Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	January 1998 (p)	December 1997 (r)	January 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	249,204	253,078	247,017	-1.5	0.9
--Unemployed	13,647	11,521	17,463	18.5	-21.9
--Employed	235,557	241,557	229,554	-2.5	2.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.5%/4.1%	4.6%/4.5%	7.1%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/4.7%	4.4%/4.7%	5.9%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$874.48	$853.67	$809.52	2.4	8.0
--Average Weekly Hours	47.5	47.4	43.9	0.2	8.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$749.83	$742.80	$715.16	0.9	4.8
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	45.1	44.2	-0.4	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$596.41	$601.15	$554.05	-0.8	7.6
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	40.4	39.1	0.5	3.8
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$590.96	$580.99	$541.16	1.7	9.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.8	43.1	41.5	-3.0	0.7
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	22,873	21,035	27,473	8.7	-16.7
----Initial Claims (2)	2,854	3,052	3,412	-6.5	-16.4
--Weeks Compensated	16,581	15,016	21,444	10.4	-22.7
--Benefits Paid	$2,880,977.00	$2,522,610.00	$3,785,379.00	14.2	-23.9
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.75	$167.99	$176.52	3.4	-1.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	194,585	204,008	191,102	-4.6	1.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.4%	1.7%	2.9%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,708	4,060	4,570	16.0	3.0
--Openings Received	2,424	1,776	1,521	36.5	59.4
--Individuals Placed	665	936	673	-29.0	-1.2
--Placement Transactions	930	1,342	975	-30.7	-4.6
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	161.6	161.3	159.1	0.2	1.6
----Food & Beverages	160.3	159.1	156.9	0.8	2.2
----Housing	158.3	157.7	155.1	0.4	2.1
----Apparel	129.8	131.6	129.6	-1.4	0.2
----Transportation	142.7	143.2	145.0	-0.3	-1.6
----Medical Care	238.1	237.1	231.8	0.4	2.7
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	100.3	100.0	98.8	0.3	1.5
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	99.9	100.0	97.4	-0.1	2.6
----Other Goods & Services	231.3	230.1	220.0	0.5	5.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.5	126.7	129.7	-0.9	-3.2

(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.