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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Roanoke Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
Roanoke, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2023
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Roanoke – May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Roanoke, VA Economy at a Glance:

Roanoke, VA

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)			(p)160.9	162.8	(p)164.6
Employment(1)			(p)155.6	158.0	(p)160.0
Unemployment(1)			(p)5.3	4.8	(p)4.6
Unemployment Rate(2)			(p)3.3	2.9	(p)2.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		165.8	163.7	164.5	164.7	164.9	(p)166.2
12-month % change		3.2	3.9	3.3	3.0	2.4	(p)3.0
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		9.3	9.3	9.2	9.4	9.5	(p)9.6
12-month % change		4.5	5.7	4.5	4.4	2.2	(p)3.2
Manufacturing(3)		16.7	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.8	(p)16.9
12-month % change		5.7	5.7	5.0	5.0	3.7	(p)4.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		33.4	32.4	32.3	31.9	31.8	(p)31.9
12-month % change		-0.9	0.0	0.3	-0.9	-0.6	(p)-0.9
Information(3)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	(p)7.5
12-month % change		1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)-2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		23.3	23.2	23.2	23.5	23.4	(p)24.1
12-month % change		6.4	5.9	3.6	5.4	4.0	(p)6.6
Education and Health Services(3)		28.3	28.3	28.5	28.3	28.4	(p)28.3
12-month % change		2.5	3.3	3.6	3.3	2.5	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		15.2	15.0	15.0	15.2	15.3	(p)15.6
12-month % change		6.3	11.1	7.9	6.3	4.8	(p)4.0
Other Services(3)		6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	(p)6.8
12-month % change		3.0	4.6	4.6	3.0	1.5	(p)1.5
Government(3)		24.0	23.4	24.1	24.1	24.1	(p)24.3
12-month % change		3.4	3.1	3.4	3.0	3.9	(p)5.2
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary