Southwest Information Office

Las Cruces

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Las Cruces — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in New Mexico	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Las Cruces Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023

Las Cruces, NM Economy at a Glance:

Las Cruces, NM

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023	May 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)			(p)99.7	101.3	(p)100.9
Employment(1)			(p)95.2	96.6	(p)97.0
Unemployment(1)			(p)4.5	4.7	(p)4.0
Unemployment Rate(2)			(p)4.5	4.7	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		77.9	76.1	77.7	78.1	78.3	(p)78.6
12-month % change		3.5	3.0	3.5	3.0	2.9	(p)3.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		3.7	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	(p)4.1
12-month % change		-2.6	2.7	8.3	8.1	8.1	(p)7.9
Manufacturing(3)		3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4
12-month % change		13.3	13.3	9.7	9.7	6.3	(p)6.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		11.7	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.3	(p)11.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	-1.7	(p)-2.6
Information(3)		0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-16.7	-16.7	0.0	(p)20.0
Financial Activities(3)		2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		-4.0	-4.0	-4.0	-4.0	-4.0	(p)-4.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		7.1	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	(p)7.2
12-month % change		1.4	-1.4	1.4	2.9	5.9	(p)4.3
Education and Health Services(3)		17.7	17.5	17.7	17.8	17.9	(p)17.9
12-month % change		5.4	2.9	3.5	4.1	2.3	(p)2.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.9	8.8	8.9	9.0	9.1	(p)9.1
12-month % change		7.2	11.4	11.3	5.9	7.1	(p)9.6
Other Services(3)		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
12-month % change		14.3	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	(p)6.7
Government(3)		20.8	19.6	20.7	20.9	20.8	(p)21.1
12-month % change		3.0	1.6	2.5	2.0	2.5	(p)5.0
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