Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1995 (p)	MAY 1995 (r)	JUN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	260,364	252,431	254,347	3.1	2.4
--Unemployed	10,752	11,229	11,904	-4.2	-9.7
--Employed	249,612	241,202	242,443	3.5	3.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.7%	4.4%/4.8%	4.7%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.8%/5.6%	5.5%/5.7%	6.2%/6.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1995 (p)	MAY 1995 (r)	JUN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$689.85	$712.29	$692.12	-3.2	-0.3
--Average Weekly Hours	42.4	43.3	44.0	-2.1	-3.6
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$685.17	$674.88	$661.83	1.5	3.5
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	44.2	44.9	1.6	0.0
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$470.79	$455.00	$475.61	3.5	-1.0
--Average Weekly Hours	39.2	38.3	39.9	2.3	-1.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$512.10	$508.39	$507.67	0.7	0.9
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.4	42.2	0.5	-1.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1995 (p)	MAY 1995 (r)	JUN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	14,223	21,257	13,495	-33.1	5.4
----Initial Claims 2	1,403	2,047	1,535	-31.5	-8.6
--Weeks Compensated	11,529	16,134	11,775	-28.5	-2.1
--Benefits Paid	$2,019,264.00	$2,824,936.00	$1,962,299.00	-28.5	2.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.15	$175.09	$166.65	0.0	5.1
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	214,523	204,830	208,571	4.7	2.9
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.6%	2.0%	1.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1995 (p)	MAY 1995 (r)	JUN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,927	4,216	4,806	-6.9	-18.3
--Openings Received	3,767	3,298	4,466	14.2	-15.7
--Individuals Placed	1,856	1,341	2,337	38.4	-20.6
--Placement Transactions	3,064	2,364	3,742	29.6	-18.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1995 (p)	MAY 1995 (r)	JUN 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	152.5	152.2	148.0	0.2	3.0
----Food and Beverage	148.4	148.7	144.2	-0.2	2.9
----Housing	148.5	147.6	144.9	0.6	2.5
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.5	133.4	133.8	-2.2	-2.5
----Transportation	141.1	140.3	133.8	0.6	5.5
----Medical Care	219.8	219.3	210.4	0.2	4.5
----Entertainment	153.2	153.6	149.8	-0.3	2.3
----Other Goods & Services	205.3	204.9	197.6	0.2	3.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.3	125.0	120.5	0.2	4.0

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.