Southeast Information Office

Winston

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Dec 2024
Winston Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Winston-Salem — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017

Winston-Salem, NC Economy at a Glance:

Winston-Salem, NC

Data Series	Back Data	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		331.1	329.1	330.5	326.9	329.4	(p)329.9
Employment(1)		319.5	315.5	316.3	312.8	318.9	(p)318.8
Unemployment(1)		11.6	13.6	14.2	14.1	10.5	(p)11.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	4.1	4.3	4.3	3.2	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		278.6	277.4	274.7	276.6	278.3	(p)280.3
12-month % change		0.4	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.1	(p)1.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	(p)13.2
12-month % change		4.7	3.9	3.1	3.9	3.8	(p)1.5
Manufacturing(3)		33.1	33.2	33.4	33.2	33.1	(p)33.1
12-month % change		-2.6	-2.9	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	(p)-0.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		49.8	50.1	49.9	49.7	49.6	(p)50.0
12-month % change		-2.9	-2.5	-1.6	-1.6	-1.6	(p)-1.0
Information(3)		1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
12-month % change		-5.6	-5.6	-5.6	-5.6	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	(p)13.4
12-month % change		-2.2	-2.2	-1.4	-1.4	-0.7	(p)-2.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		34.7	34.4	34.6	34.6	34.6	(p)35.2
12-month % change		2.1	1.8	3.3	2.7	2.7	(p)3.2
Education and Health Services(3)		58.2	57.9	58.1	58.8	59.6	(p)60.1
12-month % change		3.9	3.6	2.5	3.2	4.7	(p)4.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		30.6	31.0	30.9	30.9	30.3	(p)30.4
12-month % change		1.7	1.6	2.3	2.0	1.0	(p)2.0
Other Services(3)		10.8	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.8	(p)10.8
12-month % change		0.0	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	1.9	(p)0.0
Government(3)		32.8	31.1	28.1	29.8	31.6	(p)32.4
12-month % change		-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	-1.0	-0.6	(p)0.3
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