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Knoxville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2023
Knoxville Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Knoxville — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Truck Driver Occupations in Tennessee’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Knoxville, TN Economy at a Glance:

Knoxville, TN

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		447.5	440.9	441.3	440.3	438.0	(p)436.6
Employment(1)		431.9	427.5	429.6	426.8	425.1	(p)425.2
Unemployment(1)		15.6	13.4	11.7	13.6	12.9	(p)11.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.0	2.7	3.1	3.0	(p)2.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		426.9	428.4	433.7	435.1	439.7	(p)439.5
12-month % change		4.5	4.2	5.1	4.4	4.8	(p)4.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		21.9	22.2	22.7	22.6	23.1	(p)22.9
12-month % change		10.6	11.0	13.5	9.2	10.5	(p)15.7
Manufacturing(3)		45.5	45.6	45.5	45.5	45.8	(p)45.8
12-month % change		4.4	3.9	4.6	4.1	4.1	(p)5.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		85.3	84.9	85.6	86.1	88.8	(p)90.7
12-month % change		5.4	4.6	5.8	4.2	4.3	(p)3.7
Information(3)		6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	(p)6.0
12-month % change		1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	-1.7	(p)1.7
Financial Activities(3)		21.9	22.1	22.1	22.1	22.0	(p)21.9
12-month % change		8.4	8.3	8.9	6.8	6.3	(p)6.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		71.0	71.6	70.6	71.3	72.5	(p)71.3
12-month % change		4.1	3.6	3.2	3.3	5.1	(p)3.2
Education and Health Services(3)		55.6	56.3	57.9	57.9	58.4	(p)58.1
12-month % change		1.1	2.0	5.5	4.5	6.2	(p)5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		46.9	46.0	46.3	45.7	45.1	(p)45.0
12-month % change		8.3	6.2	7.4	7.0	6.1	(p)6.6
Other Services(3)		17.0	17.1	17.0	17.0	17.1	(p)17.2
12-month % change		1.2	3.0	2.4	1.8	3.0	(p)3.0
Government(3)		55.8	56.6	60.1	61.0	61.0	(p)60.6
12-month % change		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.9	2.0	(p)3.8
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