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Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Jackson, MS, Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2018
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Jackson – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018

Jackson, MS Economy at a Glance:

Jackson, MS
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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)273.2 270.1 271.9 272.3 273.2 (p)275.6

Employment(1)

 (r)263.0 259.8 261.6 262.1 263.1 (p)263.3

Unemployment(1)

 (r)10.2 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.1 (p)12.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 (p)4.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 284.8 280.2 282.4 284.0 284.5 (p)284.3

12-month % change

 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 (p)1.5

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 (p)1.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 (p)9.1

Construction(3)

 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.3 (p)10.3

12-month % change

 -1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 -1.0 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

 20.5 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.7 (p)21.0

12-month % change

 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 (p)4.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 54.9 53.4 53.0 53.2 53.0 (p)53.0

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.2 (p)0.2

Information(3)

 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 (p)3.7

12-month % change

 -5.0 -5.1 -2.6 -5.1 -7.7 (p)-5.1

Financial Activities(3)

 15.8 15.6 15.7 15.7 15.7 (p)15.7

12-month % change

 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.6 (p)0.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 35.9 34.8 35.4 35.6 36.0 (p)36.5

12-month % change

 4.1 3.0 3.8 3.5 5.0 (p)6.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 44.7 44.5 44.6 44.9 44.8 (p)44.4

12-month % change

 2.3 3.0 1.1 1.8 0.2 (p)-0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 27.0 26.1 26.9 27.0 28.1 (p)27.9

12-month % change

 7.6 5.7 6.7 5.1 6.0 (p)4.5

Other Services(3)

 13.8 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.8 (p)13.9

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.7 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 57.0 56.6 57.3 57.9 57.3 (p)56.7

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9 -0.2 (p)0.0

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.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised