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	May 2023
County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma – Second Quarter 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Dec 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Fort Smith — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Oklahoma	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — April 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 2023
Fort Smith Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2023

Fort Smith, AR-OK Economy at a Glance:

Fort Smith, AR-OK

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)118.1	(2)118.0	117.5	118.4	(p)118.9
Employment(1)		(2)114.7	(2)114.8	113.4	114.9	(p)115.6
Unemployment(1)		(2)3.4	(2)3.2	4.1	3.5	(p)3.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)2.8	(2)2.7	3.5	3.0	(p)2.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		116.0	116.0	114.3	115.0	114.9	(p)116.0
12-month % change		2.6	2.4	2.8	2.2	2.4	(p)2.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	(p)5.5
12-month % change		2.0	3.9	8.2	8.2	6.0	(p)10.0
Manufacturing(4)		18.6	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.6	(p)18.7
12-month % change		5.1	4.5	4.5	3.3	2.8	(p)2.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		25.0	25.2	24.8	24.7	24.6	(p)24.5
12-month % change		3.3	3.3	3.8	2.5	3.4	(p)1.2
Information(4)		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
Financial Activities(4)		4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	(p)4.2
12-month % change		2.4	0.0	0.0	-2.4	-2.4	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		12.2	12.0	11.4	11.4	11.2	(p)11.4
12-month % change		0.0	-0.8	-2.6	-5.0	-5.9	(p)-5.0
Education and Health Services(4)		17.8	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.0	(p)18.1
12-month % change		0.6	1.7	4.1	4.0	4.7	(p)4.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		9.8	9.7	9.5	9.7	9.9	(p)10.3
12-month % change		4.3	3.2	3.3	4.3	5.3	(p)7.3
Other Services(4)		3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	(p)3.6
12-month % change		-2.7	0.0	-2.8	0.0	5.9	(p)2.9
Government(4)		18.2	18.2	17.7	18.2	18.2	(p)18.3
12-month % change		2.8	1.7	1.7	2.2	1.7	(p)1.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary