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Des Moines

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Des Moines Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2021
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Des Moines-West Des Moines — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2021

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

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		358.4	364.8	369.4	362.4	360.4	(p)362.7
Employment(1)		343.3	347.6	354.7	348.8	349.9	(p)352.4
Unemployment(1)		15.1	17.2	14.6	13.6	10.5	(p)10.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	4.7	4.0	3.7	2.9	(p)2.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		368.3	374.6	372.5	371.6	371.5	(p)375.4
12-month % change		9.2	7.5	5.5	5.0	4.3	(p)3.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		22.1	22.8	22.8	22.6	22.2	(p)22.4
12-month % change		6.8	8.1	5.1	3.7	6.7	(p)-1.3
Manufacturing(3)		20.7	20.9	21.0	20.9	21.0	(p)21.0
12-month % change		6.7	4.0	4.5	3.5	2.9	(p)2.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		68.0	69.4	69.3	67.9	68.5	(p)69.5
12-month % change		7.1	5.0	3.1	2.1	3.0	(p)2.5
Information(3)		6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	(p)6.1
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-1.6	0.0	-1.6	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		56.9	57.4	57.6	57.3	57.3	(p)57.4
12-month % change		1.1	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.2	(p)0.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		50.1	51.5	50.7	51.2	49.6	(p)51.3
12-month % change		4.4	6.8	2.4	4.1	1.8	(p)1.8
Education and Health Services(3)		51.0	49.6	49.7	50.0	50.3	(p)51.3
12-month % change		9.4	3.8	3.1	3.1	0.0	(p)2.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		33.2	37.7	40.2	39.6	38.4	(p)36.6
12-month % change		52.3	37.1	33.6	32.0	31.5	(p)24.1
Other Services(3)		13.0	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0	(p)13.1
12-month % change		8.3	4.8	3.1	2.3	2.4	(p)2.3
Government(3)		47.3	46.0	42.0	42.9	45.2	(p)46.7
12-month % change		10.3	9.0	4.2	3.1	1.8	(p)2.0
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