Wyoming Economic Indicators


PERCENT CHANGE
OCT 1995 (p) SEP 1995 (r) OCT 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1 255,732 255,342 251,923 0.2 1.5
--Unemployed 9,978 9,872 10,590 1.1 -5.8
--Employed 245,754 245,470 241,333 0.1 1.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 3.9%/4.7% 3.9%/4.7% 4.2%/5.0% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.2%/5.5% 5.4%/5.6% 5.4%/5.7% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
OCT 1995 (p) SEP 1995 (r) OCT 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings $702.96 $694.14 $725.33 1.3 -3.1
--Average Weekly Hours 43.5 42.3 43.8 2.8 -0.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $700.25 $697.97 $673.93 0.3 3.9
--Average Weekly Hours 45.5 45.5 45.2 0.0 0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $464.09 $480.39 $467.31 -3.4 -0.7
--Average Weekly Hours 39.7 40.2 41.1 -1.2 -3.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings $517.91 $522.90 $511.83 -1.0 1.2
--Average Weekly Hours 41.7 42.0 42.3 -0.7 -1.4
PERCENT CHANGE
OCT 1995 (p) SEP 1995 (r) OCT 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2 14,084 11,149 12,417 26.3 13.4
----Initial Claims2 2,116 1,400 2,088 51.1 1.3
--Weeks Compensated 9,499 8,360 6,891 13.6 37.8
--Benefits Paid $1,669,677.00 $1,477,623.00 $1,157,344.00 13.0 44.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $175.77 $176.75 $167.95 -0.6 4.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs1 207,359 212,730 201,703 -2.5 2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate 1.2% 1.2% 1.1% N/A N/A
PERCENT CHANGE
OCT 1995 (p) SEP 1995 (r) OCT 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received 4,545 4,931 4,718 -7.8 -3.7
--Openings Received 2,806 3,853 3,191 -27.2 -12.1
--Individuals Placed 1,534 1,727 1,493 -11.2 2.7
--Placement Transactions 2,234 2,383 2,370 -6.3 -5.7
PERCENT CHANGE
OCT 1995 (p) SEP 1995 (r) OCT 1994 (b) MONTH YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 153.7 153.2 149.5 0.3 2.8
----Food and Beverage 149.8 149.4 145.6 0.3 2.9
----Housing 149.7 149.5 145.7 0.1 2.7
----Apparel & Upkeep 134.5 132.7 135.2 1.4 -0.5
----Transportation 139.4 138.8 136.1 0.4 2.4
----Medical Care 222.9 222.1 214.0 0.4 4.2
----Entertainment 155.2 154.9 151.0 0.2 2.8
----Other Goods & Services 210.7 210.2 201.9 0.2 4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 125.0 125.2 120.9 -0.2 3.4


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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional, and Additional Claims


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