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Wyoming Economic Indicators


Wyoming's total civilian labor force decreased slightly, down 0.6 percent from September 1996 to 1997. A similar decrease occurred from August 1996 to 1997 (please refer to the October issue of Trends).


PERCENT CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 1997 (p) AUGUST 1997 (r) SEPTEMBER 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force ¹ 257,453 260,194 259,097 -1.1 -0.6
--Unemployed 8,952 10,129 11,056 -11.6 -19.0
--Employed 248,501 250,065 248,041 -0.6 0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 3.5%/4.2% 3.9%/4.6% 4.3%/5.0% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.7%/4.9% 4.8%/4.9% 5.0%/5.2% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 1997 (p) AUGUST 1997 (r) SEPTEMBER 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $812.06 $816.53 $813.29 -0.5 -0.2
--Average Weekly Hours 47.6 46.9 46.5 1.5 2.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $737.48 $729.37 $722.01 1.1 2.1
--Average Weekly Hours 45.3 45.7 45.9 -0.9 -1.3
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $625.25 $606.80 $568.99 3.0 9.9
--Average Weekly Hours 41.0 41.0 40.7 0.0 0.7
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $561.80 $552.30 $545.67 1.7 3.0
--Average Weekly Hours 42.4 42.0 42.3 1.0 0.2
PERCENT CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 1997 (p) AUGUST 1997 (r) SEPTEMBER 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed ² 9,521 9,646 11,128 -1.3 -14.4
----Initial Claims ² 1,143 1,233 1,300 -7.3 -12.1
--Weeks Compensated 6,191 7,196 7,198 -14.0 -14.0
--Benefits Paid $1,031,118 $1,188,853 $1,251,287 -13.3 -17.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $166.55 $165.21 $173.84 0.8 -4.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs ¹ 209,678 208,176 211,993 0.7 -1.1
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 1997 (p) AUGUST 1997 (r) SEPTEMBER 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 4,947 5,021 5,692 -1.5 -13.1
--Openings Received 3,095 3,639 2,929 -14.9 5.7
--Individuals Placed 1,648 1,553 1,590 6.1 3.6
--Placement Transactions 2,256 1,963 2,149 14.9 5.0
PERCENT CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 1997 (p) AUGUST 1997 (r) SEPTEMBER 1996 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 161.2 160.8 157.8 0.2 2.2
----Food and Beverage 158.4 158.1 155.0 0.2 2.2
----Housing 157.7 157.6 153.9 0.1 2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep 133.0 130.0 131.5 2.3 1.1
----Transportation 144.3 143.8 143.2 0.3 0.8
----Medical Care 235.4 235.2 229.4 0.1 2.6
----Entertainment 163.0 163.0 159.8 0.0 2.0
----Other Goods & Services 228.1 225.7 218.3 1.1 4.5
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 127.5 127.2 128.2 0.2 -0.5


(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.



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