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Huntsville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Huntsville, AL, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2025
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Huntsville, AL — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jun 2025
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

Huntsville, AL Economy at a Glance:

Huntsville, AL

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)279.7	280.8	283.7	284.3	(p)286.7
Employment(1)		(2)272.2	272.7	275.5	275.9	(p)280.0
Unemployment(1)		(2)7.5	8.0	8.2	8.4	(p)6.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)2.7	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)2.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		290.8	287.7	290.0	290.0	292.5	(p)292.7
12-month % change		2.1	2.8	2.2	2.3	2.7	(p)2.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		11.7	11.4	11.6	12.0	11.7	(p)11.8
12-month % change		2.6	4.6	0.9	7.1	4.5	(p)6.3
Manufacturing(4)		36.0	35.9	36.0	35.8	35.9	(p)35.7
12-month % change		2.3	2.3	1.1	0.8	1.4	(p)0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		42.3	41.0	41.1	40.8	41.4	(p)41.1
12-month % change		1.7	2.8	2.8	2.5	3.8	(p)2.2
Information(4)		2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)3.8
Financial Activities(4)		9.0	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	(p)9.1
12-month % change		3.4	4.7	4.7	4.6	2.2	(p)1.1
Professional and Business Services(4)		68.6	68.1	69.0	68.6	69.4	(p)69.1
12-month % change		-0.4	0.3	0.9	0.9	2.2	(p)1.8
Education and Health Services(4)		26.2	26.1	26.3	26.2	26.4	(p)26.4
12-month % change		6.1	7.4	5.6	4.8	4.3	(p)4.3
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		24.3	24.2	24.5	24.6	25.6	(p)26.0
12-month % change		3.4	5.7	4.7	3.8	4.9	(p)4.8
Other Services(4)		9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.7	(p)9.8
12-month % change		4.4	5.6	3.3	3.2	5.4	(p)4.3
Government(4)		60.4	59.8	60.3	60.6	60.6	(p)61.0
12-month % change		2.0	2.2	1.5	1.5	1.3	(p)2.3
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary