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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > North Carolina, South Carolina > Charlotte

Charlotte

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Charlotte Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2022
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release May 2021
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in South Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Economy at a Glance:

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Data Series Back
Data		 June
2021		 July
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2021		 Nov
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,376.5 1,383.6 1,371.7 1,374.3 1,380.5 (p)1,380.3

Employment(1)

 1,311.4 1,322.4 1,313.2 1,324.0 1,331.1 (p)1,334.8

Unemployment(1)

 65.0 61.2 58.5 50.3 49.4 (p)45.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.7 4.4 4.3 3.7 3.6 (p)3.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,224.4 1,217.0 1,221.4 1,223.7 1,240.5 (p)1,247.7

12-month % change

 5.4 5.2 3.6 3.3 3.0 (p)2.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 70.2 71.8 70.2 70.5 71.7 (p)69.8

12-month % change

 2.6 5.9 2.3 3.2 4.2 (p)0.1

Manufacturing(3)

 103.2 103.9 102.7 101.9 101.9 (p)102.1

12-month % change

 1.7 2.8 1.0 -0.3 -0.9 (p)-0.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 251.4 252.3 249.8 250.2 253.9 (p)260.8

12-month % change

 3.8 4.6 2.3 1.6 1.0 (p)1.5

Information(3)

 23.8 23.9 23.9 23.7 23.8 (p)24.0

12-month % change

 3.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.4 (p)4.3

Financial Activities(3)

 110.9 112.0 112.8 112.3 112.5 (p)111.0

12-month % change

 1.9 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.7 (p)0.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 214.7 218.5 218.4 219.3 223.0 (p)224.1

12-month % change

 6.1 7.1 6.2 6.5 6.0 (p)5.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 120.5 120.7 121.8 122.4 125.1 (p)126.7

12-month % change

 3.0 2.5 1.2 1.2 1.5 (p)2.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 135.3 135.4 131.1 125.9 127.6 (p)126.4

12-month % change

 20.2 17.2 13.9 10.8 10.1 (p)8.6

Other Services(3)

 43.8 44.3 43.6 44.2 44.5 (p)45.1

12-month % change

 5.0 4.7 2.1 3.8 4.0 (p)5.1

Government(3)

 150.6 134.2 147.1 153.3 156.5 (p)157.7

12-month % change

 4.4 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 0.6 (p)1.2

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