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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Cincinnati Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Ohio — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Consumer Price Index, Cincinnati-Hamilton — Second Half 2017	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Cincinnati (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2018
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Cincinnati — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Economy at a Glance:

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Data Series	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	1,164.9	1,178.8	1,179.5	1,180.1	1,179.7	(p)1,191.9
Employment(1)	1,116.4	1,128.9	1,136.4	1,143.6	1,143.2	(p)1,145.9
Unemployment(1)	48.6	49.9	43.1	36.5	36.5	(p)46.0
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.1	3.1	(p)3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	1,150.1	1,154.4	1,161.8	1,174.1	1,180.6	(p)1,184.0
12-month % change	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	(p)1.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	49.6	49.5	51.3	54.7	55.8	(p)57.0
12-month % change	-2.0	-4.3	-3.0	0.4	0.7	(p)2.0
Manufacturing(3)	123.0	122.8	122.3	122.9	123.1	(p)123.7
12-month % change	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	0.9	(p)0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	225.6	223.3	223.3	224.9	225.5	(p)225.9
12-month % change	-0.2	-0.9	-0.8	0.2	0.2	(p)0.6
Information(3)	13.5	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.5	(p)13.4
12-month % change	0.0	-2.9	-1.5	0.0	-0.7	(p)-2.2
Financial Activities(3)	77.9	78.0	78.2	78.3	78.2	(p)78.5
12-month % change	-0.8	-1.0	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	(p)-0.3
Professional and Business Services(3)	179.2	178.6	179.4	180.1	180.9	(p)183.2
12-month % change	1.3	0.4	0.3	-0.6	-0.3	(p)0.8
Education and Health Services(3)	189.7	192.2	192.4	192.9	192.2	(p)191.1
12-month % change	2.7	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.3	(p)2.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	118.7	121.1	125.0	130.7	137.8	(p)143.2
12-month % change	-1.2	-0.3	0.0	1.2	2.1	(p)4.7
Other Services(3)	41.4	41.5	41.6	41.3	41.3	(p)42.0
12-month % change	0.5	0.2	0.2	-1.4	-2.4	(p)-0.5
Government(3)	131.5	134.1	135.0	134.8	132.3	(p)126.0
12-month % change	-1.8	-1.8	-0.9	-1.7	-2.3	(p)-1.9
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


Data Series	2nd Half 2016	1st Half 2017	2nd Half 2017
Consumer Price Index: Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN
CPI-U, All items(1)	227.927	229.335	230.427
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)	1.9	2.0	1.1
CPI-W, All items(2)	221.379	222.965	224.788
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)	1.9	2.2	1.5
Footnotes (1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.