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Jackson

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Jackson, MS, Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2021
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Apr 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Jackson, MS Economy at a Glance:

Jackson, MS

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)263.2	(2)265.7	(2)266.3	262.4	(p)263.7
Employment(1)		(2)248.3	(2)250.4	(2)250.3	247.5	(p)249.1
Unemployment(1)		(2)14.9	(2)15.3	(2)16.0	14.9	(p)14.7
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.7	(2)5.8	(2)6.0	5.7	(p)5.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		267.5	268.4	268.0	263.6	264.7	(p)265.9
12-month % change		-4.5	-4.7	-4.5	-4.8	-4.8	(p)-3.4
Mining and Logging(4)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		-22.2	-22.2	-22.2	-12.5	-12.5	(p)-12.5
Construction(4)		10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	(p)10.7
12-month % change		4.9	4.9	4.9	2.9	1.9	(p)2.9
Manufacturing(4)		19.3	19.3	19.6	19.4	19.4	(p)19.6
12-month % change		-4.9	-5.4	-3.9	-4.0	-3.5	(p)-1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		50.2	50.9	52.0	50.1	49.7	(p)50.1
12-month % change		-4.0	-5.2	-3.9	-3.8	-4.1	(p)-2.5
Information(4)		3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	(p)3.2
12-month % change		-8.6	-8.6	-5.9	-5.9	-5.9	(p)-5.9
Financial Activities(4)		14.8	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0	(p)14.9
12-month % change		-4.5	-4.5	-3.9	-2.0	-2.0	(p)-2.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		34.8	35.2	34.4	33.5	34.5	(p)35.4
12-month % change		1.8	1.4	0.0	-3.2	-1.1	(p)4.7
Education and Health Services(4)		42.4	42.4	41.8	41.5	41.4	(p)41.5
12-month % change		-6.6	-6.6	-6.9	-5.7	-7.2	(p)-6.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		23.2	23.2	23.3	22.1	22.4	(p)22.2
12-month % change		-13.4	-12.8	-12.4	-15.3	-14.8	(p)-14.0
Other Services(4)		12.8	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.9	(p)12.9
12-month % change		-3.8	-3.0	-2.3	-2.3	-1.5	(p)-1.5
Government(4)		55.3	55.1	54.5	54.6	54.9	(p)54.7
12-month % change		-3.8	-4.2	-4.2	-4.0	-4.2	(p)-4.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary