Southwest Information Office

Laredo

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPayWorkplace fatalities
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Laredo – May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – August 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Sep 2020

Laredo, TX Economy at a Glance:

Laredo, TX

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		118.5	108.1	113.4	115.0	(p)115.6
Employment(1)		111.9	93.7	97.4	103.7	(p)105.0
Unemployment(1)		6.6	14.4	16.0	11.2	(p)10.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.6	13.4	14.1	9.8	(p)9.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		108.3	96.6	98.3	99.5	99.9	(p)100.6
12-month % change		1.0	-10.2	-9.4	-8.0	-6.7	(p)-6.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		3.4	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	(p)3.7
12-month % change		-19.0	-17.1	-12.2	-10.0	-2.6	(p)-2.6
Manufacturing(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		33.2	30.5	30.4	30.8	31.1	(p)31.4
12-month % change		2.8	-6.2	-6.5	-5.2	-4.3	(p)-3.4
Information(3)		0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	-12.5	-12.5	-12.5	0.0	(p)-12.5
Financial Activities(3)		3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	(p)3.9
12-month % change		2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		10.1	8.1	7.9	7.9	8.0	(p)8.0
12-month % change		-1.0	-22.1	-24.8	-24.8	-23.1	(p)-24.5
Education and Health Services(3)		17.6	17.2	17.5	17.6	17.7	(p)17.6
12-month % change		1.7	-1.1	0.6	1.7	2.3	(p)0.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		11.3	5.7	7.4	8.3	8.1	(p)8.1
12-month % change		-2.6	-51.3	-37.3	-30.3	-31.4	(p)-31.4
Other Services(3)		2.4	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	(p)2.2
12-month % change		4.3	-21.7	-17.4	-12.5	-8.3	(p)-8.3
Government(3)		24.9	24.7	24.4	24.0	23.8	(p)24.3
12-month % change		3.8	3.3	-0.8	-0.8	0.8	(p)1.3
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