Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1996 (p)	FEB 1996 (r)	MAR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	255,761	252,852	253,616	1.2	0.8
--Unemployed	14,125	14,062	14,075	0.4	0.4
--Employed	241,636	238,970	239,541	1.1	0.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/4.7%	5.6%/4.1%	5.5%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/5.6%	6.0%/5.5%	5.7%5.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1996 (p)	FEB 1996 (r)	MAR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$749.33	$740.81	$721.44	1.2	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	42.6	42.6	43.2	0.0	-1.4
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$705.97	$706.02	$670.56	-0.1	5.3
--Average Weekly Hours	45.4	45.2	44.0	0.4	3.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$473.98	$466.05	$477.50	1.7	-0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	39.4	39.0	39.3	1.0	0.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$515.82	$517.47	$510.83	-0.3	1.0
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	41.2	41.7	0.0	-1.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1996 (p)	FEB 1996 (r)	MAR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	27,348	28,797	26,708	-5.0	2.4
----Initial Claims2	1,903	2,508	2,333	-24.1	-18.4
--Weeks Compensated	23,154	23,423	22,242	-1.1	4.1
--Benefits Paid	$4,133,624.00	$4,156,474.00	$3,893,861.00	-0.5	6.2
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$178.53	$177.45	$174.19	0.6	2.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	195,310	193,077	193,043	1.2	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	3.1%	3.2%	3.0%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1996 (p)	FEB 1996 (r)	MAR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,497	3,375	4,581	3.6	-23.7
--Openings Received	2,031	1,539	2,575	32.0	-21.1
--Individuals Placed	831	716	1,165	16.1	-28.7
--Placement Transactions	1,296	1,003	1,810	29.2	-28.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	MAR 1996 (p)	FEB 1996 (r)	MAR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	155.7	154.9	151.4	0.5	2.8
----Food and Beverage	152.1	151.3	147.9	0.5	2.8
----Housing	151.7	151.2	147.4	0.3	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.8	131.2	134.4	2.7	0.3
----Transportation	141.2	140.4	138.0	0.6	2.3
----Medical Care	226.6	226.2	218.4	0.2	3.8
----Entertainment	158.4	158.3	152.6	0.1	3.8
----Other Goods & Services	213.0	212.6	204.0	0.2	4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	126.4	125.9	123.7	0.4	2.2

(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.