Wyoming Economic Indicators

				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1995 (p)	SEP 1995 (r)	OCT 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force1	255,732	255,342	251,923	0.2	1.5
--Unemployed	9,978	9,872	10,590	1.1	-5.8
--Employed	245,754	245,470	241,333	0.1	1.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.7%	3.9%/4.7%	4.2%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.2%/5.5%	5.4%/5.6%	5.4%/5.7%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1995 (p)	SEP 1995 (r)	OCT 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Wyoming Mining Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Average Weekly Earnings	$702.96	$694.14	$725.33	1.3	-3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	42.3	43.8	2.8	-0.7
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$700.25	$697.97	$673.93	0.3	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	45.5	45.5	45.2	0.0	0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$464.09	$480.39	$467.31	-3.4	-0.7
--Average Weekly Hours	39.7	40.2	41.1	-1.2	-3.4
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
--Average Weekly Earnings	$517.91	$522.90	$511.83	-1.0	1.2
--Average Weekly Hours	41.7	42.0	42.3	-0.7	-1.4
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1995 (p)	SEP 1995 (r)	OCT 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Claimed2	14,084	11,149	12,417	26.3	13.4
----Initial Claims2	2,116	1,400	2,088	51.1	1.3
--Weeks Compensated	9,499	8,360	6,891	13.6	37.8
--Benefits Paid	$1,669,677.00	$1,477,623.00	$1,157,344.00	13.0	44.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$175.77	$176.75	$167.95	-0.6	4.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs1	207,359	212,730	201,703	-2.5	2.8
--Wyoming Insured Unemployment Rate	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%	N/A	N/A
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1995 (p)	SEP 1995 (r)	OCT 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Employment Service
--Applications Received	4,545	4,931	4,718	-7.8	-3.7
--Openings Received	2,806	3,853	3,191	-27.2	-12.1
--Individuals Placed	1,534	1,727	1,493	-11.2	2.7
--Placement Transactions	2,234	2,383	2,370	-6.3	-5.7
				PERCENT CHANGE
	OCT 1995 (p)	SEP 1995 (r)	OCT 1994 (b)	MONTH	YEAR
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	153.7	153.2	149.5	0.3	2.8
----Food and Beverage	149.8	149.4	145.6	0.3	2.9
----Housing	149.7	149.5	145.7	0.1	2.7
----Apparel & Upkeep	134.5	132.7	135.2	1.4	-0.5
----Transportation	139.4	138.8	136.1	0.4	2.4
----Medical Care	222.9	222.1	214.0	0.4	4.2
----Entertainment	155.2	154.9	151.0	0.2	2.8
----Other Goods & Services	210.7	210.2	201.9	0.2	4.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.0	125.2	120.9	-0.2	3.4

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


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