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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Des Moines Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Des Moines-West Des Moines — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

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

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Data Series	Back Data	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		375.1	375.2	372.0	370.9	374.1	(p)372.0
Employment(1)		362.8	362.5	361.6	359.5	362.2	(p)360.6
Unemployment(1)		12.3	12.7	10.4	11.4	11.9	(p)11.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.3	3.4	2.8	3.1	3.2	(p)3.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		396.8	397.7	391.5	394.2	395.6	(p)394.0
12-month % change		0.1	0.2	-0.9	-0.7	-0.6	(p)-1.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		26.4	26.8	25.9	25.5	25.4	(p)23.9
12-month % change		1.5	4.3	2.0	2.4	1.2	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		22.1	21.9	21.8	21.6	21.5	(p)21.6
12-month % change		-6.8	-7.6	-7.2	-8.9	-9.7	(p)-9.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		77.5	76.8	76.5	77.1	78.3	(p)79.0
12-month % change		0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.3	-0.1	(p)-0.1
Information(3)		5.9	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.9	(p)6.0
12-month % change		-1.7	0.0	-1.7	0.0	0.0	(p)1.7
Financial Activities(3)		55.6	55.2	54.3	54.4	54.2	(p)54.2
12-month % change		-3.5	-3.7	-4.6	-4.2	-4.2	(p)-4.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		54.0	53.6	52.1	52.3	52.2	(p)51.6
12-month % change		-1.1	-1.8	-3.3	-4.2	-3.0	(p)-4.6
Education and Health Services(3)		58.1	58.3	57.5	58.4	59.6	(p)60.0
12-month % change		7.4	7.4	3.4	3.9	5.9	(p)5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		37.9	37.6	35.6	34.8	34.1	(p)33.3
12-month % change		-1.6	-3.1	-2.2	-1.7	-2.6	(p)-3.5
Other Services(3)		12.9	13.1	12.9	13.1	13.1	(p)13.0
12-month % change		-4.4	-2.2	-3.0	0.0	-0.8	(p)-0.8
Government(3)		46.4	48.4	49.0	51.2	51.3	(p)51.4
12-month % change		2.2	5.0	2.7	3.0	3.0	(p)3.0
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