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Jackson

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Jackson, MS, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2019
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson — May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2019
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Jackson, MS Economy at a Glance:

Jackson, MS

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)259.4	256.6	260.1	258.5	258.6	(p)257.5
Employment(1)		(2)251.1	245.3	249.5	250.2	250.1	(p)248.5
Unemployment(1)		(2)8.3	11.3	10.6	8.3	8.5	(p)8.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.2	4.4	4.1	3.2	3.3	(p)3.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		273.1	268.2	268.8	267.3	268.1	(p)267.2
12-month % change		1.1	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.1	(p)-0.3
Mining and Logging(4)		0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	14.3	14.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(4)		10.8	10.7	10.9	10.7	10.8	(p)11.1
12-month % change		2.9	1.9	5.8	0.9	2.9	(p)4.7
Manufacturing(4)		19.7	19.7	19.7	19.5	19.8	(p)19.8
12-month % change		4.2	4.2	5.9	5.4	7.6	(p)8.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		53.0	52.0	51.2	50.5	50.7	(p)50.7
12-month % change		-0.2	2.6	2.0	-0.6	0.2	(p)-1.0
Information(4)		2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change		-7.1	-3.7	0.0	4.0	4.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	(p)14.8
12-month % change		2.1	2.8	2.8	2.1	2.1	(p)2.1
Professional and Business Services(4)		37.9	35.2	35.3	35.3	35.0	(p)34.4
12-month % change		3.0	-3.0	-3.3	-4.3	-5.4	(p)-7.0
Education and Health Services(4)		42.2	41.7	42.5	42.6	42.6	(p)42.0
12-month % change		-0.5	-1.2	0.2	0.2	-0.9	(p)-0.9
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		25.5	24.8	24.7	24.2	24.7	(p)25.1
12-month % change		7.1	7.4	7.4	2.5	4.2	(p)2.4
Other Services(4)		12.3	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.3	(p)12.4
12-month % change		1.7	2.5	4.2	3.3	2.5	(p)3.3
Government(4)		53.6	53.7	54.0	53.9	54.0	(p)53.5
12-month % change		-1.5	-0.6	-0.7	-1.6	-1.5	(p)-1.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary