Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1994 (p)	AUG 1994 (r)	SEP 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	249,473	253,026	241,243	-1.4	3.4
--Unemployed	9,431	11,780	11,128	-19.9	-15.2
--Employed	240,042	241,246	230,115	-0.5	4.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.5%	4.7%/5.3%	4.6%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/5.9%	5.9%/6.1%	6.4%/6.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1994 (p)	AUG 1994 (r)	SEP 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$725.63	$702.53	$701.50	3.3	3.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	43.5	46.0	1.8	-3.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$674.64	$663.42	$647.03	1.7	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	45.4	45.1	44.5	0.7	2.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$459.81	$482.78	$472.39	-4.8	-2.7
--Average Weekly Hours	39.3	40.4	39.3	-2.7	0.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$513.10	$504.00	$491.78	1.8	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	42.3	42.0	41.5	0.7	1.9
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1994 (p)	AUG 1994 (r)	SEP 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	9,651	13,249	9,812	-27.2	-1.6
----Initial Claims2	1,231	1,401	1,339	-12.1	-8.1
--Weeks Compensated	7,119	10,142	6,240	-29.8	14.1
--Benefits Paid	$1,214,923.00	$1,735,096.00	$1,001,123.00	-30.0	21.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$170.66	$171.08	$160.44	-0.2	6.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	206,895	204,726	200,626	1.1	3.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.3%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1994 (p)	AUG 1994 (r)	SEP 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,223	5,521	4,943	-5.4	5.7
--Openings Received	3,757	3,918	4,051	-4.1	-7.3
--Individuals Placed	1,836	1,768	1,927	3.8	-4.7
--Placement Transactions	2,711	2,413	2,836	12.3	-4.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1994 (p)	AUG 1994 (r)	SEP 1993 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	149.4	149.0	145.1	0.3	3.0
----Food and Beverage	145.6	145.3	141.8	0.2	2.7
----Housing	145.8	145.9	142.3	-0.1	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.2	131.1	134.6	2.4	-0.3
----Transportation	135.9	135.9	130.1	0.0	4.5
----Medical Care	212.8	212.2	203.3	0.3	4.7
----Entertainment	150.7	150.2	146.6	0.3	2.8
----Other Goods & Services	201.4	199.4	193.1	1.0	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	120.9	121.2	118.7	-0.2	1.9

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not normalized.