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Mar
20
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – December 2019
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $30.48 per hour in the South to $39.37 in the West during December 2019.
Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – February 2020
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Mar
04
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Iowa — 2019
In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6, was 5.1 percent in Iowa, significantly lower than the 7.2-percent rate for the nation.
Iowa Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
Nov 2019 |
Dec 2019 |
Jan 2020 |
Feb 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(r)1,751.2 | (r)1,754.4 | (r)1,754.3 | (r)1,753.6 | 1,754.7 | (p)1,752.8 |
Employment(1) |
|
(r)1,702.5 | (r)1,705.1 | (r)1,704.9 | (r)1,704.3 | 1,705.0 | (p)1,703.5 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(r)48.7 | (r)49.3 | (r)49.4 | (r)49.3 | 49.7 | (p)49.3 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
(r)2.8 | (r)2.8 | (r)2.8 | (r)2.8 | 2.8 | (p)2.8 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
1,584.9 | 1,587.9 | 1,586.0 | 1,585.4 | 1,585.0 | (p)1,583.8 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | (p)-0.1 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | (p)2.4 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | -4.0 | -11.5 | -4.0 | -7.7 | (p)-4.0 |
Construction(3) |
|
78.2 | 78.1 | 77.4 | 78.6 | 79.2 | (p)78.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 1.7 | -1.0 | (p)1.3 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
225.6 | 226.6 | 226.5 | 225.3 | 223.9 | (p)223.7 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -0.8 | (p)-1.0 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
309.6 | 309.8 | 309.5 | 309.1 | 309.0 | (p)308.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.7 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -1.3 | (p)-0.9 |
Information(3) |
|
20.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 20.8 | (p)20.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-5.4 | -4.5 | -4.5 | -3.7 | -4.6 | (p)-5.0 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
110.0 | 109.7 | 108.8 | 108.8 | 109.7 | (p)110.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.1 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -1.1 | 0.3 | (p)0.5 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
138.7 | 139.3 | 138.9 | 138.0 | 137.5 | (p)137.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.7 | -0.3 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -1.8 | (p)-2.1 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
235.2 | 234.9 | 235.2 | 234.8 | 234.5 | (p)234.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | (p)-0.6 |
|
|
144.3 | 146.2 | 145.5 | 147.5 | 146.5 | (p)146.6 | |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | (p)2.1 |
Other Services(3) |
|
58.7 | 59.1 | 59.7 | 59.4 | 59.6 | (p)59.5 |
12-month % change |
|
2.4 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | (p)3.7 |
Government(3) |
|
261.2 | 260.8 | 261.2 | 260.4 | 261.9 | (p)262.3 |
12-month % change |
|
0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.7 | (p)1.0 |
|
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