Labor/Economy
2025 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated monthly.
2024 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, updated monthly.
2023 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison, updated monthly.
2022 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison, updated monthly.
2021 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison, updated monthly.
2020 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison of employed and unemployed persons by occupation, updated monthly.
2019 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison of employed and unemployed persons by occupation, updated monthly.
2018 Employment Picture
The latest year-over-year comparison of employed and unemployed persons by occupation, updated monthly.
Employment Picture
Year-over-year, the largest change in employment was in the Farming, Fishing and Forestry occupations, which gained by 16.5 percent. Following that, the next increases were in Production (5.2 percent) and Construction and Extraction (5 percent).