Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	August 1998 (p)	July 1998 (r)	August 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	261,448	263,936	253,028	-0.9	3.3
--Unemployed	9,932	10,601	10,562	-6.3	-6.0
--Employed	251,516	253,335	242,466	-0.7	3.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.6%	4.0%/4.6%	4.2%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.5%	4.7%/4.5%	4.8%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$870.87	$845.39	$802.58	3.0	8.5
--Average Weekly Hours	46.2	45.5	47.1	0.2	-3.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$748.31	$739.56	$728.69	1.2	2.7
--Average Weekly Hours	44.2	44.1	45.6	0.2	-3.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$585.60	$596.41	$606.39	-1.8	-3.4
--Average Weekly Hours	40.0	40.6	41.0	-1.5	-2.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$561.28	$549.92	$551.88	2.1	1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.1	42.0	1.5	-0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	10,021	10,509	9,646	-4.6	3.9
----Initial Claims (2)	1,050	1,346	1,233	-22.0	-14.8
--Weeks Compensated	6,655	8,067	7,196	-17.5	-7.5
--Benefits Paid	$1,141,298.00	$1,390,758.00	$1,188,853.00	-17.9	-4.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$171.49	$172.40	$165.21	-0.5	3.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	212,608	210,144	208,176	1.2	2.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,520	N/A	5,021	N/A	9.9
--Openings Received	3,732	3,388	3,639	10.2	2.6
--Individuals Placed	1,856	1,786	1,553	3.9	19.5
--Placement Transactions	2,383	1,984	1,963	20.1	21.4
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	163.4	163.2	160.8	0.1	1.6
----Food & Beverages	161.4	160.9	158.1	0.3	2.1
----Housing	161.5	161.2	157.6	0.2	2.5
----Apparel	131.6	129.6	130.0	1.5	1.2
----Transportation	141.2	141.8	143.8	-0.4	-1.8
----Medical Care	243.5	242.7	235.2	0.3	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.3	101.1	100.0	0.2	1.3
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.1	100.0	98.6	0.1	1.5
----Other Goods & Services	238.0	237.8	225.7	0.1	5.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.2	124.8	127.2	-0.5	-2.4

(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.