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Ames, IA
Ames, IA
	| Data Series | Back Data
 | Mar 2025
 | Apr 2025
 | May 2025
 | June 2025
 | July 2025
 | Aug 2025
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	| Labor Force Data |  |  
	| Civilian Labor Force |  | 71.3 | 71.9 | 71.7 | 70.0 | 69.1 | 69.6 |  
	| Employment |  | 69.2 | 69.9 | 69.4 | 67.8 | 66.6 | 67.4 |  
	| Unemployment |  | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |  
	| Unemployment Rate |  | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |  
	| Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment |  |  
	| Total Nonfarm |  | 63.9 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 62.1 | 60.1 | 61.4 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.3 | -0.8 | -0.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 |  
	| Mining and Logging |  | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
	| Construction |  | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | -4.2 | -3.8 | -3.7 | 0.0 | -3.6 | 0.0 |  
	| Manufacturing |  | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.0 | -3.5 | -1.8 | -1.8 | -1.8 | 0.0 |  
	| Trade, Transportation, and Utilities |  | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 |  
	| Information |  | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |  
	| Financial Activities |  | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -4.8 | -4.8 |  
	| Professional and Business Services |  | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | -1.8 | -3.5 | -3.5 | -5.1 | -6.7 | -3.4 |  
	| Education and Health Services |  | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 |  
	| Leisure and Hospitality |  | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | -1.7 | -3.3 | -1.7 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.8 |  
	| Other Services |  | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 |  
	| Government |  | 25.1 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 22.4 | 20.5 | 21.8 |  
	| 12-month % change |  | 1.2 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 7.4 |    Data extracted on:
	
	October 24, 2025
	  Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNote:  More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.
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