Welcome to"Discover Arkansas"Your source for Labor Market Information for the State of Arkansas.
Arkansas Labor MarketInformationState Capital: Little Rock
Unemployment Rate (May 2008)
5.1%
Civilian Labor Force (May 2008)
1,384,000
Civilian Employment (May 2008)
1,312,800
Average Covered Employment (2007 Annual)
1,174,290
Average Weekly Earnings (Private/2007 Annual)
$649
Nonfarm Payroll Jobs (May 2008)
1,214,200
Occupational Employment & Wages (OES Survey)
Employment Projections (2004-2014 % Growth)
19.1%
Income (Per Capita Personal Income/2006)
$27,935
Population (2007)
2,834,797
U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI-U/May 2008)
216.6
K-12 in ArkansasState Colleges and Universities Technical Institutes Private Post-sec Career Schools Apprenticeship Programs Adult Education Programs Literacy Councils
All data displayed on this web site has been approved for public release. Some files require downloading free Adobe Reader, Word Viewer, or Excel Viewer. Banner Photographs are compliments of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.
The Department of Workforce Services is the state’s primary supplier of labor market information. For a listing of this information, reference the links below. LMI PublicationsLabor Market Information Library
Arkansas' Unemployment Rate Climbs to 5.1 Percent.6/20/2008Press Release (Word Format) (PDF Format) (2008 Dates)
Unemployment Rates for Minority and Youth
Business Employment Dynamics (BED)
Experimental All Employee Payroll (AEP)
Arkansas Profile of Older Workers (pdf)released by the U.S. Census Bureau.11/27/2007 (non-pdf format)
Arkansas Economic Report for PY '06 (pdf)8/10/2007 (non-pdf format)
Real-Life Arkansas "Lifestyle Budget Calculator" web site
Improved Find Employers search tool
Career Interests Information tool available
Local Employment Dynamics (LED) for AR
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