Economic Indicators

"September 2002 is the 22nd consecutive month in which Wyoming's unemployment rate has been lower than the U.S. rate."

	Sep	Aug	Sep	Percent Change
	2002	2002	2001	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	271,947	274,736	272,692	-1.0	-0.3
Unemployed	9,034	8,671	9,446	4.2	-4.4
Employed	262,913	266,065	263,246	-1.2	-0.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.3%/3.9%	3.2%/3.6%	3.5%/4.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/5.6%	5.7%/5.7%	4.7%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,232,000	6,808,000	7,246,000	6.2	-0.2
As a percent of all workers	5.4%	5.0%	5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	387,000	372,000	280,000	4.0	38.2
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,854,000	4,190,000	3,765,000	-8.0	2.4

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$916.03	$904.80	$908.23	1.2	0.9
Average Weekly Hours	41.3	41.6	42.7	-0.7	-3.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$766.65	$769.05	$774.84	-0.3	-1.1
Average Weekly Hours	43.1	43.4	44.0	-0.7	-2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$653.60	$624.95	$688.94	4.6	-5.1
Average Weekly Hours	38.2	37.4	39.8	2.1	-4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$636.85	$629.24	$616.91	1.2	3.2
Average Weekly Hours	41.3	41.1	41.1	0.5	0.5

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	8,659	10,143	5,140	-14.6	68.5
Benefits Paid	$2,001,181	$2,317,292	$1,094,988	-13.6	82.8
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$231.11	$228.46	$213.03	1.2	8.5
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	230,255	228,371	225,238	0.8	2.2
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.3%	0.8%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	181.0	180.7	178.3	0.2	1.5
Food & Beverages	176.9	176.6	174.6	0.2	1.3
Housing	181.5	181.7	177.4	-0.1	2.3
Apparel	124.6	120.5	126.8	3.4	-1.7
Transportation	154.0	153.9	155.5	0.1	-1
Medical Care	287.7	287.3	275.0	0.1	4.6
Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	106.2	106.3	105.2	-0.1	1
Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	109.5	108.9	106.6	0.6	2.7
Other Goods & Services	297.0	295.9	287.8	0.4	3.2

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	132.0	131.5	133.3	0.4	-1

Wyoming Building Permits
New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	245	156	195	57.1	25.6
Valuation	$28,099,000	$27,482,000	$28,648,000	2.2	-1.9

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