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Waterloo

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Waterloo-Cedar Falls — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Economy at a Glance:
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

85.9 85.7 85.7 86.7 86.4 (p)87.4

Employment(1)

84.0 83.0 82.8 83.5 83.2 (p)84.3

Unemployment(1)

2.0 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 (p)3.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.7 (p)3.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

89.4 89.6 89.3 89.1 89.2 (p)89.4

12-month % change

0.6 0.3 0.7 1.4 1.1 (p)0.7

Manufacturing(3)

16.9 16.8 17.0 16.9 16.7 (p)16.6

12-month % change

5.0 3.7 3.0 1.2 -0.6 (p)-1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

17.4 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.4 (p)17.2

12-month % change

-0.6 0.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 (p)6.7

12-month % change

-1.4 -1.4 -2.9 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Education and Health Services(3)

14.6 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.8 (p)14.6

12-month % change

2.8 4.3 4.3 6.5 5.7 (p)2.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

7.6 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.9 (p)7.6

12-month % change

0.0 -2.5 -3.6 -2.4 -2.5 (p)-1.3

Government(3)

13.3 13.2 11.9 11.5 12.1 (p)13.1

12-month % change

-2.2 -2.9 -4.0 -2.5 -0.8 (p)3.1

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