Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1996 (p)	MAY 1996 (r)	JUN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	263,472	257,899	261,918	2.2	0.6
--Unemployed	10,044	11,124	11,522	-9.7	-12.8
--Employed	253,428	246,775	250,396	2.7	1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.2%	4.3%/4.5%	4.4%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/5.3%	5.4%/5.6%	5.8%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1996 (p)	MAY 1996 (r)	JUN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$749.70	$756.13	$701.92	-0.9	6.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	44.4	42.8	1.4	5.1
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$720.08	$698.34	$685.35	3.1	5.1
--Average Weekly Hours	46.1	45.2	45.0	2.0	2.4
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$478.36	$475.19	$485.98	0.7	-1.6
--Average Weekly Hours	40.3	39.5	39.9	2.0	1.0
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$534.23	$528.74	$512.51	1.0	4.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	41.6	41.6	0.7	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1996 (p)	MAY 1996 (r)	JUN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	14,930	18,948	14,223	-21.2	5.0
----Initial Claims2	1,599	2,010	1,403	-20.4	14.0
--Weeks Compensated	11,468	15,188	11,529	-24.5	-0.5
--Benefits Paid	$2,013,867.00	$2,670,220.00	$2,019,264.00	-24.6	-0.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.61	$175.81	$175.15	-0.1	0.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	214,715	204,222	212,054	5.1	1.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.6%	2.2%	1.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1996 (p)	MAY 1996 (r)	JUN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,692	3,604	3,927	2.4	-6.0
--Openings Received	3,106	2,952	3,767	5.2	-17.5
--Individuals Placed	1,648	1,233	1,856	33.7	-11.2
--Placement Transactions	2,505	2,072	3,064	20.9	-18.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUN 1996 (p)	MAY 1996 (r)	JUN 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	156.7	156.6	152.5	0.1	2.8
----Food and Beverage	153.1	152.5	148.4	0.4	3.2
----Housing	152.7	152.0	148.5	0.5	2.8
----Apparel & Upkeep	130.8	133.7	130.5	-2.2	0.2
----Transportation	144.0	144.4	141.1	-0.3	2.1
----Medical Care	227.8	227.4	219.8	0.2	3.6
----Entertainment	159.0	158.8	153.2	0.1	3.8
----Other Goods & Services	214.0	214.1	205.3	0.0	4.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.9	128.2	125.3	-0.2	2.1

(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.