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Jun
18
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – March 2020
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $31.00 per hour in the South to $40.20 in the West during March 2020.
Jun
10
Consumer Price Index, West Region — May 2020
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.1 percent in May.
Jun
09
County Employment and Wages in New Mexico – Fourth Quarter 2019
In New Mexico’s only large county, Bernalillo, employment rose 1.3 percent from December 2018 to December 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
New Mexico Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Dec 2019 |
Jan 2020 |
Feb 2020 |
Mar 2020 |
Apr 2020 |
May 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(r)959.9 | 961.1 | 961.8 | 968.7 | 916.5 | (p)905.0 |
Employment(1) |
|
(r)914.2 | 915.4 | 915.8 | 907.6 | 807.8 | (p)821.9 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(r)45.7 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 61.1 | 108.7 | (p)83.1 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
(r)4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 11.9 | (p)9.2 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
861.0 | 866.2 | 866.7 | 862.1 | 762.3 | (p)767.8 |
12-month % change |
|
1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | -10.7 | (p)-9.9 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
25.8 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 25.7 | 20.6 | (p)20.0 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -2.3 | -20.5 | (p)-23.1 |
Construction(3) |
|
51.7 | 51.8 | 52.8 | 54.4 | 49.3 | (p)50.6 |
12-month % change |
|
8.4 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 1.2 | (p)2.8 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
29.0 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 28.7 | 23.4 | (p)24.7 |
12-month % change |
|
4.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 1.8 | -17.6 | (p)-13.3 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
137.9 | 138.5 | 138.3 | 138.6 | 126.1 | (p)126.1 |
12-month % change |
|
0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | -7.8 | (p)-7.8 |
Information(3) |
|
11.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.5 | (p)9.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.6 | 2.8 | -1.8 | -4.4 | -12.0 | (p)-17.1 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
36.1 | 36.6 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 32.8 | (p)33.6 |
12-month % change |
|
3.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 | -7.6 | (p)-5.4 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
111.3 | 111.3 | 111.7 | 110.9 | 104.2 | (p)102.7 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | -6.0 | (p)-7.3 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
142.8 | 143.0 | 143.9 | 143.1 | 131.8 | (p)131.1 |
12-month % change |
|
1.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | -6.3 | (p)-6.6 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
97.0 | 99.5 | 98.5 | 95.8 | 57.6 | (p)61.6 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.8 | 0.7 | -0.6 | -3.5 | -42.2 | (p)-37.7 |
Other Services(3) |
|
28.8 | 28.6 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 23.1 | (p)23.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.0 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -4.1 | -20.6 | (p)-18.2 |
Government(3) |
|
189.4 | 190.2 | 189.9 | 190.4 | 183.9 | (p)184.4 |
12-month % change |
|
1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | -1.9 | (p)-0.9 |
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