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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	Feb 2026

Ponce, PR Economy at a Glance:

Ponce, PR

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		91.4	90.3	90.1	91.4	(p)92.3
Employment(1)		82.6	82.2	82.3	83.8	(p)84.5
Unemployment(1)		8.8	8.2	7.8	7.6	(p)7.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		9.6	9.0	8.7	8.3	(p)8.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		68.7	69.2	69.3	70.1	70.6	(p)69.2
12-month % change		-0.7	-0.9	-0.6	-0.6	-1.3	(p)-0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.5
12-month % change		8.3	8.3	8.0	8.0	3.8	(p)-7.4
Manufacturing(3)		8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.6	(p)8.5
12-month % change		0.0	-1.2	-1.2	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.2	13.2	13.2	13.6	14.0	(p)13.5
12-month % change		0.0	-1.5	-0.8	0.0	1.4	(p)1.5
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)3.4
Education and Health Services(3)		11.5	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	(p)11.7
12-month % change		-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-1.7	-3.3	(p)0.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	(p)7.6
12-month % change		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Government(3)		15.4	15.7	15.6	15.7	15.7	(p)15.4
12-month % change		-3.8	-2.5	-3.7	-3.7	-3.7	(p)-3.8
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