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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Des Moines Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Mar 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Des Moines-West Des Moines — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Economy at a Glance:

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		372.2	374.1	368.5	(p)367.6	(p)380.0
Employment(1)		363.7	364.7	358.4	(p)357.3	(p)367.3
Unemployment(1)		8.5	9.4	10.1	(p)10.3	(p)12.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.3	2.5	2.8	(p)2.8	(p)3.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		385.9	392.2	391.1	391.4	386.3	(p)385.2
12-month % change		3.8	3.3	2.9	3.5	4.0	(p)2.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		24.8	25.0	24.5	23.1	21.2	(p)20.4
12-month % change		7.8	8.2	7.0	3.6	6.5	(p)1.5
Manufacturing(3)		23.0	23.0	23.2	23.2	23.1	(p)23.0
12-month % change		7.5	5.5	10.0	5.5	6.0	(p)3.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		74.7	75.6	77.1	78.4	77.4	(p)76.7
12-month % change		6.1	4.3	4.2	4.3	5.0	(p)3.2
Information(3)		6.1	6.0	6.1	6.2	6.1	(p)6.0
12-month % change		0.0	-1.6	0.0	1.6	1.7	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		55.9	56.2	55.6	56.1	55.7	(p)55.6
12-month % change		-2.1	-2.4	-3.1	-1.9	-1.6	(p)-1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		53.3	54.2	53.3	53.0	51.5	(p)52.2
12-month % change		3.9	2.8	1.1	1.0	-1.3	(p)-0.8
Education and Health Services(3)		53.1	56.1	55.5	55.9	56.0	(p)56.1
12-month % change		3.9	3.1	1.6	8.1	9.6	(p)4.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		35.6	35.0	34.4	34.2	33.9	(p)33.3
12-month % change		6.3	7.0	6.5	6.5	8.3	(p)3.4
Other Services(3)		12.9	13.1	13.2	13.1	13.1	(p)13.2
12-month % change		2.4	3.1	3.1	1.6	4.0	(p)3.1
Government(3)		46.5	48.0	48.2	48.2	48.3	(p)48.7
12-month % change		2.4	4.6	4.1	4.1	4.1	(p)5.0
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