Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas Job Growth

There were 359,900 jobs in Little Rock, Arkansas in February 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 342,529 employed persons for the month. Little Rock lost 400 jobs in February 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 935 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Little Rock job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	359,900	-400	+2,900
CPS	342,529	-935	+4,276

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Little Rock, Arkansas Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Little Rock as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Little Rock, Arkansas

CES employment for Little Rock peaked in December 2017 at 361,300. Since then 1,400 jobs have been lost in Little Rock according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 346,836 for Little Rock in September 2017. 4,307 jobs have been lost in Little Rock since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Little Rock, Arkansas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2018	359,900	-400	342,529	-935
January 2018	360,300	-1,000	343,464	-75
December 2017	361,300	1,000	343,539	-1,820
November 2017	360,300	1,000	345,359	-1,200
October 2017	359,300	-900	346,559	-277
September 2017	360,200	500	346,836	991
August 2017	359,700	400	345,845	-527
July 2017	359,300	300	346,372	2,055
June 2017	359,000	500	344,317	3,691
May 2017	358,500	600	340,626	970
April 2017	357,900	900	339,656	284
March 2017	357,000	0	339,372	1,119