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News Releases:

Consumer Price Index, West Region — April 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.7 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Consumer Price Index, West Region — March 2022

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – December 2021

Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $34.16 per hour in the South to $42.31 in the Northeast in December 2021.

New Mexico Economy at a Glance:

New Mexico

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2021	Nov 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(r)943.5	(r)942.7	(r)941.5	944.7	947.4	(p)948.4
Employment(1)		(r)886.1	(r)886.5	(r)886.4	889.3	894.3	(p)898.0
Unemployment(1)		(r)57.4	(r)56.2	(r)55.1	55.4	53.1	(p)50.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		(r)6.1	(r)6.0	(r)5.9	5.9	5.6	(p)5.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		829.5	832.7	833.8	836.1	842.5	(p)845.9
12-month % change		4.3	4.9	6.5	6.4	6.5	(p)5.9
Mining and Logging(3)		18.7	18.8	19.3	18.6	18.9	(p)19.3
12-month % change		10.7	7.4	9.7	5.1	7.4	(p)7.8
Construction(3)		48.6	48.7	50.1	49.5	51.0	(p)52.7
12-month % change		2.5	3.2	5.7	5.5	8.3	(p)10.5
Manufacturing(3)		28.1	28.8	28.8	29.0	29.4	(p)29.5
12-month % change		2.9	5.9	7.1	7.0	7.7	(p)6.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		138.1	138.3	139.7	139.1	140.1	(p)140.2
12-month % change		4.1	4.0	5.2	4.3	4.7	(p)4.2
Information(3)		10.3	10.1	9.8	10.4	10.0	(p)9.7
12-month % change		12.0	2.0	3.2	11.8	-2.0	(p)3.2
Financial Activities(3)		33.9	33.6	33.0	33.3	33.5	(p)34.0
12-month % change		0.3	0.0	-1.5	-0.6	0.3	(p)1.5
Professional & Business Services(3)		112.8	114.4	113.3	113.7	115.1	(p)114.8
12-month % change		4.5	5.6	4.2	4.1	5.1	(p)3.9
Education & Health Services(3)		140.5	139.2	139.5	139.5	140.3	(p)140.4
12-month % change		2.4	1.5	2.3	1.3	1.7	(p)1.3
Leisure & Hospitality(3)		93.6	94.6	95.2	96.4	98.3	(p)98.5
12-month % change		18.2	21.0	36.8	37.1	32.5	(p)25.5
Other Services(3)		26.9	27.1	27.0	26.9	27.4	(p)28.3
12-month % change		3.1	3.8	3.4	2.7	3.8	(p)6.8
Government(3)		178.0	179.1	178.1	179.7	178.5	(p)178.5
12-month % change		0.3	1.8	2.0	3.2	2.9	(p)2.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

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