Southwest Information Office

Las Cruces

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Las Cruces — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in New Mexico	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026
Las Cruces Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026

Las Cruces, NM Economy at a Glance:

Las Cruces, NM

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		102.3	103.2	(2)-	104.9	(p)104.5	(p)104.7
Employment(1)		97.4	98.6	(2)-	99.3	(p)99.4	(p)98.5
Unemployment(1)		4.9	4.6	(2)-	5.6	(p)5.1	(p)6.2
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.8	4.5	(2)-	5.3	(p)4.9	(p)5.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		82.6	83.3	84.2	84.6	84.5	(p)82.3
12-month % change		2.6	2.2	1.8	1.8	2.2	(p)0.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		5.6	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.6	(p)5.5
12-month % change		21.7	23.9	16.7	12.2	14.3	(p)12.2
Manufacturing(4)		3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	(p)3.2
12-month % change		3.1	3.1	3.1	6.5	6.5	(p)3.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		12.5	12.5	12.6	12.9	13.2	(p)12.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.9	(p)0.8
Information(4)		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)0.5
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
12-month % change		3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	(p)3.7
Professional and Business Services(4)		7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.3	-1.3	-2.6	0.0	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(4)		19.6	19.2	19.4	19.5	19.5	(p)19.4
12-month % change		5.4	3.8	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)0.5
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.9	9.1	9.1	9.1	8.8	(p)8.7
12-month % change		0.0	2.2	-2.2	0.0	-1.1	(p)-1.1
Other Services(4)		1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	(p)1.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(4)		19.9	20.8	21.4	21.6	21.4	(p)20.2
12-month % change		0.0	-1.4	0.5	0.5	-0.5	(p)-3.8
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