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	Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Las Cruces — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in New Mexico	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Las Cruces Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2024

Las Cruces, NM Economy at a Glance:

Las Cruces, NM

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		103.1	102.4	102.8	103.4	103.8	(p)102.5
Employment(1)		98.4	98.1	98.5	98.5	98.1	(p)96.5
Unemployment(1)		4.7	4.3	4.3	4.9	5.7	(p)6.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.6	4.2	4.2	4.7	5.5	(p)5.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		80.7	81.1	81.4	81.7	80.5	(p)78.6
12-month % change		2.4	3.3	2.3	2.4	3.2	(p)1.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		4.1	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	(p)4.2
12-month % change		5.1	7.7	0.0	0.0	-2.3	(p)-2.3
Manufacturing(3)		3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
12-month % change		9.4	9.4	9.4	6.1	9.4	(p)6.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		12.0	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	(p)12.1
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	(p)0.8
Information(3)		0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		7.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	(p)7.4
12-month % change		2.8	4.2	2.7	5.6	5.6	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		17.8	17.7	17.7	17.8	17.9	(p)18.0
12-month % change		-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.6	2.3	(p)4.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		9.1	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	(p)9.4
12-month % change		2.2	5.6	1.1	1.1	3.3	(p)8.0
Other Services(3)		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	(p)2.1
12-month % change		10.5	10.5	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)5.0
Government(3)		21.5	21.6	21.9	22.0	20.5	(p)18.6
12-month % change		4.4	4.9	6.3	5.3	5.7	(p)-1.6
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