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Economic Summaries:
Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
News Releases:
Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – September 2017
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest was up 0.3 in September, following an increase of the same magnitude in the prior month.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — September 2017
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.5 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boulder — May 2016
Workers in the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.04 in May 2016, about 22 percent above the nationwide average of $23.86.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Girardeau — May 2016
Workers in the Cape Girardeau Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.63 in May 2016, about 22 percent below the nationwide average of $23.86.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Columbia, Mo. — May 2016
Workers in the Columbia, Mo. Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.44 in May 2016, about 10 percent below the nationwide average of $23.86
