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Huntsville

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Huntsville Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Huntsville — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2022
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2023
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
Huntsville, AL Economy at a Glance:
Huntsville, AL
Data Series Back
Data
Mar
2023
Apr
2023
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023
Aug
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

252.9 252.9 253.9 254.8 255.3 (p)254.9

Employment(1)

248.8 249.2 249.4 249.2 250.6 (p)249.9

Unemployment(1)

4.1 3.7 4.5 5.7 4.8 (p)5.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

1.6 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.9 (p)2.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

270.6 271.1 271.6 273.7 274.4 (p)274.9

12-month % change

3.9 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.0 (p)4.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

10.6 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.6 (p)10.5

12-month % change

-9.4 -8.7 -4.6 -0.9 0.0 (p)1.0

Manufacturing(3)

32.2 32.2 32.6 32.8 32.8 (p)32.6

12-month % change

1.9 1.3 2.2 2.2 1.5 (p)1.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

37.0 37.0 37.0 37.1 36.9 (p)36.8

12-month % change

0.8 0.0 0.5 0.8 -0.3 (p)-0.3

Information(3)

2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6

12-month % change

0.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

8.4 8.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 (p)8.5

12-month % change

-1.2 -1.2 -3.5 -2.4 0.0 (p)1.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

70.3 70.2 70.1 70.1 71.3 (p)72.4

12-month % change

9.3 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.5 (p)10.2

Education and Health Services(3)

22.8 23.0 23.0 23.3 23.5 (p)23.6

12-month % change

3.2 5.0 4.5 6.4 5.4 (p)5.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

22.1 22.5 22.6 23.6 23.8 (p)22.7

12-month % change

5.7 5.1 4.1 4.4 4.8 (p)3.2

Other Services(3)

9.0 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.2 (p)9.1

12-month % change

4.7 3.4 3.4 4.5 5.7 (p)3.4

Government(3)

55.7 55.6 55.9 56.2 55.3 (p)56.1

12-month % change

3.9 3.2 3.3 3.9 4.5 (p)4.7

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