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Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.5 percent in December.
South Dakota’s only large county, Minnehaha, reported an employment increase of 2.2 percent from June 2021 to June 2022.
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $35.65 per hour in the South to $43.84 in the Northeast in September 2022.
Data Series | Back Data |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(p)475.3 | 476.0 | (p)477.2 | ||||
Employment(1) |
(p)465.3 | 466.2 | (p)468.0 | ||||
Unemployment(1) |
(p)10.1 | 9.8 | (p)9.2 | ||||
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(p)2.1 | 2.1 | (p)1.9 | ||||
Total Nonfarm(3) |
456.9 | 458.5 | 460.3 | 459.8 | 461.1 | (p)460.4 | |
12-month % change |
2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | (p)2.2 | |
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3) |
26.3 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 27.3 | (p)26.6 | |
12-month % change |
-1.9 | -2.2 | -3.3 | -0.7 | 0.4 | (p)-1.5 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
45.8 | 45.9 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 45.9 | (p)45.8 | |
12-month % change |
2.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | (p)1.6 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
90.7 | 90.9 | 92.2 | 92.0 | 92.6 | (p)93.4 | |
12-month % change |
3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | (p)5.5 | |
Information(3) |
5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | (p)5.2 | |
12-month % change |
1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | (p)-1.9 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
27.9 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.8 | (p)27.5 | |
12-month % change |
-0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -1.1 | (p)-1.8 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
36.7 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 36.6 | 37.6 | (p)38.2 | |
12-month % change |
3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | (p)4.4 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
76.1 | 76.8 | 76.7 | 76.4 | 76.2 | (p)75.9 | |
12-month % change |
2.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | (p)1.2 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
50.1 | 50.6 | 50.4 | 50.1 | 49.9 | (p)49.5 | |
12-month % change |
5.7 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | (p)3.1 | |
Other Services(3) |
17.9 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 17.6 | (p)17.6 | |
12-month % change |
3.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | (p)-0.6 | |
Government(3) |
80.1 | 80.4 | 81.0 | 80.9 | 80.9 | (p)80.7 | |
12-month % change |
1.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | (p)1.5 | |
Footnotes |