Wyoming Economic Indicators
by: Julie Barnish, Statistical Technician

"Benefits paid by Wyoming Unemployment Insurance fell by 23.3 percent from August 2000 to September 2000."

				Percent Change
	September 2000 (p)	August 2000 (r)	September 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	264,834	266,919	262,361	-0.8	0.9
--Unemployed	9,473	9,243	10,164	2.5	-6.8
--Employed	255,361	257,676	252,197	-0.9	1.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.6%/4.4%	3.5%/4.3%	3.9%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/3.9%	4.1%/4.1%	4.1%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,471,000	7,084,000	7,584,000	5.5	-1.5
--As a percent of all workers	5.5%	5.2%	5.7%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	250,000	205,000	289,000	22.0	-13.5
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	2,854,000	3,120,000	2,948,000	-8.5	-3.2
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$879.73	$849.86	$882.11	3.5	-0.3
--Average Weekly Hours	45.3	44.8	44.8	1.1	1.1
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$780.43	$762.30	$758.86	2.4	2.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.4	45.0	44.3	0.9	2.5
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$625.46	$607.22	$607.54	3.0	2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	38.8	38.8	37.9	0.0	2.4
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$605.07	$595.33	$588.39	1.6	2.8
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.4	41.7	0.7	0.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	5,821	7,627	5,666	-23.7	2.7
--Benefits Paid	$1,168,376	$1,523,075	$1,043,915	-23.3	11.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$200.71	$199.70	$184.24	0.5	8.9
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	224,146	222,047	218,699	0.9	2.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	173.7	172.8	167.9	0.5	3.5
----Food & Beverages	169.4	169.2	165.1	0.1	2.6
----Housing	171.4	170.9	165.2	0.3	3.8
----Apparel	130.4	125.3	131.8	4.1	-1.1
----Transportation	154.7	153.2	146.5	1.0	5.6
----Medical Care	263.1	262.6	252.3	0.2	4.3
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	103.8	103.9	101.7	-0.1	2.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.9	102.8	101.9	0.1	1.0
----Other Goods & Services	274.7	271.6	262.6	1.1	4.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	134.5	132.9	128.0	1.2	5.1
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	140	148	137	-5.4	2.2
--Valuation	$26,374,000	$30,452,000	$22,693,000	-13.4	16.2

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized

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