Economic Indicators
"Pushed up by rising fuel costs, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.7 percent over the year."
Percent Change | |||||
March 2000 (p) | February 2000 (r) | March 1999 (b) | Month | Year | |
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) | 259,891 | 258,480 | 260,437 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
--Unemployed | 12,466 | 14,061 | 15,245 | -11.3 | -18.2 |
--Employed | 247,425 | 244,419 | 245,192 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.8%/4.0% | 5.4%/4.2% | 5.9%/5.0% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. | 4.3%/4.1% | 4.4%/4.1% | 4.4%/4.2% | N/A | N/A |
U.S. Multiple Jobholders | 7,707,000 | 7,735,000 | 8,027,000 | -0.4 | -4.0 |
--As a percent of all workers | 5.7% | 5.8% | 6.1% | N/A | N/A |
U. S. Discouraged Workers | 257,000 | 262,000 | 295,000 | -1.9 | -12.9 |
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons | 3,306,000 | 3,296,000 | 3,703,000 | 0.3 | -10.7 |
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers | |||||
Wyoming Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $857.58 | $863.30 | $858.02 | -0.7 | -0.1 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 43.4 | 44.8 | 43.4 | -3.1 | 0.0 |
U.S. Mining | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $752.51 | $756.32 | $717.82 | -0.5 | 4.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 43.7 | 44.1 | 42.2 | -0.9 | 3.6 |
Wyoming Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $599.01 | $614.64 | $629.20 | -2.5 | -4.8 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 39.1 | 39.4 | 40.0 | -0.8 | -2.2 |
U.S. Manufacturing | |||||
--Average Weekly Earnings | $590.96 | $588.89 | $568.42 | 0.4 | 4.0 |
--Average Weekly Hours | 41.5 | 41.5 | 41.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance | |||||
--Weeks Compensated (2) | 15,707 | 18,402 | 21,726 | -14.6 | -27.7 |
--Benefits Paid | $2,988,754 | $3,499,963 | $4,013,221 | -14.6 | -25.5 |
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment | $190.28 | $190.19 | $184.72 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) | 203,858 | 201,751 | 203,325 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
--Insured Unemployment Rate | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% | N/A | N/A |
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Items | 171.1 | 169.7 | 165.0 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
----Food & Beverages | 167.1 | 166.8 | 163.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
----Housing | 167.6 | 166.9 | 162.8 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
----Apparel | 132.5 | 129.2 | 132.7 | 2.6 | -0.2 |
----Transportation | 153.4 | 149.7 | 140.6 | 2.5 | 9.1 |
----Medical Care | 258.1 | 257.0 | 248.3 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) | 102.9 | 102.5 | 101.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) | 102.0 | 102.2 | 100.8 | -0.2 | 1.2 |
----Other Goods & Services | 268.0 | 266.7 | 253.3 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100) | |||||
--All Commodities | 131.0 | 129.8 | 122.6 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
Wyoming Building Permits | |||||
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized | 175 | 90 | 319 | 94.4 | -45.1 |
--Valuation | $45,640,000 | $10,774,000 | $35,586,000 | 323.6 | 28.3 |
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized
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