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Birmingham

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Birmingham Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2021
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Birmingham-Hoover — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2021
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Mechanical Occupations in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2014	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers in Alabama’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Birmingham-Hoover, AL Economy at a Glance:

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		548.9	547.9	555.3	552.1	549.3	(p)551.6
Employment(1)		534.5	529.3	538.1	534.8	534.5	(p)537.9
Unemployment(1)		14.4	18.6	17.2	17.4	14.9	(p)13.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.6	3.4	3.1	3.1	2.7	(p)2.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		531.8	537.5	538.1	537.8	539.3	(p)547.5
12-month % change		6.9	5.9	5.4	4.4	4.5	(p)4.5
Mining and Logging(3)		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	(p)2.2
12-month % change		-19.2	-19.2	-19.2	-12.0	-12.0	(p)-12.0
Construction(3)		29.0	29.0	28.8	27.8	28.8	(p)29.6
12-month % change		3.6	2.5	1.8	-1.8	1.4	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		37.7	37.9	37.6	38.6	38.4	(p)38.3
12-month % change		8.6	3.3	2.2	5.2	4.3	(p)4.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		105.4	106.9	107.3	106.3	106.9	(p)107.6
12-month % change		4.2	3.6	4.1	2.3	2.8	(p)2.5
Information(3)		8.0	8.1	8.3	8.2	8.2	(p)8.2
12-month % change		9.6	9.5	12.2	10.8	10.8	(p)10.8
Financial Activities(3)		41.3	41.8	41.4	41.7	41.6	(p)42.1
12-month % change		-2.4	-1.6	-2.8	-2.3	-1.7	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		73.2	72.7	73.0	73.7	73.5	(p)76.0
12-month % change		15.8	14.3	9.8	9.2	9.1	(p)8.9
Education and Health Services(3)		74.1	75.2	75.8	76.1	76.7	(p)78.5
12-month % change		5.3	6.2	7.1	6.3	6.2	(p)7.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		47.7	50.2	50.7	49.9	48.4	(p)49.7
12-month % change		26.5	18.7	19.6	16.3	14.2	(p)14.0
Other Services(3)		28.7	29.0	29.0	28.9	28.7	(p)28.9
12-month % change		4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.4	(p)1.8
Government(3)		84.6	84.6	84.1	84.4	85.9	(p)86.4
12-month % change		2.3	3.7	3.4	1.6	1.5	(p)0.9
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