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Birmingham

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Birmingham Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2019
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Birmingham-Hoover — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2019
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Mechanical Occupations in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2014	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Economy at a Glance:

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		576.8	571.6	570.6	565.7	(p)568.7	(p)561.5
Employment(1)		561.8	558.2	556.6	553.6	(p)557.5	(p)548.3
Unemployment(1)		15.0	13.4	14.0	12.2	(p)11.2	(p)13.2
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.6	2.4	2.4	2.1	(p)2.0	(p)2.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		555.6	557.3	559.4	559.3	(p)562.7
12-month % change		3.4	4.2	2.7	2.1	(p)3.0
Mining and Logging(3)		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	(p)2.1
12-month % change		0.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		31.6	31.7	32.0	32.0	(p)32.2
12-month % change		12.9	13.2	10.7	10.3	(p)10.3
Manufacturing(3)		39.4	39.6	39.9	39.8	(p)39.6
12-month % change		5.1	5.0	4.2	3.1	(p)2.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		113.2	112.8	113.9	115.4	(p)117.6
12-month % change		2.1	2.1	2.4	1.7	(p)2.2
Information(3)		8.6	8.6	8.6	8.5	(p)8.5
12-month % change		1.2	2.4	0.0	-3.4	(p)-2.3
Financial Activities(3)		43.8	44.0	44.0	43.6	(p)43.6
12-month % change		0.9	4.0	2.6	1.6	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		72.1	72.6	72.2	71.0	(p)71.3
12-month % change		0.0	1.8	-1.2	-1.8	(p)-0.8
Education and Health Services(3)		76.9	78.3	78.5	78.2	(p)78.8
12-month % change		6.2	9.5	5.2	5.1	(p)8.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		50.0	48.8	48.3	48.0	(p)48.2
12-month % change		5.7	5.2	1.0	-0.4	(p)1.9
Other Services(3)		31.6	31.5	31.9	31.9	(p)31.9
12-month % change		4.6	4.3	4.6	3.9	(p)3.9
Government(3)		86.3	87.3	88.0	88.8	(p)88.9
12-month % change		1.5	1.2	1.5	1.8	(p)2.3
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