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Hattiesburg

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Hattiesburg — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023

Hattiesburg, MS Economy at a Glance:

Hattiesburg, MS

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(m)72.3	(m)72.7	(m)72.5	70.6	(p)71.9
Employment(1)		(m)70.1	(m)70.6	(m)70.2	68.1	(p)69.1
Unemployment(1)		(m)2.1	(m)2.1	(m)2.3	2.5	(p)2.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		(m)2.9	(m)2.9	(m)3.1	3.6	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		68.8	69.0	68.8	67.9	68.4	(p)68.5
12-month % change		-0.9	-1.4	-0.9	-0.3	-0.1	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	(p)4.3
12-month % change		-6.4	-4.3	-6.4	-6.5	-6.5	(p)-6.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.6	13.7	13.8	13.3	13.2	(p)13.2
12-month % change		-2.9	-4.2	-3.5	-3.6	-2.9	(p)-2.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.4	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.4	(p)8.4
12-month % change		0.0	1.2	2.4	2.5	1.2	(p)1.2
Government(3)		15.2	15.2	14.5	14.7	15.0	(p)15.1
12-month % change		2.7	3.4	2.1	2.1	0.7	(p)0.7
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. (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary