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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana > Cincinnati

Cincinnati

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Cincinnati Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Ohio — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Consumer Price Index, Cincinnati-Hamilton — Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Cincinnati (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Cincinnati — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2017
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Economy at a Glance:
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Data Series Back
Data		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025		 Apr
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,167.7 1,180.4 1,195.8 1,191.6 1,189.5 (p)1,196.1

Employment(1)

 1,109.9 1,122.4 1,137.7 1,139.5 1,138.7 (p)1,138.9

Unemployment(1)

 57.8 58.0 58.2 52.1 50.8 (p)57.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.3 (p)4.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 (p)1,139.1          

12-month % change

 (p)0.0          

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 (p)50.8          

12-month % change

 (p)2.6          

Manufacturing(3)

 (p)121.7          

12-month % change

 (p)1.0          

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 (p)226.5          

12-month % change

 (p)-0.4          

Information(3)

 (p)13.3          

12-month % change

 (p)-3.6          

Financial Activities(3)

 (p)79.6          

12-month % change

 (p)1.5          

Professional and Business Services(3)

 (p)172.6          

12-month % change

 (p)-2.0          

Education and Health Services(3)

 (p)184.3          

12-month % change

 (p)3.2          

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 (p)116.0          

12-month % change

 (p)-4.1          

Other Services(3)

 (p)41.6          

12-month % change

 (p)2.0          

Government(3)

 (p)132.7          

12-month % change

 (p)-0.5          

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
Data Series Back
Data		 2nd Half
2016		 1st Half
2017		 2nd Half
2017

Consumer Price Index: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN

CPI-U, All items(1)

 227.927 229.335 230.427

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)

   1.9 2.0 1.1

CPI-W, All items(2)

 221.379 222.965 224.788

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)

   1.9 2.2 1.5

Footnotes
(1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.