Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1993(p)	OCT 1993(r)	NOV 1992(b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	237,003	238,910	235,864	-0.8	0.5
--Unemployed	10,886	10,097	11,095	7.8	-1.9
--Employed	226,117	228,813	224,769	-1.2	0.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.6%/4.9%	4.2%/5.0%	4.7%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.1%/6.4%	6.3%/6.8%	7.0%/7.3%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1993 (p)	OCT 1993 (r)	NOV 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$685.07	$705.01	$735.07	-2.8	-6.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	46.2	45.6	-2.4	-1.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$647.55	$653.68	$651.61	-0.9	-0.6
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	45.3	44.6	-0.7	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$436.11	$442.78	$433.86	-1.5	0.5
--Average Weekly Hours	38.8	40.4	38.6	-4.0	0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$500.15	$493.66	$480.48	1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	41.8	41.6	0.7	1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1993 (p)	OCT 1993 (r)	NOV 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	17,457	10,716	17,650	62.9	-1.1
----Initial Claims2	2,974	2,088	2,948	42.4	0.9
--Weeks Compensated	10,266	6,430	9,611	59.7	6.8
--Benefits Paid	$1,665,617.00	$1,029,334.00	$1,494,260.00	61.8	11.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$158.95	$159.64	$155.30	-0.4	2.4
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	186,143	191,522	185,252	-2.8	0.5
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.6%	1.1%	1.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1993 (p)	OCT 1993 (r)	NOV 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,905	4,093	4,726	-4.6	-17.4
--Openings Received	2,381	3,457	2,756	-31.1	-13.6
--Individuals Placed	1,098	1,795	1,103	-38.8	-0.5
--Placement Transactions	1,861	2,974	1,831	-37.4	-1.6
				PERCENT CHANGE
	NOV 1993 (p)	OCT 1993 (r)	NOV 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	145.8	145.7	142.0	0.1	2.7
----Food and Beverage	142.6	142.3	139.1	0.2	2.5
----Housing	142.0	142.2	138.5	-0.1	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	136.2	136.1	134.5	0.1	1.3
----Transportation	132.6	131.8	129.2	0.6	2.6
----Medical Care	204.9	204.4	194.3	0.2	5.5
----Entertainment	147.7	147.3	143.7	0.3	2.8
----Other Goods & Services	193.8	193.4	188.0	0.2	3.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	118.9	119.1	117.8	-0.2	0.9

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


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

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