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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southeast > North Carolina > Jacksonville

Jacksonville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	May 2025
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 in Jacksonville, NC — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025

Jacksonville, NC Economy at a Glance:

Jacksonville, NC
Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)74.1	(2)73.9	(2)74.0	74.0	73.7	(p)74.0
Employment(1)		(2)71.5	(2)71.2	(2)71.5	71.0	71.0	(p)71.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)2.6	(2)2.7	(2)2.5	3.0	2.8	(p)2.8
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.5	(2)3.7	(2)3.4	4.0	3.7	(p)3.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		55.9	56.2	56.7	55.2	55.6	(p)55.7
12-month % change		0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5	(p)0.4
Government(4)		15.8	15.9	16.1	15.5	15.7	(p)15.8
12-month % change		1.9	1.3	2.5	-0.6	0.0	(p)0.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary