Southeast Information Office

Rocky Mount

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2021
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jan 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Construction Trades Occupations in North Carolina’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2017

Rocky Mount, NC Economy at a Glance:

Rocky Mount, NC

Data Series	Back Data	July 2020	Aug 2020	Sept 2020	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		63.6	61.2	62.6	63.5	(p)63.3
Employment(1)		56.4	55.7	56.7	58.3	(p)58.0
Unemployment(1)		7.2	5.5	5.9	5.2	(p)5.2
Unemployment Rate(2)		11.3	9.0	9.4	8.1	(p)8.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		50.9	51.5	51.9	52.9	53.2	(p)53.5
12-month % change		-6.9	-6.9	-7.3	-7.2	-7.3	(p)-6.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.8	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
12-month % change		-3.4	0.0	-3.4	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		7.8	7.9	8.2	8.4	8.3	(p)8.3
12-month % change		-17.9	-17.7	-16.3	-18.4	-19.4	(p)-19.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		11.8	11.7	11.5	11.8	12.4	(p)12.9
12-month % change		0.9	0.9	-0.9	1.7	5.1	(p)7.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	(p)5.6
12-month % change		12.5	12.5	10.2	10.0	12.2	(p)14.3
Education and Health Services(3)		5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.9	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-16.2	-16.2	-14.7	-14.5	-14.5	(p)-14.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	(p)3.7
12-month % change		-36.2	-36.2	-35.1	-33.3	-32.1	(p)-33.9
Government(3)		7.9	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.1	(p)8.9
12-month % change		-15.1	-14.1	-14.3	-15.9	-15.7	(p)-16.0
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