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Ponce

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Occupational Employment and Wages in Ponce — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2024
Ponce Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2026

Ponce, PR Economy at a Glance:

Ponce, PR

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		89.5	89.2	89.3	88.7	88.2	(p)89.8
Employment(1)		81.8	81.8	82.3	81.8	80.9	(p)81.4
Unemployment(1)		7.7	7.4	7.0	6.9	7.3	(p)8.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		8.6	8.3	7.9	7.8	8.3	(p)9.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		68.6	69.0	70.0	70.0	69.2	(p)68.6
12-month % change		-1.6	-1.1	-0.4	0.4	-0.3	(p)-0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change		-7.4	-7.4	-7.1	-7.1	-3.7	(p)-7.1
Manufacturing(3)		8.5	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.6	(p)8.5
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)-1.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.4	13.3	13.5	13.4	13.4	(p)13.5
12-month % change		0.8	1.5	1.5	2.3	1.5	(p)0.7
Information(3)		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)0.5
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)3.0
12-month % change		3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	(p)11.8
12-month % change		0.0	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0.8	(p)1.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.5	7.7	7.6	7.8	7.8	(p)7.9
12-month % change		1.4	4.1	2.7	5.4	5.4	(p)5.3
Government(3)		15.0	15.1	15.6	15.5	14.7	(p)14.1
12-month % change		-6.3	-6.8	-3.7	-3.7	-7.0	(p)-6.6
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