Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUL 1996 (p)	JUN 1996 (r)	JUL 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	262,390	263,350	261,274	-0.4	0.4
--Unemployed	10,339	10,045	10,799	2.9	-4.3
--Employed	252,051	253,305	250,475	-0.5	0.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.5%	3.8%/4.2%	4.1%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.6%/5.4%	5.5%/5.3%	5.9%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUL 1996 (p)	JUN 1996 (r)	JUL 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$760.95	$756.45	$714.88	0.6	6.4
--Average Weekly Hours	45.0	45.0	43.3	0.0	3.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$700.89	$716.22	$682.63	-2.1	2.7
--Average Weekly Hours	44.9	46.0	44.5	-2.4	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$526.42	$522.70	$482.60	0.7	9.1
--Average Weekly Hours	39.7	40.9	38.0	-2.9	4.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$527.31	$534.64	$505.51	-1.4	4.3
--Average Weekly Hours	41.1	41.9	40.8	-1.9	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUL 1996 (p)	JUN 1996 (r)	JUL 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	16,555	14,930	14,165	10.9	16.9
----Initial Claims2	1,800	1,599	1,490	12.6	20.8
--Weeks Compensated	12,379	11,468	9,271	7.9	33.5
--Benefits Paid	$2,181,268.00	$2,013,867.00	$1,620,475.00	8.3	34.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$176.21	$175.61	$174.79	0.3	0.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	207,503	214,715	204,872	-3.4	1.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.6%	1.4%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUL 1996 (p)	JUN 1996 (r)	JUL 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	N/A	3,692	3,927	N/A	N/A
--Openings Received	3,147	3,106	3,767	1.4	-16.5
--Individuals Placed	1,645	1,648	1,856	-0.2	-11.4
--Placement Transactions	1,914	2,505	3,064	-23.6	-37.5
				PERCENT CHANGE
	JUL 1996 (p)	JUN 1996 (r)	JUL 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	157.0	156.7	152.5	0.2	3.0
----Food and Beverage	153.6	153.1	148.6	0.3	3.4
----Housing	153.6	152.7	149.2	0.6	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	128.3	130.8	128.3	-1.9	0.0
----Transportation	143.5	144.0	140.1	-0.3	2.4
----Medical Care	228.7	227.8	220.8	0.4	3.6
----Entertainment	159.0	159.0	153.6	0.0	3.5
----Other Goods & Services	214.6	214.0	205.7	0.3	4.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.8	127.9	125.3	-0.1	2.0

(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.