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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Kentucky, Indiana > Louisville

Louisville

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Louisville 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 Louisville/Jefferson County — 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 Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’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
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Economy at a Glance:
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
Data Series Back
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 668.3 670.8 672.7 674.6 669.6 (p)665.6

Employment(1)

 645.0 652.1 649.8 648.7 642.5 (p)640.6

Unemployment(1)

 23.3 18.7 22.9 25.9 27.2 (p)25.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.5 2.8 3.4 3.8 4.1 (p)3.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 684.0 687.9 691.4 692.3 689.7 (p)696.0

12-month % change

 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.3 (p)1.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 30.3 30.6 31.2 32.4 32.6 (p)33.5

12-month % change

 3.1 2.7 4.0 5.5 2.8 (p)6.0

Manufacturing(3)

 85.4 86.5 86.6 87.2 88.1 (p)89.2

12-month % change

 4.4 4.6 5.0 4.7 6.9 (p)7.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 162.2 160.7 161.1 160.8 160.4 (p)160.8

12-month % change

 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9 1.1 (p)1.1

Information(3)

 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.2 9.2 (p)9.1

12-month % change

 6.0 5.9 4.7 7.0 4.5 (p)1.1

Financial Activities(3)

 45.6 45.6 45.7 45.7 45.2 (p)45.4

12-month % change

 -5.2 -5.0 -5.0 -5.2 -6.8 (p)-5.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 88.4 89.0 88.3 88.5 87.9 (p)88.4

12-month % change

 -1.9 -2.7 -3.5 -2.9 -3.8 (p)-3.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 99.5 99.9 100.3 99.7 100.4 (p)101.5

12-month % change

 1.2 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 (p)2.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 65.8 68.4 70.5 72.0 72.0 (p)71.2

12-month % change

 3.9 4.9 3.7 4.7 2.9 (p)3.0

Other Services(3)

 25.8 25.9 26.1 26.0 26.3 (p)26.4

12-month % change

 4.9 4.9 4.8 2.8 2.7 (p)3.9

Government(3)

 72.1 72.3 72.6 70.8 67.6 (p)70.5

12-month % change

 0.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 4.3 (p)1.0

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