South Region

South Region - Monthly Data

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		61,481.5	61,622.9	61,685.3	61,717.4	61,675.3	61,653.4
Employment(1)		59,332.4	59,506.3	59,609.6	59,616.8	59,615.2	59,548.7
Unemployment(1)		2,149.1	2,116.6	2,075.7	2,100.6	2,060.1	2,104.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.4
Consumer Price Index
CPI-U, All items(3)		283.307	287.427	287.608	287.168	287.656	288.836
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change		9.2	9.8	9.4	8.9	8.7	8.1
CPI-W, All items(4)		280.365	285.104	284.904	283.859	283.777	284.717
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change		9.8	10.6	9.9	9.2	8.8	8.0
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 2021	4th Qtr 2021	1st Qtr 2022	2nd Qtr 2022	3rd Qtr 2022
Employment Cost Index, Private Industry
Total Compensation(1)		144.6	145.6	147.5	150.5	151.8
Compensation, 12-month % change		4.5	4.5	4.6	5.8	5.0
Wages & Salaries(1)		147.4	148.4	149.9	153.2	154.7
Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change		5.2	5.1	4.8	5.9	5.0
Footnotes (1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: November 22, 2022

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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