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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Arkansas, Oklahoma > Fort Smith

Fort Smith

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Smith — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Oklahoma Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
Fort Smith Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2026
Fort Smith, AR-OK Economy at a Glance:
Fort Smith, AR-OK
Data Series Back
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 103.6 103.3 103.6 (2)- (p)103.6  

Employment(1)

 99.3 99.1 99.3 (2)- (p)99.3  

Unemployment(1)

 4.2 4.2 4.4 (2)- (p)4.4  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.1 4.1 4.2 (2)- (p)4.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 102.5 103.4 104.6 105.1 105.4 (p)105.2

12-month % change

 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 (p)0.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 (p)5.0

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.0 -2.0 (p)-2.0

Manufacturing(4)

 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.0 (p)18.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 22.1 22.1 22.1 22.4 22.7 (p)22.9

12-month % change

 1.4 2.3 1.4 2.3 2.3 (p)1.3

Information(4)

 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 -7.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 (p)4.4

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 10.9 10.9 11.2 11.3 11.2 (p)11.1

12-month % change

 2.8 0.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)0.9

Education and Health Services(4)

 17.7 17.7 17.8 17.8 17.8 (p)17.8

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.1 1.1 (p)1.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.5 9.6 (p)9.4

12-month % change

 2.1 2.1 2.2 3.3 5.5 (p)5.6

Other Services(4)

 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 (p)2.8

12-month % change

 -3.3 -3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)-3.4

Government(4)

 10.4 11.4 12.4 12.4 12.6 (p)12.5

12-month % change

 -4.6 -2.6 -1.6 -2.4 -1.6 (p)-1.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary