Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1993 (p)	AUG 1993 (r)	SEP 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	240,084	241,260	242,269	-0.5	-0.9
--Unemployed	10,277	12,513	11,617	-17.9	-11.5
--Employed	229,807	228,747	230,652	0.5	-0.4
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.9%	5.2%/6.2%	4.8%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.4%/6.7%	6.5%/6.7%	7.2%/7.5%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1993 (p)	AUG 1993 (r)	SEP 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$718.74	$708.40	$728.82	1.5	-1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	46.4	46.0	45.1	0.9	2.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$650.15	$650.25	$640.94	0.0	1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	44.7	43.9	-1.3	0.5
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$474.71	$464.47	$427.48	2.2	11.0
--Average Weekly Hours	39.2	38.9	38.1	0.8	2.9
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$492.61	$486.38	$473.14	1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.4	41.4	41.0	0.0	1.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1993 (p)	AUG 1993 (r)	SEP 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	9,812	12,064	12,992	-18.7	-24.5
----Initial Claims2	1,339	1,352	1,793	-1.0	-25.3
--Weeks Compensated	6,240	7,765	9,673	-19.6	-35.5
--Benefits Paid	$1,005,642.00	$1,232,581.00	$1,548,399.00	-18.4	-35.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$160.44	$158.02	$159.66	1.5	0.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	195,820	193,848	194,696	1.0	0.6
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.2%	1.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1993 (p)	AUG 1993 (r)	SEP 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,943	5,973	N.A.	-17.2	N/A
--Openings Received	4,051	4,207	N.A.	-3.7	N/A
--Individuals Placed	1,927	2,042	1,917	-5.6	0.5
--Placement Transactions	2,836	2,767	2,722	2.4	4.2
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1993 (p)	AUG 1993 (r)	SEP 1992 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	145.1	144.8	141.3	0.2	2.7
----Food and Beverage	141.8	141.5	139.3	0.2	1.8
----Housing	142.3	142.3	138.4	0.0	2.8
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.6	131.9	133.3	2.0	1.0
----Transportation	130.1	130.2	126.8	-0.1	2.6
----Medical Care	203.3	202.9	192.3	0.2	5.7
----Entertainment	146.6	145.8	143.2	0.5	2.4
----Other Goods & Services	193.1	193.4	187.0	-0.2	3.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	118.7	118.8	118.0	-0.1	0.6

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not normalized.