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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Arizona > Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Phoenix Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2025
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Consumer Expenditures for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2024
CPI Historical Table - Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area — August 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area — September 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Dec 2025
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Economy at a Glance:
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2025		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,744.1 2,765.9 2,765.3 2,748.3 2,797.7  

Employment(1)

 2,642.9 2,656.3 2,651.5 2,634.1 2,682.9  

Unemployment(1)

 101.2 109.5 113.8 114.1 114.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,461.3 2,416.0 2,408.3 2,439.4 (p)2,454.5  

12-month % change

 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.2 (p)1.1  

Mining and Logging(3)

 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 (p)3.9  

12-month % change

 8.3 5.4 8.1 8.1 (p)5.4  

Construction(3)

 179.5 179.3 180.6 182.8 (p)181.4  

12-month % change

 -0.3 -1.4 1.2 1.8 (p)1.1  

Manufacturing(3)

 146.8 147.9 147.8 148.0 (p)148.3  

12-month % change

 -1.9 -1.9 -0.7 -0.1 (p)0.0  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 465.1 464.4 461.8 462.8 (p)462.9  

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.9 -0.4 -0.2 (p)-0.4  

Information(3)

 39.0 38.9 38.4 38.0 (p)37.5  

12-month % change

 -5.1 -5.4 -3.0 -3.6 (p)-4.3  

Financial Activities(3)

 210.1 209.7 209.8 211.1 (p)211.2  

12-month % change

 0.3 0.1 1.1 1.9 (p)1.9  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 386.5 379.3 378.9 384.0 (p)387.4  

12-month % change

 -0.8 -1.0 1.0 0.6 (p)1.5  

Education and Health Services(3)

 423.2 415.7 415.8 423.1 (p)426.5  

12-month % change

 5.1 3.9 5.1 4.9 (p)4.3  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 269.1 263.9 260.8 260.9 (p)260.0  

12-month % change

 0.2 1.0 1.8 1.2 (p)1.3  

Other Services(3)

 79.8 80.6 80.1 79.7 (p)79.4  

12-month % change

 1.8 2.8 4.8 3.4 (p)2.6  

Government(3)

 258.3 232.4 230.3 245.0 (p)256.0  

12-month % change

 1.5 0.6 0.2 -1.5 (p)-1.4  

Consumer Price Index: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

CPI-U, All items(4)

   185.525   187.112   (5)-

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     0.2   1.4    

CPI-W, All items(6)

   184.703   185.759   (5)-

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     0.3   1.0    

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary