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Economy at a Glance
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South Region

South Region - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 64,553.3 64,566.4 64,617.2 (2)- 64,768.4 64,868.2

Employment(1)

 62,106.0 62,106.0 62,119.5 (2)- 62,175.9 62,233.2

Unemployment(1)

 2,447.2 2,460.4 2,497.7 (2)- 2,592.5 2,634.9

Unemployment Rate(3)

 3.8 3.8 3.9 (2)- 4.0 4.1

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U, All items(4)

 312.771 313.558 314.350 (5)- 313.597 313.675

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change

   2.3 2.6 2.7   2.2 2.2

CPI-W, All items(6)

 306.820 307.743 308.423   307.568 307.433

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change

   1.9 2.4 2.6   2.1 2.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(4) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
South Region - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 3rd Qtr
2024		 4th Qtr
2024		 1st Qtr
2025		 2nd Qtr
2025		 3rd Qtr
2025

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

Total Compensation(1)

 164.0 165.0 167.1 168.629 169.977

Compensation, 12-month % change

 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6

Wages & Salaries(1)

 167.6 168.7 170.6 172.371 173.897

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change

 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.8

Footnotes
(1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: February 06, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

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