Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUGUST 1997 (p)	JULY 1997 (r)	AUGUST 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹	260,124	263,256	261,879	-1.2	-0.7
--Unemployed	10,052	11,365	11,527	-11.6	-12.8
--Employed	250,072	251,891	250,352	-0.7	-0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.5%	4.3%/4.9%	4.4%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.8%/4.9%	5.0%/4.8%	5.1%/5.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUGUST 1997 (p)	JULY 1997 (r)	AUGUST 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$821.42	$852.81	$774.62	-3.7	6.0
--Average Weekly Hours	47.1	48.4	45.7	-2.7	3.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$718.65	$722.50	$702.60	-0.5	2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	45.1	45.3	-0.2	-0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$596.73	$581.05	$538.87	2.7	10.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.9	40.1	40.7	2.0	0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$553.14	$541.86	$534.62	2.1	3.5
--Average Weekly Hours	42.0	41.3	41.8	1.7	0.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUGUST 1997 (p)	JULY 1997 (r)	AUGUST 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ²	9,646	11,143	12,038	-13.4	-19.9
----Initial Claims ²	1,233	1,654	1,366	-25.5	-9.7
--Weeks Compensated	7,196	9,261	9,198	-22.3	-21.8
--Benefits Paid	$1,188,853.00	$1,534,383.00	$1,605,479.00	-22.5	-26.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$165.21	$165.68	$174.55	-0.3	-5.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹	208,176	205,762	208,313	1.2	-0.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.0%	1.1%	1.3%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUGUST 1997 (p)	JULY 1997 (r)	AUGUST 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,021	N/A	5,245	N/A	-4.3
--Openings Received	3,639	3,614	3,487	0.7	4.4
--Individuals Placed	1,553	1,796	1,730	-13.5	-10.2
--Placement Transactions	1,963	2,026	2,167	-3.1	-9.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	AUGUST 1997 (p)	JULY 1997 (r)	AUGUST 1996 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	160.8	160.5	157.3	0.2	2.2
----Food and Beverage	158.1	157.5	154.2	0.4	2.5
----Housing	157.6	157.5	154.0	0.1	2.3
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.0	130.2	128.1	-0.2	1.5
----Transportation	143.8	143.7	142.8	0.1	0.7
----Medical Care	235.2	234.8	229.2	0.2	2.6
----Entertainment	163.0	162.6	159.2	0.2	2.4
----Other Goods & Services	225.7	223.5	216.3	1.0	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.2	126.9	128.3	0.2	-0.9

(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.