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Raleigh

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Raleigh Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2023
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Raleigh — May 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Nov 2023
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, NC Economy at a Glance:

Raleigh, NC

Data Series	Back Data	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023	Sept 2023	Oct 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		788.9	792.4	807.2	803.6	807.5	(p)810.1
Employment(1)		764.8	767.1	781.6	777.9	784.5	(p)786.1
Unemployment(1)		24.1	25.3	25.5	25.7	23.1	(p)24.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	2.9	(p)3.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		721.2	725.2	727.9	734.7	732.6	(p)741.1
12-month % change		3.1	3.2	2.9	3.4	3.7	(p)3.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		48.1	48.4	48.4	48.4	48.9	(p)48.7
12-month % change		4.1	3.6	3.4	3.0	4.5	(p)1.9
Manufacturing(3)		34.9	35.6	35.6	35.7	35.9	(p)35.7
12-month % change		5.1	6.0	5.0	5.3	5.9	(p)5.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		124.9	125.3	124.9	125.7	126.6	(p)128.3
12-month % change		1.3	1.5	0.3	1.4	2.7	(p)3.3
Information(3)		25.7	25.9	26.0	26.0	26.1	(p)25.9
12-month % change		5.8	4.9	2.4	2.8	3.6	(p)1.6
Financial Activities(3)		41.4	41.5	41.5	41.6	41.0	(p)41.1
12-month % change		3.5	2.7	1.7	1.7	-0.2	(p)-0.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		147.2	149.2	152.2	153.0	153.1	(p)156.0
12-month % change		2.4	3.2	3.3	3.8	4.1	(p)4.0
Education and Health Services(3)		94.2	93.5	94.7	95.7	95.2	(p)97.3
12-month % change		4.7	4.9	6.2	5.6	5.0	(p)5.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		77.4	78.5	80.4	82.1	78.6	(p)80.2
12-month % change		4.9	4.0	4.0	6.6	7.4	(p)9.7
Other Services(3)		28.2	28.6	28.5	28.2	28.2	(p)28.4
12-month % change		2.9	3.2	2.9	2.2	2.2	(p)1.4
Government(3)		99.2	98.7	95.7	98.3	99.0	(p)99.5
12-month % change		1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.3	(p)1.1
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