Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1994 (p)	JUL 1994 (r)	AUG 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	253,038	255,434	243,231	-0.9	4.0
--Unemployed	11,780	12,207	11,998	-3.5	-1.8
--Employed	241,258	243,227	231,233	-0.8	4.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.7%/5.3%	4.8%/5.3%	4.9%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.9%/6.1%	6.2%/6.1%	6.5%/6.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1994 (p)	JUL 1994 (r)	AUG 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$694.45	$722.62	$706.40	-3.9	-1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	43.0	44.8	45.9	-4.0	-6.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$668.50	$660.03	$648.39	1.3	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.6	44.9	44.9	1.6	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$472.03	$469.56	$461.74	0.5	2.2
--Average Weekly Hours	39.6	39.0	38.9	1.5	1.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$506.46	$500.08	$485.55	1.3	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	41.5	41.5	1.4	1.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1994 (p)	JUL 1994 (r)	AUG 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	13,249	12,432	12,064	6.6	9.8
----Initial Claims2	1,401	1,572	1,352	-10.9	3.6
--Weeks Compensated	10,142	9,300	7,765	9.1	30.6
--Benefits Paid	$1,735,096.00	$1,582,122.00	$1,227,022.00	9.7	41.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$171.08	$169.73	$158.02	0.8	8.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	204,726	203,157	198,531	0.8	3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.3%	1.4%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1994 (p)	JUL 1994 (r)	AUG 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,521	N/A	5,973	N/A	N/A
--Openings Received	3,918	3,535	4,207	10.8	-6.9
--Individuals Placed	1,768	1,752	2,042	0.9	-13.4
--Placement Transactions	2,413	2,032	2,767	18.8	-12.8
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1994 (p)	JUL 1994 (r)	AUG 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	149.0	148.4	144.8	0.4	2.9
----Food and Beverage	145.3	144.8	141.5	0.3	2.7
----Housing	145.9	145.4	142.3	0.3	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.1	130.9	131.9	0.2	-0.6
----Transportation	135.9	134.6	130.2	1.0	4.4
----Medical Care	212.2	211.5	202.9	0.3	4.6
----Entertainment	150.2	150.2	145.8	0.0	3.0
----Other Goods & Services	199.4	198.0	193.4	0.7	3.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	121.2	120.6	118.7	0.5	2.1

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


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