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News Releases:
Sep
13
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Aug
10
Consumer Price Index, West Region — July 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.1 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jul
19
Occupational Employment and Wages in Casper — May 2021

Workers in the Casper, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.62 in May 2021, 12 percent below the nationwide average of $28.01.

Wyoming Economy at a Glance:
Wyoming
Data Series Back
Data		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022		 May
2022		 June
2022		 July
2022		 Aug
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 290.4 290.7 290.8 290.6 290.1 (p)289.6

Employment(1)

 280.5 281.1 281.6 281.7 281.3 (p)280.6

Unemployment(1)

 9.9 9.6 9.2 9.0 8.8 (p)9.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 (p)3.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 285.3 285.6 283.0 282.7 284.6 (p)285.3

12-month % change

 3.2 2.9 2.0 1.8 2.4 (p)2.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 15.2 15.8 15.7 16.1 16.3 (p)16.4

12-month % change

 5.6 7.5 6.1 8.1 8.7 (p)9.3

Construction(3)

 23.1 23.0 22.4 22.0 22.2 (p)21.5

12-month % change

 11.6 10.6 8.2 5.8 6.2 (p)1.9

Manufacturing(3)

 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.8 (p)9.8

12-month % change

 2.1 2.1 0.0 1.0 -1.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 52.1 51.9 51.3 51.2 51.3 (p)51.1

12-month % change

 1.8 2.0 0.6 0.6 1.0 (p)0.6

Information(3)

 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.0 3.4 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1 (p)11.2

12-month % change

 2.7 1.8 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 (p)0.0

Professional & Business Services(3)

 20.7 20.5 20.4 20.1 20.5 (p)21.3

12-month % change

 6.7 6.2 4.6 3.6 4.6 (p)9.2

Education & Health Services(3)

 28.7 28.6 28.9 29.0 29.0 (p)29.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.1 (p)3.9

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 37.9 38.1 37.3 37.3 37.7 (p)38.2

12-month % change

 7.7 5.2 5.7 3.9 5.3 (p)7.0

Other Services(3)

 16.4 16.5 16.0 16.5 16.2 (p)16.4

12-month % change

 4.5 3.1 1.3 4.4 3.2 (p)3.8

Government(3)

 67.0 67.1 67.1 66.6 67.5 (p)66.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.4 -0.7 -1.5 -0.3 (p)-1.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Casper Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2022
Cheyenne Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Pay
 Economic Summary Sep 2022
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2022
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2022
Mountain-Plains - Employment Cost Index Benefits, Pay Table Sep 2022
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2022
Mountain Division and State Unemployment – 2012 Unemployment News Release May 2013
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Casper — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Cheyenne — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Wyoming — 2021 Unemployment News Release Feb 2022