101.1 0.0 1.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 100.4 100.3 100.0 0.1 0.4
----Other Goods & Services 258.3 255.9 237.8 0.9 8.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 125.5 125.1 124.9 0.3 0.5

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


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