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Owensboro

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017

Owensboro, KY Economy at a Glance:

Owensboro, KY

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	June 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		54.2	54.5	55.0	54.6	54.6	(p)55.4
Employment(1)		52.0	52.5	53.0	52.9	52.6	(p)53.1
Unemployment(1)		2.1	2.0	2.0	1.8	2.0	(p)2.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	3.7	3.6	3.2	3.6	(p)4.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		51.1	51.6	52.4	52.4	52.5	(p)52.8
12-month % change		2.0	2.8	2.5	2.5	1.9	(p)3.3
Mining, Logging and Construction(3)		2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		4.5	9.5	9.1	4.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		9.7	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	(p)10.1
12-month % change		6.6	6.5	7.6	6.5	6.4	(p)6.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		9.7	9.8	9.9	9.8	9.8	(p)9.8
12-month % change		-1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Information(3)		0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.0	3.0	3.2	3.2	3.2	(p)3.2
12-month % change		-11.8	-11.8	-5.9	-8.6	-5.9	(p)-5.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	(p)4.0
12-month % change		2.6	2.6	0.0	-2.4	-2.4	(p)5.3
Education and Health Services(3)		9.7	9.8	10.0	10.0	9.9	(p)10.0
12-month % change		0.0	1.0	2.0	3.1	2.1	(p)4.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		4.7	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9	(p)5.1
12-month % change		6.8	6.8	4.3	8.9	6.5	(p)8.5
Other Services(3)		1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
12-month % change		7.1	7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	(p)6.4
12-month % change		5.0	4.9	3.2	3.2	3.2	(p)4.9
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