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Economic Summaries:
Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
News Releases:
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — May 2018
Total nonfarm employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 3,707,500 in May 2018, up 122,000 over the year.
County Employment and Wages in Arkansas – Fourth Quarter 2017
Employment increased in the three largest Arkansas counties from December 2016 to December 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
County Employment and Wages in New Mexico – Fourth Quarter 2017
In New Mexico’s only large county, Bernalillo, employment edged up 0.2 percent from December 2016 to December 2017.
Occupational Employment and Wages in Albuquerque – May 2017
Workers in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.31 in May 2017, about 8 percent below the nationwide average of $24.34.
Occupational Employment and Wages in College Station-Bryan – May 2017
Workers in the College Station-Bryan Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $20.60 in May 2017, about 15 percent below the nationwide average of $24.34.
