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Boise City

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Boise City — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
Unemployment in the Boise Area by County - December 2015	Unemployment	News Release	Feb 2016
Boise City Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Boise City, ID Economy at a Glance:

Boise City, ID

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)-	457.6	(p)460.3	457.9	(p)454.1
Employment(1)		(2)-	442.7	(p)445.4	439.4	(p)436.7
Unemployment(1)		(2)-	14.9	(p)14.8	18.5	(p)17.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)-	3.2	(p)3.2	4.0	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		414.4	414.3	413.5	405.1	405.1	(p)408.7
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		39.3	39.3	39.0	36.7	37.1	(p)37.2
12-month % change		5.4	5.4	6.3	0.5	1.4	(p)-0.3
Manufacturing(4)		30.8	31.0	30.7	30.6	30.4	(p)30.8
12-month % change		-2.8	-2.5	-2.5	0.3	-1.3	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		78.8	79.7	80.1	78.1	78.1	(p)78.9
12-month % change		0.1	-1.1	-1.2	-1.0	-0.4	(p)0.6
Information(4)		4.4	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.3	(p)4.2
12-month % change		-6.4	-4.3	-4.3	-4.4	-4.4	(p)-6.7
Financial Activities(4)		23.7	23.8	23.4	22.9	23.0	(p)23.2
12-month % change		2.6	2.6	0.9	0.4	0.4	(p)1.8
Professional and Business Services(4)		62.4	61.7	62.3	59.5	58.9	(p)60.3
12-month % change		1.3	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.7	(p)1.7
Education and Health Services(4)		65.8	65.7	66.2	66.1	66.1	(p)66.2
12-month % change		0.9	2.3	3.3	0.8	2.0	(p)4.4
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		40.5	40.0	39.5	38.5	38.5	(p)38.8
12-month % change		-1.5	-0.7	-1.5	-2.0	-3.0	(p)-3.7
Other Services(4)		14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.2	(p)14.3
12-month % change		2.8	2.8	2.8	3.6	2.2	(p)2.1
Government(4)		54.1	54.1	53.3	54.0	54.5	(p)54.8
12-month % change		0.7	1.3	0.4	0.7	0.7	(p)1.3
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary