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Roanoke

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Roanoke Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2021
Roanoke, VA: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2021
Mid-Atlantic - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Roanoke – May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in Virginia’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2017

Roanoke, VA Economy at a Glance:

Roanoke, VA

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		153.2	154.8	154.3	152.9	151.2	(p)152.6
Employment(1)		147.2	148.2	148.4	147.4	146.3	(p)147.7
Unemployment(1)		5.9	6.6	5.9	5.5	4.9	(p)4.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	4.3	3.8	3.6	3.2	(p)3.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		158.0	159.0	156.9	157.6	157.6	(p)158.8
12-month % change		8.4	6.6	3.4	2.3	1.4	(p)1.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.8	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.9	(p)8.9
12-month % change		-1.1	-3.3	-3.3	-2.2	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Manufacturing(3)		15.2	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.2	(p)15.2
12-month % change		10.9	5.5	2.7	2.0	1.3	(p)2.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		32.4	33.1	32.2	32.0	32.2	(p)32.3
12-month % change		8.4	7.1	2.2	1.9	2.2	(p)0.6
Information(3)		1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	(p)1.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	8.3	0.0	8.3	(p)8.3
Financial Activities(3)		7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	(p)7.9
12-month % change		-1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		21.8	21.7	21.7	21.2	20.9	(p)21.6
12-month % change		5.8	4.3	2.8	-0.9	-1.9	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		27.9	27.9	27.9	28.0	28.4	(p)28.6
12-month % change		6.5	5.3	3.7	2.6	2.2	(p)2.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		13.6	14.0	14.2	14.1	13.7	(p)13.8
12-month % change		38.8	17.6	11.8	9.3	7.9	(p)9.5
Other Services(3)		6.5	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.6	(p)6.5
12-month % change		12.1	9.8	8.1	9.7	4.8	(p)1.6
Government(3)		22.7	22.3	20.9	22.2	22.5	(p)22.7
12-month % change		5.1	10.4	3.0	2.8	-0.9	(p)0.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary