Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1996 (p)	MAR 1996 (r)	APR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	257,381	255,699	253,750	0.7	1.4
--Unemployed	13,326	14,129	12,824	-5.7	3.9
--Employed	244,055	241,570	240,926	1.0	1.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.0%	5.5%/4.7%	5.1%/4.9%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.4%/5.4%	5.8%/5.6%	5.6%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1996 (p)	MAR 1996 (r)	APR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$760.91	$771.13	$740.59	-1.3	2.7
--Average Weekly Hours	42.7	44.6	43.9	-4.3	-2.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$704.91	$704.67	$678.23	0.0	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	45.5	45.8	44.7	-0.7	1.8
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$487.89	$485.36	$494.62	0.5	-1.4
--Average Weekly Hours	39.0	39.3	39.1	-0.8	-0.3
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$521.97	$515.82	$496.52	1.2	5.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.4	41.5	0.2	0.0
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1996 (p)	MAR 1996 (r)	APR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	27,740	27,348	21,184	1.4	30.9
----Initial Claims2	2,068	1,903	1,884	8.7	9.8
--Weeks Compensated	21,944	23,154	16,994	-5.2	29.1
--Benefits Paid	$3,898,750.00	$4,133,624.00	$2,973,753.00	-5.7	31.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$177.67	$178.53	$174.99	-0.5	1.5
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	197,303	195,310	195,022	1.0	1.2
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	2.7%	3.1%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1996 (p)	MAR 1996 (r)	APR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	3,279	3,497	3,382	-6.2	-3.0
--Openings Received	3,114	2,031	2,510	53.3	24.1
--Individuals Placed	969	831	1,061	16.6	-8.7
--Placement Transactions	1,516	1,296	1,639	17.0	-7.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	APR 1996 (p)	MAR 1996 (r)	APR 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	156.3	155.7	151.9	0.4	2.9
----Food and Beverage	152.7	152.1	148.9	0.4	2.6
----Housing	151.8	151.7	147.4	0.1	3.0
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.9	134.8	134.8	0.1	0.1
----Transportation	143.1	141.2	139.1	1.3	2.9
----Medical Care	227.0	226.6	218.9	0.2	3.7
----Entertainment	158.6	158.4	153.3	0.1	3.5
----Other Goods & Services	213.3	213.0	204.3	0.1	4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.5	126.4	124.6	0.9	2.3

(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.