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	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Las Cruces — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in New Mexico	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2020
Las Cruces Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Nov 2021

Las Cruces, NM Economy at a Glance:

Las Cruces, NM

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		97.7	97.9	97.1	96.7	97.0	(p)97.4
Employment(1)		90.6	89.7	89.6	90.6	91.5	(p)92.4
Unemployment(1)		7.1	8.2	7.6	6.0	5.5	(p)5.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		7.2	8.4	7.8	6.3	5.7	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		71.8	70.6	69.5	71.1	72.5	(p)73.7
12-month % change		5.4	4.9	4.2	3.0	2.5	(p)3.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.7	(p)3.6
12-month % change		-10.0	-5.1	-2.7	0.0	2.8	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	(p)3.2
12-month % change		11.5	11.5	7.4	7.1	6.9	(p)10.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		11.2	11.4	11.3	11.5	11.5	(p)11.6
12-month % change		10.9	7.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	(p)4.5
Information(3)		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(3)		2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	(p)2.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		6.9	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.1	(p)7.2
12-month % change		3.0	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.4	(p)4.3
Education and Health Services(3)		16.5	16.4	16.5	16.8	16.7	(p)16.9
12-month % change		5.8	7.2	5.1	5.0	3.1	(p)3.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.3	7.5	7.7	7.7	7.9	(p)8.1
12-month % change		35.2	19.0	18.5	20.3	16.2	(p)15.7
Other Services(3)		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		16.7	7.7	7.7	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		19.2	17.5	16.1	17.1	18.3	(p)18.9
12-month % change		-2.5	-1.7	-1.8	-6.0	-5.2	(p)-2.1
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