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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > Lubbock

Lubbock

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2023
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — October 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2023
Lubbock Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lubbock — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2023
Lubbock, TX Economy at a Glance:
Lubbock, TX
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 170.4 170.0 171.7 171.4 171.4 (p)171.9

Employment(1)

 164.6 163.6 164.7 164.8 165.7 (p)166.4

Unemployment(1)

 5.8 6.3 7.0 6.6 5.7 (p)5.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.4 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.3 (p)3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 159.5 158.3 158.0 158.4 159.6 (p)161.4

12-month % change

 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)2.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.5 (p)9.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.2 (p)2.1

Manufacturing(3)

 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 (p)5.3

12-month % change

 4.0 6.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 33.8 33.9 33.6 33.6 33.7 (p)34.0

12-month % change

 -0.3 0.9 0.0 -0.3 -0.9 (p)-0.6

Information(3)

 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 (p)2.1

12-month % change

 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 (p)8.3

12-month % change

 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.5 (p)14.8

12-month % change

 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 2.1 (p)3.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 23.0 23.0 23.3 23.3 23.4 (p)23.6

12-month % change

 1.8 3.6 4.0 3.6 4.5 (p)4.9

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 22.0 21.6 21.6 21.5 21.8 (p)21.8

12-month % change

 4.8 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.9 (p)1.9

Other Services(3)

 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 (p)6.4

12-month % change

 6.7 4.9 4.9 6.6 3.2 (p)3.2

Government(3)

 35.1 34.0 33.4 33.8 34.6 (p)35.5

12-month % change

 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.8 1.8 (p)3.2

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