South Region

South Region - Monthly Data

Data Series	Back Data	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		63,527.0	63,608.0	63,679.1	63,760.0	63,824.4
Employment(1)		61,307.5	61,349.3	61,380.7	61,438.6	61,476.4
Unemployment(1)		2,219.5	2,258.7	2,298.4	2,321.3	2,348.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7
Consumer Price Index
CPI-U, All items(3)		305.357	305.819	305.761	306.078	306.889	306.877
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change		2.9	2.9	2.3	2.1	2.5	2.7
CPI-W, All items(4)		300.404	300.971	300.605	300.647	301.478	301.204
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change		2.8	2.8	1.9	1.8	2.3	2.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, seasonally adjusted. (3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.

South Region - Quarterly Data

Data Series	Back Data	3rd Qtr 2023	4th Qtr 2023	1st Qtr 2024	2nd Qtr 2024	3rd Qtr 2024
Employment Cost Index, Private Industry
Total Compensation(1)		158.8	159.7	161.8	162.9	164.0
Compensation, 12-month % change		4.6	4.4	4.3	3.7	3.3
Wages & Salaries(1)		162.1	163.1	165.2	166.5	167.6
Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change		4.8	4.6	4.6	3.9	3.4
Footnotes (1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: December 13, 2024

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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