Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1996 (p)	JAN 1996 (r)	FEB 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	252,855	251,435	252,403	0.6	0.2
--Unemployed	14,062	14,043	16,147	0.1	-12.9
--Employed	238,793	237,392	236,256	0.6	1.1
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/4.1%	5.6%/4.2%	6.4%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	6.0%/5.5%	6.3%/5.8%	5.9%/5.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1996 (p)	JAN 1996 (r)	FEB 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$769.57	$774.35	$740.15	-0.6	4.0
--Average Weekly Hours	43.8	42.9	43.9	2.1	-0.2
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$706.72	$682.78	$677.54	-2.5	-0.5
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	43.6	44.4	-2.9	-2.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$466.02	$465.31	$459.60	0.2	1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	38.9	39.3	38.3	-1.0	1.6
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$518.30	$503.87	$510.41	-5.0	-2.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	39.8	41.7	-5.5	-5.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1996 (p)	JAN 1996 (r)	FEB 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	28,797	32,078	26,929	-10.2	6.9
----Initial Claims2	2,508	3,919	2,565	-36.0	-2.2
--Weeks Compensated	23,423	23,319	21,049	0.4	11.3
--Benefits Paid	$4,156,474.00	$4,097,743.00	$3,666,502.00	1.4	13.4
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$177.45	$175.73	$174.19	1.0	1.9
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	193,077	193,961	190,842	-0.5	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	3.2%	2.8%	3.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1996 (p)	JAN 1996 (r)	FEB 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,375	4,602	3,947	-26.7	-14.5
--Openings Received	1,539	1,500	1,708	2.6	-9.9
--Individuals Placed	716	686	686	4.4	4.4
--Placement Transactions	1,003	1,035	1,137	-3.1	-11.8
				PERCENT CHANGE
	FEB 1996 (p)	JAN 1996 (r)	FEB 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	154.9	154.4	150.9	0.3	2.7
----Food and Beverage	151.3	151.4	147.8	-0.1	2.4
----Housing	151.2	150.6	147.0	0.4	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.2	130.0	131.1	0.9	0.1
----Transportation	140.4	139.9	137.5	0.4	2.1
----Medical Care	226.2	225.2	217.9	0.4	3.8
----Entertainment	158.3	157.0	152.5	0.8	3.8
----Other Goods & Services	212.6	212.0	204.1	0.3	4.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.9	126.1	123.5	0.2	2.6

(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.