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Jackson

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2026
Jackson, MS, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Sep 2026
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson, MS — May 2025 Pay, Employment News Release Jul 2026
Jackson, MS Economy at a Glance:
Jackson, MS
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

284.4 282.7 283.5 282.6 283.6 (p)278.6

Employment(1)

274.4 274.5 274.3 271.7 273.4 (p)270.3

Unemployment(1)

10.0 8.1 9.1 10.9 10.2 (p)8.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.5 2.9 3.2 3.8 3.6 (p)3.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

298.6 300.9 300.5 300.6 301.0 (p)302.1

12-month % change

-1.0 -1.1 -0.8 0.0 0.7 (p)0.1

Mining and Logging(3)

0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

13.3 13.3 13.5 13.7 13.9 (p)14.1

12-month % change

-5.0 -6.3 -4.3 -2.8 0.0 (p)1.4

Manufacturing(3)

23.7 23.9 24.0 24.2 24.1 (p)23.9

12-month % change

-7.1 -7.0 -4.4 -3.2 -2.4 (p)-2.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

55.7 56.4 57.0 56.9 57.1 (p)56.6

12-month % change

-1.2 0.2 1.1 1.6 1.6 (p)-0.5

Information(3)

3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 (p)3.2

12-month % change

-3.0 -5.9 -8.6 -11.1 -5.7 (p)-8.6

Financial Activities(3)

16.6 16.6 16.5 16.6 16.6 (p)16.5

12-month % change

0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 -1.8 (p)-2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

37.1 37.6 37.3 37.4 37.4 (p)38.1

12-month % change

-2.1 -5.1 -4.8 -1.3 0.0 (p)-1.0

Education and Health Services(3)

49.7 50.2 49.0 48.4 48.5 (p)49.6

12-month % change

0.6 1.4 -0.8 -1.0 -0.6 (p)0.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

28.4 28.9 29.3 29.8 30.4 (p)29.7

12-month % change

3.3 2.1 2.8 4.2 6.7 (p)3.8

Other Services(3)

13.1 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.1 (p)13.4

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.0 (p)2.3

Government(3)

56.9 56.7 56.6 56.4 55.7 (p)56.1

12-month % change

-0.5 -0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1 (p)0.5

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