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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Mobile — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023
Mobile Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 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

Mobile, AL Economy at a Glance:

Mobile, AL

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(m)192.5	(m)193.9	(m)195.6	(m)194.7	187.8	(p)189.4
Employment(1)		(m)185.3	(m)186.7	(m)188.0	(m)187.1	180.0	(p)181.5
Unemployment(1)		(m)7.2	(m)7.1	(m)7.5	(m)7.6	7.9	(p)8.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		(m)3.7	(m)3.7	(m)3.8	(m)3.9	4.2	(p)4.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		190.4	192.9	194.6	194.1	(p)190.4
12-month % change		0.7	2.0	2.7	2.3	(p)1.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		14.6	14.7	14.6	14.7	(p)14.2
12-month % change		11.5	11.4	11.5	10.5	(p)6.8
Manufacturing(3)		17.0	17.1	17.1	17.1	(p)17.1
12-month % change		3.7	4.9	3.6	3.0	(p)3.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		39.0	39.3	40.4	41.0	(p)39.7
12-month % change		-0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	(p)0.5
Information(3)		2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	(p)2.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		8.6	9.6	9.5	8.3	(p)7.8
12-month % change		-7.5	5.5	9.2	-2.4	(p)-4.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		21.6	22.1	22.6	22.4	(p)21.9
12-month % change		-8.9	-5.6	-3.4	-2.6	(p)-4.8
Education and Health Services(3)		29.1	29.3	29.5	29.6	(p)29.3
12-month % change		-4.0	1.0	2.1	2.4	(p)3.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		17.5	17.3	17.2	17.2	(p)16.9
12-month % change		0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	(p)-1.2
Other Services(3)		11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	(p)11.1
12-month % change		1.8	0.9	1.8	1.8	(p)0.9
Government(3)		29.6	30.1	30.3	30.4	(p)30.2
12-month % change		12.1	6.4	6.7	6.7	(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. (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary