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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Indiana, Michigan > South Bend

South Bend

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
South Bend Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2023
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages For Selected Engineering Occupations in Michigan’s Metropolitan Areas — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in South Bend-Mishawaka — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2022
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Economy at a Glance:
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2022		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 160.4 159.0 157.7 158.4 (p)159.4  

Employment(1)

 153.9 153.2 153.4 153.1 (p)154.1  

Unemployment(1)

 6.4 5.8 4.3 5.2 (p)5.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.0 3.6 2.8 3.3 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 137.5 138.7 140.9 141.8 142.4 (p)141.5

12-month % change

 1.9 3.6 4.8 4.5 4.1 (p)3.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 (p)6.4

12-month % change

 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7 8.5 (p)10.3

Manufacturing(3)

 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 (p)16.0

12-month % change

 2.6 3.9 3.9 3.2 3.2 (p)1.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 25.9 26.2 26.3 26.7 27.1 (p)27.0

12-month % change

 1.2 3.6 5.6 6.8 3.8 (p)2.3

Information(3)

 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 (p)1.4

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.2 (p)6.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.3 1.6 (p)1.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 14.3 14.4 14.3 14.3 14.4 (p)13.9

12-month % change

 1.4 2.9 3.6 1.4 0.7 (p)-2.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 33.5 33.5 34.5 34.6 34.7 (p)34.7

12-month % change

 0.9 0.6 3.6 2.7 3.0 (p)2.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.4 14.3 (p)14.2

12-month % change

 7.3 6.5 5.1 5.1 5.9 (p)6.0

Other Services(3)

 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 (p)5.3

12-month % change

 3.9 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 13.9 14.7 16.3 16.6 16.7 (p)16.4

12-month % change

 -1.4 9.7 10.1 9.9 10.6 (p)10.1

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