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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Mississippi > Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Gulfport, MS, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Economy at a Glance:
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Data Series Back
Data		 Jan
2025		 Feb
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2025		 Apr
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 188.1 191.3 191.5 192.1 190.9 (p)191.4

Employment(1)

 181.5 183.9 184.5 185.8 184.2 (p)183.5

Unemployment(1)

 6.6 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.7 (p)7.9

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.5 (p)4.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 (p)169.7          

12-month % change

 (p)1.1          

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 (p)8.2          

12-month % change

 (p)0.0          

Manufacturing(3)

 (p)18.8          

12-month % change

 (p)-1.1          

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 (p)26.6          

12-month % change

 (p)0.4          

Information(3)

 (p)1.5          

12-month % change

 (p)-11.8          

Financial Activities(3)

 (p)6.2          

12-month % change

 (p)3.3          

Professional and Business Services(3)

 (p)19.4          

12-month % change

 (p)0.5          

Education and Health Services(3)

 (p)14.4          

12-month % change

 (p)3.6          

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 (p)31.9          

12-month % change

 (p)1.6          

Other Services(3)

 (p)5.1          

12-month % change

 (p)2.0          

Government(3)

 (p)37.6          

12-month % change

 (p)1.9          

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