Wyoming Economic Indicators

				Percent Change
	February 1998 (p)	January 1998 (r)	February 1997 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	251,254	249,235	246,921	0.8	1.8
--Unemployed	14,035	13,667	17,194	2.7	-18.4
--Employed	237,219	235,568	229,727	0.7	3.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/4.0%	5.5%/4.2%	7.0%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/4.6%	5.2%/4.7%	5.7%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$862.28	$858.85	$830.76	0.4	3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	47.3	47.9	46.0	-1.3	2.8
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$746.86	$746.55	$732.34	0.0	2.0
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	45.0	45.6	0.2	-1.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$613.45	$630.99	$580.32	-2.8	5.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.2	40.5	40.3	-0.7	-0.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$558.27	$561.46	$541.63	-0.6	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.9	41.6	-0.7	0.0
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed (2)	22,062	22,873	25,770	-3.5	-14.4
----Initial Claims (2)	2,069	2,854	2,242	-27.5	-7.7
--Weeks Compensated	17,473	16,581	21,041	5.4	-17.0
--Benefits Paid	$3,026,581.00	$2,880,977.00	$3,628,094.00	5.1	-16.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.21	$173.75	$172.43	-0.3	0.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	194,458	194,585	190,795	-0.1	1.9
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.4%	2.4%	2.9%	N/A	N/A
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,628	4,708	4,037	-22.9	-10.1
--Openings Received	1,080	2,424	1,603	-55.4	-32.6
--Individuals Placed	703	665	701	5.7	0.3
--Placement Transactions	957	930	986	2.9	-2.9
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	161.9	161.6	159.6	0.2	1.4
----Food & Beverages	159.8	160.3	156.9	-0.3	1.8
----Housing	158.8	158.3	155.8	0.3	1.9
----Apparel	131.9	129.8	131.9	1.6	0.0
----Transportation	142.1	142.7	144.8	-0.4	-1.9
----Medical Care	239.3	238.1	232.7	0.5	2.8
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	100.7	100.3	99.2	0.4	1.5
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	99.8	99.9	97.5	-0.1	2.4
----Other Goods & Services	233.1	231.3	220.7	0.8	5.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.1	125.5	128.5	-0.3	-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.