Production Workers- Hours and Earnings Manufacturing May 17 Apr 17 May 16 Average Weekly Hours Average Hourly Earnings Average Weekly Earnings 40.0 16.04 641.60 38.5 16.00 616.00 Durable Goods and Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Durable Goods Manufacturing Nondurable Goods Manufacturing May 17 Apr 17 May 16 May 17 Apr 17 May 16 Average Weekly Hours Average Hourly Earnings Average Weekly Earnings 40.4 17.74 716.70 40.8 17.48 713.18 40.8 17.71 722.57 Hours Hourly 39.6 14.57 576.97 36.6 14.59 533.99 680.00 Average Weekly Earnings- Manufacturing May: 2007 - 2017 660.00 640.00 620.00 y y 1 4 4 6 31 9
Little Rock-Nor th Little Rock-Conway MSA The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway MSA= Faulkner, Grant, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, & Saline counties. Civilian Labor Force Estimates (Not Seasonally Adjusted) May 17 Apr 17 May 16 OTM OT Y Civilian Labor Force 352,514 350,170 350,499 2,344 2,015 Employment 341,662 340,343 338,305 1,319 3,357 Unemployment 10,852 9,827 12,194 1,025 -1,342 Unemployment Rate 3.1 2.8 3.5 0.3 -0.4 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs (Not Seasonally Adjusted) (In Thousands) NAICS Total Nonfarm May 17 355,500 Apr 17 354,700 May 16 355,600 OTM 800 OT Y -100 Goods Producing 36,800 36,500 37,600 300 -800 Mining, Logging & Construction 16,800 16,500 17,400 300 -600 Manufacturing 20,000 20,000 20,200 0 -200 Service Providing 318,700 318,200 318,000 500 700 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 69,800 70,400 69,900 -600 -100 Wholesale Trade 15,000 15,000 15,100 0 -100 Retail Trade 38,800 39,500 39,300 -700 -500 Trans., Warehousing & Utilities 16,000 15,900 15,500 100 500 Information 6,100 6,100 6,300 0 -200 Financial Activities 20,500 20,400 20,400 100 100 Professional & Business Services 47,500 47,500 47,400 0 100 Educational & Health Services 55,800 55,900 53,600 -100 2,200 Leisure & Hospitality 33,800 32,700 34,600 1,100 -800 Other Services 14,900 14,700 14,500 200 400 Government 70,300 70,500 71,300 -200 -1,000 Federal Government 9,700 9,600 9,600 100 100 State Government 34,800 35,200 34,600 -400 200 Local Government 25,800 25,700 27,100 100 -1,300 350,000 May 2014 - May 2017 58,000 in Educational and Health Services May: 2007 - 2017 345,000 56,000 340,000 54,000 335,000 52,000 330,000 J
Jonesboro MSA The Jonesboro MSA= Craighead & Poinsett counties. Civilian Labor Force Estimates (Not Seasonally Adjusted) May 17 Apr 17 May 16 OTM OT Y Civilian Labor Force 63,748 63,397 62,592 351 1,156 Employment 61,898 61,736 60,540 162 1,358 Unemployment 1,850 1,661 2,052 189 -202 Unemployment Rate 2.9 2.6 3.3 0.3 -0.4 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs (Not Seasonally Adjusted) (In Thousands) NAICS Total Nonfarm Goods Producing Service Providing Government 64,000 May 2014 - May 2017 62,000 60,000 58,000 56,000 54,000 52,000
Benton Washington Carroll Madison Boone Newton Marion Searcy Baxter Stone Fulton Izard Sharp Randolph Lawrence Clay Greene Craighead Mississippi Crawford Franklin Johnson Pope Van Buren Cleburne Poinsett Cross Sebastian Scott Logan Yell Conway Perry Faulkner Prairie Woodruff Monroe St. Francis Lee Crittenden Polk Sevier Montgomery Pike Howard Garland Hot Spring Clark Dallas Grant Lincoln Cleveland Arkansas Desha Phillips Unemployment Rate Little River Hempstead Miller Nevada Ouachita Calhoun Bradley Drew Chicot < or = 3.0% 3.1% - 5.0% 5.1% - 7.0% Lafayette Columbia Union Ashley > 7.0% Ranked by Unemployment Rates May 2017- Not Seasonally Adjusted Rank County Washington Rate 2.3 Rank 23 County Marion Rate 3.4 Rank 51 County Cleveland Rate 4.1 2 Madison 2.4 23 Monroe 3.4 51 Little River 4.1 3 Benton 2.6 28 Calhoun 3.5 51 St. Francis 4.1 Arkansas 2.7 28 Pike 3.5 54 Lafayette 4.2 Howard 2.7 28 Yell 3.5 54 Polk 4.2