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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Fargo Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
County Employment and Wages in Minnesota — Third Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2024
County Employment and Wages in North Dakota — Third Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages For Nurses In Minnesota’s Metropolitan Area — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fargo — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

Fargo, ND-MN Economy at a Glance:

Fargo, ND-MN

Data Series	Back Data	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		150.4	152.0	152.2	152.0	151.2	(p)149.7
Employment(1)		147.5	148.2	148.8	148.5	148.5	(p)147.0
Unemployment(1)		2.9	3.8	3.5	3.4	2.7	(p)2.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		1.9	2.5	2.3	2.3	1.8	(p)1.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		154.7	154.7	153.6	154.0	156.3	(p)155.8
12-month % change		2.3	2.5	2.6	2.3	1.5	(p)1.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.9	11.5	12.0	11.8	11.6	(p)11.4
12-month % change		3.8	2.7	4.3	5.4	4.5	(p)4.6
Manufacturing(3)		12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	(p)12.2
12-month % change		2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.6	(p)-1.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		32.4	32.4	32.2	32.2	32.6	(p)32.9
12-month % change		2.9	2.9	2.5	1.6	2.5	(p)2.5
Information(3)		2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		-7.7	-7.7	-4.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		10.8	10.9	10.7	10.9	10.5	(p)10.5
12-month % change		-1.8	-1.8	-3.6	-1.8	-4.5	(p)-4.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		14.7	14.7	14.8	14.6	14.7	(p)14.2
12-month % change		-1.3	-4.5	-3.9	-5.8	-3.9	(p)-5.3
Education and Health Services(3)		29.6	29.7	30.0	30.5	30.0	(p)30.2
12-month % change		5.7	7.2	7.5	8.5	3.4	(p)3.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		14.9	15.4	15.6	15.5	15.3	(p)14.9
12-month % change		0.7	4.8	4.7	4.0	2.0	(p)2.1
Other Services(3)		5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.2	(p)5.1
12-month % change		6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		21.3	20.2	18.4	18.7	21.7	(p)22.0
12-month % change		2.4	4.7	4.5	2.7	4.3	(p)5.3
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