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Albuquerque

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Albuquerque Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2026
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Albuquerque — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026
Fatal Occupational Injuries in New Mexico	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026

Albuquerque, NM Economy at a Glance:

Albuquerque, NM

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		452.1	449.9	450.4	451.4	(p)452.4
Employment(1)		433.8	430.5	430.6	429.5	(p)427.6
Unemployment(1)		18.3	19.4	19.8	21.9	(p)24.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.1	4.3	4.4	4.9	(p)5.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		415.8	418.8	420.2	418.9	416.3	(p)418.1
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1	(p)-0.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		25.5	26.3	26.2	26.8	26.9	(p)27.4
12-month % change		-8.3	-4.4	-4.7	-2.5	-2.9	(p)0.4
Manufacturing(3)		16.2	16.3	16.2	16.4	16.6	(p)16.7
12-month % change		-4.7	-4.1	-3.6	-1.8	-2.4	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		69.0	69.2	69.5	69.2	69.6	(p)69.2
12-month % change		1.0	1.3	1.5	1.3	1.0	(p)0.9
Information(3)		5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	(p)5.9
12-month % change		7.5	7.4	9.4	11.3	7.3	(p)3.5
Financial Activities(3)		19.8	19.8	19.9	20.1	20.2	(p)20.1
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.5	0.5	2.0	3.1	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		62.1	62.8	63.5	62.4	62.8	(p)62.8
12-month % change		-6.6	-6.5	-6.2	-6.7	-4.6	(p)-5.4
Education and Health Services(3)		75.6	75.8	75.3	76.0	75.5	(p)75.4
12-month % change		3.6	2.6	3.2	4.8	4.9	(p)1.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		45.0	45.9	46.8	47.3	47.0	(p)46.7
12-month % change		0.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	0.9	(p)0.0
Other Services(3)		13.5	13.6	13.6	14.0	14.0	(p)13.8
12-month % change		-2.2	-1.4	-2.2	-1.4	-0.7	(p)-1.4
Government(3)		83.4	83.3	83.4	80.8	77.8	(p)80.1
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.4	-1.1	-1.1	-0.9	(p)-1.2
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