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Little Rock

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Little Rock Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Arkansas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026
Consumer Price Index, South Region — March 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2026

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Economy at a Glance:

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		389.5	(2)-	389.3	(p)390.8	(p)388.6
Employment(1)		373.9	(2)-	373.7	(p)375.4	(p)370.2
Unemployment(1)		15.6	(2)-	15.6	(p)15.4	(p)18.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.0	(2)-	4.0	(p)3.9	(p)4.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		393.9	395.2	395.3	397.4	391.3	(p)392.5
12-month % change		0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.1	0.2	(p)0.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		21.5	21.5	21.3	21.4	21.0	(p)21.1
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.8	-1.8	-1.4	-0.9	(p)-0.5
Manufacturing(4)		20.8	21.0	20.8	20.8	20.7	(p)20.7
12-month % change		-1.9	-0.5	-1.4	-1.4	-1.4	(p)-1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		81.1	81.6	82.8	84.5	82.0	(p)81.1
12-month % change		2.1	1.6	0.1	2.1	1.7	(p)1.4
Information(4)		4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	(p)4.7
12-month % change		-5.9	-5.9	-5.9	-5.9	-6.0	(p)-6.0
Financial Activities(4)		25.3	25.4	25.3	25.2	25.1	(p)25.0
12-month % change		-0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-1.6	(p)-2.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		50.3	50.9	50.7	50.9	50.2	(p)50.7
12-month % change		-0.4	-0.6	-1.6	-0.8	0.4	(p)0.2
Education and Health Services(4)		66.7	67.0	67.2	67.6	67.1	(p)67.8
12-month % change		2.1	2.1	2.3	2.9	3.2	(p)3.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		35.6	35.5	35.2	34.8	33.7	(p)34.3
12-month % change		-0.8	-1.1	-0.8	-2.8	-2.0	(p)-2.0
Other Services(4)		18.7	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	(p)18.5
12-month % change		0.0	1.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)-1.1
Government(4)		69.1	68.7	68.5	68.7	68.1	(p)68.6
12-month % change		-0.9	-1.7	-1.7	-1.2	-1.6	(p)-1.3
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