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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > Mississippi > Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Hattiesburg, MS — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Apr 2026

Hattiesburg, MS Economy at a Glance:

Hattiesburg, MS
Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)-	70.7	(p)70.6	69.7	(p)71.0
Employment(1)		(2)-	68.2	(p)68.6	67.4	(p)68.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)-	2.5	(p)2.0	2.3	(p)2.8
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)-	3.5	(p)2.8	3.4	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		68.2	68.8	68.2	67.0	67.4	(p)67.5
12-month % change		-0.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	-1.6	(p)-1.2
Manufacturing(4)		4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	(p)4.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-4.5	(p)-2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		13.5	13.7	14.0	13.7	13.6	(p)13.6
12-month % change		-0.7	-0.7	2.2	1.5	1.5	(p)2.3
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.4	8.5	8.3	8.2	8.3	(p)8.3
12-month % change		1.2	2.4	-2.4	2.5	-1.2	(p)-2.4
Government(4)		15.0	15.2	14.5	14.6	14.9	(p)15.0
12-month % change		0.0	1.3	0.7	0.7	-0.7	(p)0.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary