Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1996 (p)	JUL 1996 (r)	AUG 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	260,674	262,173	259,352	-0.6	0.5
--Unemployed	10,360	10,342	10,194	0.2	1.6
--Employed	250,314	251,831	249,158	-0.6	0.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.7%	3.9%/4.5%	3.9%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.1%/5.1%	5.6%/5.4%	5.6%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1996 (p)	JUL 1996 (r)	AUG 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$773.70	$791.56	$686.82	-2.3	12.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.8	44.0	41.3	1.8	8.5
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$700.89	$716.22	$682.63	-2.1	2.7
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	46.0	44.5	-2.4	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$523.18	$522.60	$485.80	0.1	7.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.4	39.0	39.4	3.6	2.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$527.31	$534.64	$505.51	-1.4	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	41.1	41.9	40.8	-1.9	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1996 (p)	JUL 1996 (r)	AUG 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	12,038	16,555	13,348	-27.3	-9.8
----Initial Claims2	1,366	1,800	1,377	-24.1	-0.8
--Weeks Compensated	9,198	12,379	11,316	-25.7	-18.7
--Benefits Paid	$1,605,479.00	$2,181,268.00	$1,967,586.00	-26.4	-18.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$174.55	$176.21	$173.88	-0.9	0.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	208,313	207,503	205,700	0.4	1.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.3%	1.5%	1.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1996 (p)	JUL 1996 (r)	AUG 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,245	N/A	6,149	N/A	-14.7
--Openings Received	3,487	3,147	3,707	10.8	-5.9
--Individuals Placed	1,730	1,645	1,725	5.2	0.3
--Placement Transactions	2,167	1,914	2,245	13.2	-3.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUG 1996 (p)	JUL 1996 (r)	AUG 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	157.3	157.0	152.9	0.2	2.9
----Food and Beverage	154.2	153.6	148.9	0.4	3.6
----Housing	154.0	153.6	149.6	0.3	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	128.1	128.3	130.1	-0.2	-1.5
----Transportation	142.8	143.5	139.2	-0.5	2.6
----Medical Care	229.2	228.7	221.6	0.2	3.4
----Entertainment	159.2	159.0	154.1	0.1	3.3
----Other Goods & Services	216.3	214.6	207.7	0.8	4.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.1	127.8	125.0	-0.1	2.0

(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.