Economic Indicators

"The number of building permits issued for single family homes increased 22.1 percent from September 2002."

	Sep	Aug	Sep	Percent Change
	2003	2003	2002	Month	Year
	____(p)___	____ (r)___	____(b)___	_____	_____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	275,986	279,404	269,877	-1.2	2.3
Unemployed	9,458	9,437	9,601	0.2	-1.5
Employed	266,528	269,967	260,276	-1.3	2.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.4%/4.0%	3.4%/4.1%	3.6%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/6.1%	6.0%/6.1%	5.4%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,160,000	7,221,000	7,305,000	-0.8	-2.0
As a percent of all workers	5.2%	5.2%	5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	388,000	503,000	392,000	-22.9	-1.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	4,455,000	4,377,000	3,929,000	1.8	13.4

Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
Average Weekly Earnings	$996.34	$971.36	$944.38	2.6	5.5
Average Weekly Hours	44.4	43.5	43.4	2.1	2.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$804.61	$788.92	$774.81	2.0	3.8
Average Weekly Hours	44.8	44.0	44.3	1.8	1.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$650.02	$645.20	$748.84	0.7	-13.2
Average Weekly Hours	38.9	40.3	41.1	-3.5	-5.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
Average Weekly Earnings	$649.08	$633.95	$628.73	2.4	3.2
Average Weekly Hours	40.9	40.2	40.8	1.7	0.2

Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
Weeks Compensated (2)	9,792	10,144	8,659	-3.5	13.1
Benefits Paid	$2,294,482	$2,350,929	$2,001,181	-2.4	14.7
Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$234.32	$231.76	$231.11	1.1	1.4
State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	233,890	232,702	229,761	0.5	1.8
Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.3%	1.2%	N/A	N/A

Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Items	185.2	184.6	181.0	0.3	2.3
Food & Beverages	181.3	180.9	176.9	0.2	2.5
Housing	185.8	186.1	181.5	-0.2	2.4
Apparel	122.0	117.2	124.6	4.1	-2.1
Transportation	159.4	158.3	154.0	0.7	3.5
Medical Care	299.2	298.4	287.7	0.3	4.0
Recreation (Apr. 1997=100)	107.7	107.7	106.2	0.0	1.4
Education & Communication (Apr. 1997=100)	110.9	110.1	109.5	0.7	1.3
Other Goods & Services	299.9	299.6	297.0	0.1	1.0

Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
All Commodities	138.5	138.0	132.3	0.4	4.7

Wyoming Building Permits
(New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized)
Total Units	204.0	204.0	245.0	0.0	-16.7
Valuation	33,694,000	33,004,000	28099000	2.1	19.9
Single Family Homes	$182	$191	$149	-4.7	22.1
Valuation	31,410,000	31,791,000	23,262,000	-1.2	35.0

Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count for Wyoming	$65	$64	$43	1.6	51.2


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