Southeast Information Office

Knoxville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2023
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	May 2023
Knoxville Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Knoxville — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Truck Driver Occupations in Tennessee’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Engineering Occupations in Selected Southeast Metropolitan Areas – May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2018

Knoxville, TN Economy at a Glance:

Knoxville, TN

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023	Mar 2023	Apr 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)435.0	(2)433.5	437.7	441.6	442.7	(p)442.8
Employment(1)		(2)422.1	(2)421.8	423.5	427.2	430.2	(p)432.5
Unemployment(1)		(2)12.9	(2)11.8	14.2	14.4	12.5	(p)10.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.0	(2)2.7	3.3	3.3	2.8	(p)2.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		439.0	438.1	432.1	435.7	437.2	(p)440.1
12-month % change		4.2	4.0	3.7	3.0	2.9	(p)3.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		21.5	21.3	21.1	21.2	21.4	(p)21.5
12-month % change		4.9	4.4	5.0	3.9	2.9	(p)3.4
Manufacturing(4)		48.1	48.1	47.6	47.7	47.9	(p)48.0
12-month % change		7.8	6.7	3.7	3.5	3.2	(p)1.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		87.2	88.7	86.0	85.4	85.8	(p)85.8
12-month % change		3.8	4.5	4.2	2.2	2.8	(p)2.4
Information(4)		6.8	6.8	6.7	6.8	6.8	(p)6.7
12-month % change		9.7	7.9	3.1	3.0	1.5	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		20.8	20.7	20.4	20.5	20.5	(p)20.5
12-month % change		4.0	3.0	1.5	2.0	1.5	(p)1.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		73.2	72.2	72.9	73.1	73.2	(p)73.6
12-month % change		3.7	2.6	3.8	3.4	3.2	(p)3.8
Education and Health Services(4)		58.0	57.7	56.9	57.9	58.0	(p)59.3
12-month % change		4.3	4.2	3.3	3.6	3.0	(p)5.5
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		46.2	45.8	45.2	45.7	46.0	(p)46.9
12-month % change		7.2	6.5	7.4	4.1	3.8	(p)3.8
Other Services(4)		16.5	16.6	16.6	16.7	16.8	(p)16.7
12-month % change		1.2	1.8	3.1	2.5	2.4	(p)2.5
Government(4)		60.7	60.2	58.7	60.7	60.8	(p)61.1
12-month % change		0.7	1.7	1.2	2.4	2.4	(p)2.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary