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Jackson

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Jackson, MS, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Oct 2024
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson, MS — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2024
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
Mar
2024
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

260.6 261.6 263.1 265.8 266.7 (p)266.2

Employment(1)

254.6 257.4 256.5 257.0 258.9 (p)258.8

Unemployment(1)

5.9 4.2 6.6 8.8 7.8 (p)7.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.3 1.6 2.5 3.3 2.9 (p)2.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

284.8 285.5 285.5 284.4 284.5 (p)284.3

12-month % change

1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 (p)0.9

Mining and Logging(3)

0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 (p)0.8

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

12.9 12.9 12.9 13.0 13.1 (p)12.8

12-month % change

7.5 6.6 4.9 4.0 2.3 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

19.1 19.2 19.3 19.1 19.1 (p)18.7

12-month % change

0.5 0.5 1.6 1.1 1.1 (p)-1.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

55.7 56.0 55.7 55.7 55.9 (p)55.7

12-month % change

-0.4 0.0 -0.9 0.0 0.2 (p)-0.2

Information(3)

2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 (p)2.7

12-month % change

-3.6 -6.9 -6.9 -6.9 -6.9 (p)-3.6

Financial Activities(3)

15.7 15.7 15.8 15.9 16.0 (p)16.1

12-month % change

-3.7 -2.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.6 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

37.1 37.1 37.0 36.9 36.8 (p)37.4

12-month % change

-3.4 -2.4 -2.9 -1.6 -0.5 (p)0.5

Education and Health Services(3)

47.4 47.8 47.7 46.9 47.5 (p)47.6

12-month % change

6.3 5.3 6.0 4.5 6.3 (p)5.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

26.3 26.2 26.7 26.8 26.4 (p)26.1

12-month % change

-0.4 -1.5 -0.7 -2.2 -2.9 (p)-3.7

Other Services(3)

12.3 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.6 (p)12.6

12-month % change

-1.6 0.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 (p)-0.8

Government(3)

54.8 54.6 54.3 53.9 53.6 (p)53.8

12-month % change

3.0 2.2 2.8 2.3 1.5 (p)1.7

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