Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	October 1998 (p)	September 1998 (r)	October 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	259,452	258,314	253,136	0.4	2.5
--Unemployed	10,367	9,374	10,035	10.6	3.3
--Employed	249,085	248,940	243,101	0.1	2.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.0%/4.8%	3.6%/4.6%	4.0%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.6%	4.4%/4.6%	4.4%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,234,000	7,906,000	8,139,000	4.1	1.2
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.2%	6.0%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	333,000	317,000	302,000	5.0	10.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,086,000	3,112,000	3,602,000	-0.8	-14.3
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$848.79	$827.32	$844.02	2.6	0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	44.3	43.0	49.3	2.6	-2.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$756.36	$735.74	$735.22	2.8	2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	44.0	42.9	45.3	2.6	-2.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$640.67	$627.97	$584.05	2.0	9.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.1	40.7	1.2	-0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$567.33	$564.40	$560.42	0.5	1.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	41.5	42.2	1.0	-0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	6,298	6,688	6,531	-5.8	-3.6
--Benefits Paid	$1,110,098	$1,176,684	$1,096,229	-5.7	1.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$176.26	$175.94	$167.85	0.2	5.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	209,733	214,009	205,196	-2.0	2.2
--Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	164.0	163.6	161.6	0.2	1.5
----Food & Beverages	162.4	161.5	158.7	0.6	2.3
----Housing	161.4	161.5	157.7	(0.1)	2.3
----Apparel	135.6	133.6	134.9	1.5	0.5
----Transportation	141.3	140.7	144.5	0.4	-2.2
----Medical Care	244.3	243.9	235.8	0.2	3.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.1	101.3	100.0	-0.2	1.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.0	100.9	99.9	0.1	1.1
----Other Goods & Services	241.3	240.4	229.4	0.4	5.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.0	123.9	127.8	0.1	-3.0

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized