Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1993 (p)	JUL 1993 (r)	AUG 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	241,445	246,804	242,706	-2.2	-0.5
--Unemployed	12,519	13,490	11,193	-7.2	11.8
--Employed	228,926	233,314	231,513	-1.9	-1.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/6.2%	5.5%/6.4%	4.6%/5.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.5%/6.7%	6.9%/6.8%	7.3%/7.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1993 (p)	JUL 1993 (r)	AUG 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$715.76	$695.20	$706.28	3.0	1.3
--Average Weekly Hours	46.0	44.0	44.9	4.5	2.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$654.40	$638.57	$643.92	2.5	1.6
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	44.1	44.5	2.3	1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$461.30	$455.52	$433.86	1.3	6.3
--Average Weekly Hours	38.7	39.1	38.6	-1.0	0.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$486.80	$481.34	$470.60	1.1	3.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.0	41.1	1.2	1.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1993 (p)	JUL 1993 (r)	AUG 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	12,064	11,028	14,881	9.4	-18.9
----Initial Claims2	1,352	1,484	1,708	-8.9	-20.8
--Weeks Compensated	7,765	7,544	9,534	2.9	-18.6
--Benefits Paid	$1,232,581.00	$1,185,166.00	$1,520,595.00	4.0	-18.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$158.02	$156.44	$159.14	1.0	-0.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	193,848	192,313	192,668	0.8	0.6
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1993 (p)	JUL 1993 (r)	AUG 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	N/A	N/A	6,375	N/A	N/A
--Openings Received	N/A	3,863	4,372	N/A	N/A
--Individuals Placed	N/A	1,885	2,026	N/A	N/A
--Placement Transactions	N/A	2,285	2,735	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1993 (p)	JUL 1993 (r)	AUG 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	144.8	144.4	140.9	0.3	2.8
----Food and Beverage	141.5	141.1	138.8	0.3	1.9
----Housing	142.3	141.9	138.6	0.3	2.7
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.9	129.4	130.2	1.9	1.3
----Transportation	130.2	130.3	126.9	-0.1	2.6
----Medical Care	202.9	202.2	191.5	0.3	6.0
----Entertainment	145.8	145.3	142.6	0.3	2.2
----Other Goods & Services	193.4	193.7	183.9	-0.2	5.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	118.8	119.3	117.7	-0.4	0.9

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not normalized.