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Waco

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — February 2023	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2023
Waco Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Mar 2023

Waco, TX Economy at a Glance:

Waco, TX

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		131.1	131.5	132.0	(p)132.1	(p)136.7
Employment(1)		126.6	127.0	127.6	(p)127.9	(p)131.0
Unemployment(1)		4.4	4.5	4.4	(p)4.3	(p)5.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.4	3.4	3.3	(p)3.2	(p)4.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		133.6	134.1	135.0	135.3	133.9	(p)135.0
12-month % change		3.9	3.1	2.8	3.6	4.6	(p)3.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.4	8.4	8.3	8.2	8.3	(p)8.4
12-month % change		3.7	2.4	1.2	0.0	3.8	(p)3.7
Manufacturing(3)		15.8	15.8	15.8	16.0	15.9	(p)16.0
12-month % change		5.3	3.9	3.3	3.9	5.3	(p)3.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		24.0	24.0	24.3	24.6	23.8	(p)23.9
12-month % change		3.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.7	(p)0.8
Information(3)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		8.2	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	(p)8.3
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.2	(p)13.2
12-month % change		0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	3.1	(p)2.3
Education and Health Services(3)		26.1	26.2	26.4	26.5	26.4	(p)26.6
12-month % change		6.5	5.6	4.8	10.0	7.8	(p)5.1
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		13.1	13.3	13.6	13.4	13.4	(p)13.5
12-month % change		3.1	3.9	6.3	4.7	9.8	(p)8.9
Other Services(3)		3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	(p)3.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	(p)2.8
Government(3)		20.2	20.2	20.4	20.3	19.9	(p)20.4
12-month % change		2.5	3.1	3.6	3.0	2.1	(p)4.1
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