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	Dec 2022
County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma – Second Quarter 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Smith — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Oklahoma	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region — October 2022	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2022
Fort Smith Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2022

Fort Smith, AR-OK Economy at a Glance:

Fort Smith, AR-OK

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		117.6	118.9	118.8	117.4	117.1	(p)117.3
Employment(1)		113.9	114.4	114.4	113.3	112.9	(p)113.7
Unemployment(1)		3.6	4.5	4.5	4.0	4.2	(p)3.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.1	3.8	3.8	3.4	3.6	(p)3.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		112.7	112.8	111.4	112.3	113.6	(p)114.0
12-month % change		1.8	2.5	3.1	2.8	2.6	(p)2.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.1	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	(p)5.2
12-month % change		2.0	6.0	3.9	2.0	4.0	(p)4.0
Manufacturing(3)		18.2	18.3	18.4	18.5	18.4	(p)18.3
12-month % change		9.6	8.3	7.6	8.2	5.7	(p)2.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		23.9	24.1	24.3	24.4	24.2	(p)24.3
12-month % change		1.7	3.4	4.3	4.3	2.5	(p)2.5
Information(3)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
12-month % change		9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	(p)3.9
12-month % change		2.6	5.4	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		11.7	11.7	11.4	11.2	11.3	(p)11.4
12-month % change		-2.5	1.7	-1.7	-3.4	-3.4	(p)-2.6
Education and Health Services(3)		16.6	16.6	16.9	16.9	17.1	(p)17.1
12-month % change		-1.2	-2.4	1.8	1.8	3.6	(p)3.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		9.8	10.1	10.3	10.2	10.2	(p)10.1
12-month % change		0.0	2.0	4.0	4.1	6.3	(p)5.2
Other Services(3)		4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	(p)4.4
12-month % change		-2.3	-2.3	-2.3	0.0	0.0	(p)2.3
Government(3)		18.0	17.3	15.4	16.5	17.8	(p)18.1
12-month % change		1.7	0.6	2.0	0.6	0.6	(p)1.1
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