Southeast Information Office

Asheville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages in Asheville — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022

Asheville, NC Economy at a Glance:

Asheville, NC

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)			(p)236.5	237.2	(p)240.8
Employment(1)			(p)229.2	230.1	(p)233.9
Unemployment(1)			(p)7.3	7.1	(p)6.9
Unemployment Rate(2)			(p)3.1	3.0	(p)2.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		203.3	200.7	202.6	204.9	206.8	(p)206.9
12-month % change		1.3	2.8	2.5	3.0	3.3	(p)2.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.8	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	(p)10.4
12-month % change		4.9	2.9	1.0	0.0	-0.9	(p)-1.0
Manufacturing(3)		22.1	22.1	22.1	22.2	22.1	(p)22.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.9	(p)1.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		38.8	37.6	37.6	37.9	38.1	(p)38.1
12-month % change		-0.5	1.9	0.5	1.3	1.6	(p)1.3
Information(3)		2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	(p)2.2
12-month % change		10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	4.8	(p)4.8
Financial Activities(3)		7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	(p)7.1
12-month % change		4.3	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	(p)4.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		20.4	21.1	21.7	21.7	21.8	(p)21.1
12-month % change		1.5	6.0	6.9	6.9	5.8	(p)1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		37.1	36.4	36.6	37.2	38.1	(p)38.0
12-month % change		2.5	2.0	1.9	3.6	5.8	(p)5.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		28.2	27.9	28.6	29.2	30.2	(p)31.0
12-month % change		0.0	4.5	4.8	5.4	5.6	(p)5.1
Other Services(3)		9.7	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	(p)9.7
12-month % change		6.6	5.5	3.2	4.3	4.3	(p)3.2
Government(3)		26.8	26.2	26.6	27.2	27.0	(p)27.1
12-month % change		0.4	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.7	(p)0.0
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