Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1996 (p)	AUG 1996 (r)	SEP 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	258,373	260,452	257,762	-0.8	0.2
--Unemployed	10,013	10,360	10,085	-3.3	-0.7
--Employed	248,360	250,092	247,677	-0.7	0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.7%	4.0%/4.7%	3.9%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.0%/5.2%	5.1%/5.1%	5.4%/5.6%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1996 (p)	AUG 1996 (r)	SEP 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$822.89	$787.06	$696.63	4.6	18.1
--Average Weekly Hours	46.1	45.6	42.4	1.1	8.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$724.56	$701.05	$696.89	3.4	4.0
--Average Weekly Hours	45.8	45.2	45.4	1.3	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$559.78	$526.99	$482.39	6.2	16.0
--Average Weekly Hours	40.8	40.6	40.3	0.5	1.2
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$545.67	$525.67	$523.74	7.9	4.2
--Average Weekly Hours	42.3	41.1	42.0	2.9	0.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1996 (p)	AUG 1996 (r)	SEP 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	11,128	12,038	11,149	-7.6	-0.2
----Initial Claims2	1,300	1,366	1,400	-4.8	-7.1
--Weeks Compensated	7,198	9,198	8,360	-21.7	-13.9
--Benefits Paid	$1,251,287.00	$1,605,479.00	$1,477,623.00	-22.1	-15.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$173.84	$174.55	$176.75	-0.4	-1.6
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	211,993	208,313	209,358	1.8	1.3
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.3%	1.2%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1996 (p)	AUG 1996 (r)	SEP 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	5,692	5,245	4,931	8.5	15.4
--Openings Received	2,929	3,487	3,853	-16.0	-24.0
--Individuals Placed	1,590	1,730	1,727	-8.1	-7.9
--Placement Transactions	2,149	2,167	2,383	-0.8	-4.3
				PERCENT CHANGE
	SEP 1996 (p)	AUG 1996 (r)	SEP 1995 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	157.8	157.3	153.2	0.3	3.0
----Food and Beverage	155.0	154.2	149.4	0.5	3.7
----Housing	153.9	154.0	149.5	-0.1	2.9
----Apparel & Upkeep	131.5	128.1	132.7	2.7	-0.9
----Transportation	143.2	142.8	138.8	0.3	3.2
----Medical Care	229.4	229.2	222.1	0.1	3.3
----Entertainment	159.8	159.2	154.9	0.4	3.2
----Other Goods & Services	218.3	216.3	210.2	0.9	3.9
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.0	128.1	125.2	-0.1	2.2

(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.