South Region

South Region - Monthly Data

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(r)64,373.6	64,430.9	64,452.5	64,453.7	64,513.6	64,536.4
Employment(1)		(r)61,945.1	62,011.7	62,034.1	62,028.4	62,071.0	62,085.2
Unemployment(1)		(r)2,428.6	2,419.1	2,418.4	2,425.2	2,442.6	2,451.2
Unemployment Rate(2)		(r)3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
Consumer Price Index
CPI-U, All items(3)		307.007	308.911	309.987	310.183	311.087	311.514
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change		2.8	2.8	2.3	1.9	2.0	2.0
CPI-W, All items(4)		301.205	303.310	304.307	304.308	305.249	305.659
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change		2.5	2.7	2.1	1.5	1.6	1.7
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. (r) Revised

South Region - Quarterly Data

Data Series	Back Data	1st Qtr 2024	2nd Qtr 2024	3rd Qtr 2024	4th Qtr 2024	1st Qtr 2025
Employment Cost Index, Private Industry
Total Compensation(1)		161.8	162.9	164.0	165.0	167.1
Compensation, 12-month % change		4.3	3.7	3.3	3.3	3.3
Wages & Salaries(1)		165.2	166.5	167.6	168.7	170.6
Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change		4.6	3.9	3.4	3.4	3.3
Footnotes (1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: July 03, 2025

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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