Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1995 (p)	MAR 1995 (r)	APR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	251,976	252,232	245,178	-0.1	2.8
--Unemployed	11,426	12,701	13,422	-10.0	-14.9
--Employed	240,550	239,531	231,756	0.4	3.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.4%	5.0%/4.1%	5.5%/5.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/5.8%	5.7%/5.5%	6.2%/6.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1995 (p)	MAR 1995 (r)	APR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$733.13	$715.89	$709.69	2.4	3.3
--Average Weekly Hours	43.3	43.1	44.3	0.5	-2.3
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$673.85	$668.60	$665.72	0.8	1.2
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	43.9	44.5	0.5	-0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$515.70	$482.21	$493.56	6.9	4.5
--Average Weekly Hours	39.7	39.3	39.9	1.0	-0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$496.09	$511.24	$504.42	-3.0	-1.7
--Average Weekly Hours	40.3	41.7	42.0	-3.4	-4.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1995 (p)	MAR 1995 (r)	APR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	21,184	26,708	20,505	-20.7	3.3
----Initial Claims2	1,884	2,333	2,361	-19.2	-20.2
--Weeks Compensated	16,994	22,242	15,250	-23.6	11.4
--Benefits Paid	$2,973,753.00	$3,893,861.00	$2,541,516.00	-23.6	17.0
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$174.99	$174.19	$166.66	0.5	5.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	196,625	193,763	191,364	1.5	2.7
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.4%	3.0%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1995 (p)	MAR 1995 (r)	APR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,382	4,581	3,517	-26.2	-3.8
--Openings Received	2,510	2,575	2,900	-2.5	-13.4
--Individuals Placed	1,061	1,165	1,038	-8.9	2.2
--Placement Transactions	1,639	1,810	1,803	-9.4	-9.1
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1995 (p)	MAR 1995 (r)	APR 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	151.9	151.4	147.4	0.3	3.1
----Food and Beverage	148.9	147.9	144.0	0.7	3.4
----Housing	147.4	147.4	143.9	0.0	2.4
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.8	134.4	136.4	0.3	-1.2
----Transportation	139.1	138.0	132.6	0.8	4.9
----Medical Care	218.9	218.4	209.2	0.2	4.6
----Entertainment	153.3	152.6	149.7	0.5	2.4
----Other Goods & Services	204.3	204.0	196.4	0.1	4.0
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	124.6	123.7	119.7	0.7	4.1

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


1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Initial Claims include: New, Transitional and Additional Claims.

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