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Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $35.52 per hour in the South to $46.57 in the Northeast in December 2022.
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.8 percent in January.
In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6, was 4.2 percent in South Dakota.
Data Series | Back Data |
Sept 2022 |
Oct 2022 |
Nov 2022 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
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Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)475.0 | (r)475.0 | (r)475.0 | (r)475.1 | 475.4 | (p)476.0 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)464.6 | (r)464.5 | (r)464.6 | (r)464.7 | 465.3 | (p)466.2 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)10.4 | (r)10.5 | (r)10.4 | (r)10.3 | 10.1 | (p)9.8 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)2.2 | (r)2.2 | (r)2.2 | (r)2.2 | 2.1 | (p)2.1 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
455.2 | 456.0 | 457.4 | 456.9 | 458.5 | (p)459.9 | |
12-month % change |
2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | (p)2.3 | |
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3) |
27.4 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 26.2 | (p)26.2 | |
12-month % change |
4.6 | 5.4 | 1.9 | -1.9 | -2.2 | (p)-4.0 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
45.3 | 45.3 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 45.9 | (p)45.9 | |
12-month % change |
2.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | (p)2.5 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
89.8 | 90.3 | 90.9 | 90.7 | 90.9 | (p)91.9 | |
12-month % change |
3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | (p)3.6 | |
Information(3) |
5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | (p)5.2 | |
12-month % change |
3.9 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
28.0 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 27.8 | (p)27.8 | |
12-month % change |
-0.4 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.7 | (p)-0.7 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
37.4 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.7 | 37.0 | (p)37.1 | |
12-month % change |
7.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.8 | (p)2.5 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
75.7 | 76.4 | 76.4 | 76.1 | 76.8 | (p)76.7 | |
12-month % change |
1.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 | (p)3.1 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
48.6 | 48.9 | 49.3 | 50.1 | 50.6 | (p)50.5 | |
12-month % change |
3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | (p)5.2 | |
Other Services(3) |
17.8 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 17.9 | 17.7 | (p)17.6 | |
12-month % change |
4.7 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | (p)1.1 | |
Government(3) |
79.9 | 80.0 | 80.3 | 80.1 | 80.4 | (p)81.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | (p)2.0 | |
Footnotes |