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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Waterloo-Cedar Falls — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Apr 2025

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Economy at a Glance:

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		88.4	90.3	(2)-	91.2	(p)90.5	(p)86.2
Employment(1)		84.5	87.0	(2)-	88.0	(p)87.2	(p)82.6
Unemployment(1)		3.9	3.2	(2)-	3.2	(p)3.3	(p)3.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.4	3.6	(2)-	3.5	(p)3.6	(p)4.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		85.2	86.5	86.4	86.9	85.9	(p)82.6
12-month % change		-2.3	-1.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.5	(p)-4.1
Manufacturing(4)		14.6	14.6	14.3	14.3	14.3	(p)14.3
12-month % change		-3.3	-2.0	9.2	9.2	9.2	(p)-2.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		16.8	16.8	16.7	17.1	17.1	(p)16.4
12-month % change		-1.2	-2.3	-2.9	-3.4	-3.9	(p)-3.5
Financial Activities(4)		3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	(p)3.9
12-month % change		-4.9	-4.9	-4.9	-4.9	-4.9	(p)-4.9
Professional and Business Services(4)		6.7	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.4	(p)6.4
12-month % change		-2.9	-4.4	-2.9	-4.4	-5.9	(p)-3.0
Education and Health Services(4)		14.6	15.0	15.1	15.2	15.1	(p)15.1
12-month % change		0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	2.0	(p)1.3
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.0	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.2	(p)7.1
12-month % change		-3.6	-2.6	-3.9	-2.6	-4.0	(p)-1.4
Government(4)		11.8	13.6	13.9	14.0	13.7	(p)12.5
12-month % change		-3.3	0.0	-1.4	-0.7	-2.1	(p)-8.8
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary