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Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $38.48 per hour in the South to $52.32 in the Northeast in December 2023.
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in February.
Fatal work injuries totaled 56 in 2022 for Iowa, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Data Series | Back Data |
Aug 2023 |
Sept 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
Nov 2023 |
Dec 2023 |
Jan 2024 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)1,708.6 | (r)1,706.6 | (r)1,705.5 | (r)1,705.8 | (r)1,707.0 | (p)1,704.7 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)1,655.7 | (r)1,653.3 | (r)1,652.5 | (r)1,653.5 | (r)1,655.0 | (p)1,653.8 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)52.9 | (r)53.3 | (r)53.0 | (r)52.3 | (r)52.0 | (p)50.9 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)3.1 | (r)3.1 | (r)3.1 | (r)3.1 | (r)3.0 | (p)3.0 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
1,589.3 | 1,592.0 | 1,594.1 | 1,595.3 | 1,598.8 | (p)1,596.8 | |
12-month % change |
0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | (p)0.8 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | (p)2.3 | |
12-month % change |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -4.3 | 0.0 | (p)4.5 | |
Construction(3) |
82.7 | 83.2 | 82.0 | 83.4 | 84.6 | (p)85.2 | |
12-month % change |
1.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 | (p)3.3 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
226.6 | 227.0 | 228.3 | 227.2 | 228.2 | (p)228.3 | |
12-month % change |
0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | (p)0.9 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
312.3 | 312.9 | 310.8 | 310.0 | 310.4 | (p)307.2 | |
12-month % change |
0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.5 | (p)-1.7 | |
Information(3) |
18.4 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 18.3 | (p)18.6 | |
12-month % change |
-3.7 | -3.7 | -5.3 | -4.2 | -3.2 | (p)-2.1 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
107.6 | 108.1 | 108.0 | 108.6 | 108.6 | (p)108.7 | |
12-month % change |
-0.7 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | (p)0.6 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
145.2 | 145.6 | 146.7 | 145.5 | 147.2 | (p)146.7 | |
12-month % change |
-1.7 | -1.1 | -0.1 | -1.0 | 0.1 | (p)0.3 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
234.1 | 234.4 | 235.7 | 236.2 | 236.6 | (p)237.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | (p)2.8 | |
141.2 | 140.5 | 141.6 | 142.7 | 141.6 | (p)142.1 | ||
12-month % change |
2.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 | (p)1.8 | |
Other Services(3) |
56.0 | 56.2 | 56.0 | 55.9 | 55.3 | (p)54.7 | |
12-month % change |
0.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.7 | (p)-2.3 | |
Government(3) |
262.9 | 263.4 | 264.7 | 265.3 | 265.7 | (p)266.0 | |
12-month % change |
2.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | (p)1.9 | |
Footnotes |