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Sumter

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Apr 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in South Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Sumter, SC Economy at a Glance:
Sumter, SC
Data Series Back
Data
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025
Feb
2025
Mar
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)41.8 (2)41.5 (2)41.5 41.8 42.7 (p)42.5

Employment(1)

(2)39.5 (2)39.2 (2)39.4 39.6 40.4 (p)40.4

Unemployment(1)

(2)2.3 (2)2.3 (2)2.2 2.2 2.3 (p)2.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)5.6 (2)5.5 (2)5.2 5.3 5.5 (p)5.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

37.8 38.1 38.3 38.0 38.2 (p)38.4

12-month % change

-1.0 -0.5 0.3 0.8 0.8 (p)0.8

Manufacturing(4)

6.2 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 (p)6.3

12-month % change

0.0 -1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0 (p)5.0

Government(4)

6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.1 (p)6.2

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

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