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Waco

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
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