Southwest Information Office

Fort Smith

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2024
County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma – Second Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Dec 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Smith — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Oklahoma	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2024	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2024
Fort Smith Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2024

Fort Smith, AR-OK Economy at a Glance:

Fort Smith, AR-OK

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		120.8	121.4	121.8	124.0	(p)123.9
Employment(1)		116.5	117.5	117.4	119.2	(p)119.0
Unemployment(1)		4.3	4.0	4.4	4.9	(p)5.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.5	3.3	3.6	3.9	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		117.2	117.8	118.5	118.5	116.3	(p)117.4
12-month % change		1.6	1.5	1.8	1.9	2.4	(p)2.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		6.1	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	(p)6.3
12-month % change		8.9	8.8	10.5	6.8	6.8	(p)8.6
Manufacturing(3)		19.0	19.2	19.2	19.5	19.6	(p)19.7
12-month % change		1.6	2.1	2.1	2.6	3.2	(p)3.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		24.1	24.1	24.2	24.1	24.0	(p)24.0
12-month % change		0.4	0.4	1.7	0.0	0.4	(p)0.0
Information(3)		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		0.0	-6.7	-6.7	-6.7	-6.7	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	(p)4.8
12-month % change		0.0	-2.0	-2.0	-2.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	11.9	(p)12.0
12-month % change		0.9	-0.8	-0.8	5.3	5.3	(p)5.3
Education and Health Services(3)		19.0	19.1	19.1	19.3	19.3	(p)19.4
12-month % change		3.8	4.4	3.8	3.8	5.5	(p)4.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		10.1	10.3	10.6	10.7	10.7	(p)10.3
12-month % change		2.0	2.0	1.9	2.9	3.9	(p)1.0
Other Services(3)		3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.0	(p)4.0
12-month % change		0.0	2.6	0.0	2.5	0.0	(p)2.6
Government(3)		17.0	16.8	17.0	16.3	14.3	(p)15.5
12-month % change		0.0	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	-2.1	(p)-1.3
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