Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1996 (p)	DEC 1995 (r)	JAN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	251,565	253,275	248,005	-0.7	1.4
--Unemployed	14,102	10,974	14,312	28.5	-1.5
--Employed	237,463	242,301	233,693	-2.0	1.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/4.2%	4.3%/4.0%	5.8%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.3%/5.8%	5.2%/5.6%	6.2%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1996 (p)	DEC 1995 (r)	JAN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$764.16	$789.82	$742.55	-3.2	2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	43.1	44.8	43.5	-3.8	-0.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$679.91	$697.09	$683.20	-2.5	-0.5
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	44.8	44.8	-2.9	-2.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$460.49	$450.96	$454.73	2.1	1.3
--Average Weekly Hours	39.8	40.7	38.7	-2.2	2.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$501.41	$528.36	$513.66	-5.0	-2.4
--Average Weekly Hours	39.7	42.0	42.0	-5.5	-5.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1996 (p)	DEC 1995 (r)	JAN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	32,078	19,936	29,803	60.9	7.6
----Initial Claims2	3,919	2,909	3,692	34.7	6.1
--Weeks Compensated	23,319	15,355	20,821	51.9	12.0
--Benefits Paid	$4,097,743.00	$2,642,827.00	$3,620,408.00	55.1	13.2
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.73	$172.12	$173.88	2.1	1.1
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	197,288	203,949	191,814	-3.3	2.9
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.8%	2.1%	2.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1996 (p)	DEC 1995 (r)	JAN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,602	3,703	5,032	24.3	-8.5
--Openings Received	1,500	2,047	2,058	-26.7	-27.1
--Individuals Placed	686	863	860	-20.5	-20.2
--Placement Transactions	1,035	1,364	1,477	-24.1	-29.9
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JAN 1996 (p)	DEC 1995 (r)	JAN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	154.4	153.5	150.3	0.6	2.7
----Food and Beverage	151.4	150.3	147.9	0.7	2.4
----Housing	150.6	149.7	146.4	0.6	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.0	130.6	129.4	-0.5	0.5
----Transportation	139.9	139.1	137.3	0.6	1.9
----Medical Care	225.2	223.8	216.6	0.6	4.0
----Entertainment	157.0	156.2	152.1	0.5	3.2
----Other Goods & Services	212.0	211.1	203.0	0.4	4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.8	125.5	122.6	0.2	2.6

(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.