Southeast Information Office

Lakeland

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lakeland-Winter Haven — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Economy at a Glance:

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

Data Series	Back Data	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		346.4	347.0	347.8	348.1	346.5	(p)344.7
Employment(1)		331.1	330.7	331.7	332.8	331.6	(p)329.6
Unemployment(1)		15.4	16.3	16.1	15.3	14.8	(p)15.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.4	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.3	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		274.3	274.7	277.9	277.8	278.9	(p)283.0
12-month % change		2.3	3.0	2.7	2.0	1.6	(p)1.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		16.5	16.6	16.7	16.6	16.6	(p)16.6
12-month % change		2.5	4.4	3.7	3.8	3.1	(p)2.5
Manufacturing(3)		19.9	20.0	19.9	19.8	19.6	(p)19.8
12-month % change		1.5	2.0	2.1	1.0	-1.5	(p)-0.5
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		75.3	75.1	75.0	75.2	75.6	(p)78.5
12-month % change		1.9	2.0	2.0	1.3	0.4	(p)0.5
Information(3)		2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		-4.2	-4.2	-4.2	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		16.4	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.3	(p)16.5
12-month % change		-1.8	-0.6	0.6	-0.6	-1.2	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		40.3	40.5	40.2	40.0	40.5	(p)40.3
12-month % change		2.0	2.8	2.0	2.3	3.1	(p)1.8
Education and Health Services(3)		40.3	40.7	41.2	41.3	42.0	(p)41.7
12-month % change		5.2	6.0	5.1	3.3	3.7	(p)2.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		27.7	27.6	27.4	27.3	26.9	(p)27.7
12-month % change		1.1	3.8	2.2	1.1	-0.4	(p)1.5
Other Services(3)		8.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	8.1	(p)8.2
12-month % change		3.8	2.5	2.5	1.3	0.0	(p)1.2
Government(3)		27.4	27.3	30.6	30.9	31.0	(p)31.4
12-month % change		4.2	3.8	4.1	4.0	5.1	(p)5.4
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