Southeast Information Office

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southeast	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Economy at a Glance:

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)774.7	779.1	776.5	778.6	780.4	(p)780.4
Employment(1)		(2)751.0	750.3	747.9	751.9	753.9	(p)753.6
Unemployment(1)		(2)23.7	28.8	28.6	26.6	26.5	(p)26.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.1	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.4	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		712.1	702.3	706.5	708.3	711.0	(p)712.1
12-month % change		0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	(p)1.3
Construction(4)		44.9	44.0	44.7	44.5	44.3	(p)44.3
12-month % change		1.1	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.2	(p)0.2
Manufacturing(4)		23.0	22.9	23.0	23.0	22.9	(p)23.0
12-month % change		2.2	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	(p)2.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		132.2	129.0	128.3	128.0	127.9	(p)127.6
12-month % change		0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3	(p)0.6
Information(4)		11.6	11.3	11.7	11.6	11.5	(p)11.5
12-month % change		-6.5	-4.2	-6.4	-6.5	-4.2	(p)-1.7
Financial Activities(4)		50.1	49.6	49.9	50.0	49.9	(p)50.2
12-month % change		-1.4	-0.2	0.2	0.6	-0.2	(p)0.4
Professional and Business Services(4)		134.6	130.6	131.7	131.6	133.8	(p)134.9
12-month % change		-0.7	-2.1	-2.5	-1.5	-0.5	(p)1.0
Education and Health Services(4)		122.3	121.8	122.7	123.6	124.3	(p)124.0
12-month % change		4.0	4.5	4.2	4.8	5.2	(p)5.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		96.1	95.9	96.7	97.8	98.1	(p)97.4
12-month % change		-1.3	-2.5	-3.1	-2.9	-2.2	(p)-0.8
Other Services(4)		30.9	30.9	31.1	31.2	31.2	(p)31.2
12-month % change		-1.0	-1.6	-1.9	-1.6	-1.3	(p)-1.0
Government(4)		66.2	66.1	66.5	66.8	66.9	(p)67.8
12-month % change		2.0	1.8	2.5	2.6	2.6	(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