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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Buffalo Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2023
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nursing Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Financial Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2013	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Teaching Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2018
Average Earnings and Hours in New York - April 2012	Pay	News Release	Jun 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014	Employment, Pay	News Release	Oct 2015
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Food Service Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2015	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2016
Occupational Employment and Wages for Four Therapist Occupations in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages for Three Counselor Occupations in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Special Education Occupations in Metropolitan Areas in New York – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Patient Care Occupations in New York’s Metropolitan Areas — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2020

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Economy at a Glance:

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		549.9	545.4	545.6	537.2	(p)537.9	(p)540.9
Employment(1)		527.4	527.2	530.9	520.6	(p)520.5	(p)517.3
Unemployment(1)		22.5	18.2	14.7	16.6	(p)17.4	(p)23.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.1	3.3	2.7	3.1	(p)3.2	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		540.3	546.0	553.1	552.3	552.2	(p)540.3
12-month % change		2.9	3.1	2.9	1.9	1.9	(p)2.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		23.1	22.5	22.6	21.8	21.3	(p)20.3
12-month % change		3.1	1.8	2.3	1.4	7.6	(p)12.2
Manufacturing(3)		53.6	53.4	53.7	54.0	54.6	(p)54.3
12-month % change		7.2	5.3	4.5	4.0	4.8	(p)5.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		98.0	98.5	99.7	100.3	101.8	(p)99.9
12-month % change		3.3	3.5	2.3	0.4	0.0	(p)1.8
Information(3)		5.9	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	(p)5.5
12-month % change		1.7	-3.4	-5.0	-3.4	-5.0	(p)-6.8
Financial Activities(3)		34.0	33.7	33.9	34.0	33.7	(p)32.7
12-month % change		-0.6	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.0	(p)-1.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		76.0	75.6	75.7	75.3	74.8	(p)73.2
12-month % change		7.3	8.5	6.5	5.2	4.9	(p)3.4
Education and Health Services(3)		88.8	91.3	93.5	93.6	93.4	(p)92.2
12-month % change		-0.1	0.1	1.5	-1.1	-0.7	(p)1.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		56.7	55.6	55.5	54.5	54.0	(p)50.7
12-month % change		5.6	4.1	3.5	3.2	2.9	(p)3.5
Other Services(3)		23.7	23.6	24.0	23.9	24.0	(p)24.1
12-month % change		2.6	3.1	3.4	3.0	2.6	(p)4.3
Government(3)		80.5	86.1	88.8	89.2	88.9	(p)87.4
12-month % change		-1.2	1.4	2.4	2.4	2.1	(p)2.1
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