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Raleigh-Cary, NC

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Raleigh, NC, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2025
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Raleigh-Cary, NC — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jul 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 for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Raleigh-Cary, NC Economy at a Glance:

Raleigh-Cary, NC
Data Series	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	849.9	846.4	849.8	847.0	847.0	(p)853.9
Employment(1)	822.5	821.0	823.7	822.7	820.7	(p)825.0
Unemployment(1)	27.5	25.4	26.1	24.3	26.3	(p)28.9
Unemployment Rate(2)	3.2	3.0	3.1	2.9	3.1	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	748.2	751.9	755.3	758.9	764.6	(p)769.8
12-month % change	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.7	(p)2.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	52.4	53.1	54.0	54.3	55.0	(p)55.5
12-month % change	1.9	1.9	2.9	3.2	3.4	(p)3.2
Manufacturing(3)	33.9	33.9	34.1	34.2	34.3	(p)34.4
12-month % change	-0.9	-1.2	-0.9	0.0	0.3	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	127.7	127.4	127.2	127.1	128.0	(p)128.0
12-month % change	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.9	1.0	(p)1.0
Information(3)	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.0	24.9	(p)24.9
12-month % change	-2.3	-2.0	-1.6	-1.2	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)	41.3	41.5	41.5	41.4	41.6	(p)42.0
12-month % change	0.5	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.7	(p)1.0
Professional and Business Services(3)	146.2	146.7	147.2	148.8	149.1	(p)151.3
12-month % change	2.6	2.2	2.2	3.3	2.1	(p)3.8
Education and Health Services(3)	103.8	103.9	104.1	104.7	105.0	(p)106.2
12-month % change	3.5	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.9	(p)5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	76.1	77.0	78.0	79.2	82.1	(p)83.5
12-month % change	-1.4	-0.5	-0.9	-0.9	0.4	(p)-0.1
Other Services(3)	32.9	33.1	33.3	33.7	33.7	(p)34.0
12-month % change	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.7	2.7	(p)3.7
Government(3)	108.8	110.2	110.8	110.5	110.9	(p)110.0
12-month % change	5.5	5.9	6.0	3.1	3.1	(p)4.3
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