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Sep
17
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – June 2020
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $31.66 per hour in the South to $40.69 in the West during June 2020.
Sep
11
Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – August 2020
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Aug
17
Business Employment Dynamics in Iowa — Fourth Quarter 2019
From September 2019 to December 2019, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Iowa were 75,734.
Iowa Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Mar 2020 |
Apr 2020 |
May 2020 |
June 2020 |
July 2020 |
Aug 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
1,722.0 | 1,712.6 | 1,694.1 | 1,644.2 | 1,626.5 | (p)1,616.8 |
Employment(1) |
|
1,665.4 | 1,524.6 | 1,521.2 | 1,506.5 | 1,516.2 | (p)1,520.2 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
56.6 | 188.0 | 173.0 | 137.7 | 110.3 | (p)96.5 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
3.3 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 6.8 | (p)6.0 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
1,572.4 | 1,395.5 | 1,414.6 | 1,459.3 | 1,487.7 | (p)1,493.0 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.8 | -12.0 | -10.8 | -7.8 | -6.2 | (p)-5.8 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | (p)2.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-7.7 | -8.3 | -12.0 | -12.5 | -12.5 | (p)-12.5 |
Construction(3) |
|
77.0 | 70.1 | 71.3 | 69.5 | 69.1 | (p)69.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | -10.1 | -8.7 | -11.0 | -12.0 | (p)-11.8 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
223.1 | 212.3 | 215.2 | 215.7 | 217.3 | (p)218.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.4 | -6.1 | -4.9 | -4.9 | -4.1 | (p)-3.2 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
307.4 | 287.9 | 293.7 | 299.3 | 299.7 | (p)299.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.2 | -7.3 | -5.4 | -3.3 | -3.4 | (p)-3.4 |
Information(3) |
|
20.3 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 19.7 | (p)19.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-6.5 | -8.8 | -7.9 | -6.1 | -7.1 | (p)-7.6 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
110.5 | 107.8 | 107.6 | 106.9 | 107.6 | (p)107.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 | -1.9 | -2.2 | -2.8 | -2.2 | (p)-2.2 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
136.3 | 123.8 | 124.9 | 126.8 | 131.4 | (p)131.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.2 | -11.3 | -10.4 | -9.1 | -5.6 | (p)-5.7 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
233.6 | 212.5 | 211.7 | 221.4 | 225.2 | (p)225.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.8 | -9.7 | -10.0 | -5.7 | -4.0 | (p)-4.1 |
|
|
142.2 | 71.4 | 84.8 | 104.2 | 113.1 | (p)114.6 | |
12-month % change |
|
-0.9 | -50.5 | -41.1 | -27.6 | -21.7 | (p)-20.8 |
Other Services(3) |
|
58.1 | 48.9 | 50.0 | 52.3 | 52.9 | (p)53.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.9 | -15.4 | -13.8 | -10.3 | -9.6 | (p)-8.0 |
Government(3) |
|
261.5 | 239.0 | 233.5 | 241.1 | 249.6 | (p)251.3 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | -8.5 | -10.5 | -6.5 | -4.1 | (p)-3.3 |
|
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