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

There were 343,200 jobs in Little Rock, Arkansas in July 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 313,817 employed persons for the month. Little Rock added 100 jobs in July 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 764 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Little Rock job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	343,200	+100	-22,100
CPS	313,817	-764	-32,313

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 January 2019 at 368,000. Since then 24,800 jobs have been lost in Little Rock according to the employer survey. From a trough of 330,500 in April 2020, Little Rock has gained 12,700 jobs according to CES employment figures.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 349,326 for Little Rock in February 2019. 35,509 jobs have been lost in Little Rock since then according to the household survey. From a April 2020 low of 306,050, Little Rock has added 7,767 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Little Rock, Arkansas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
July 2020	343,200	100	313,817	-764
June 2020	343,100	6,700	314,581	-3,552
May 2020	336,400	5,900	318,133	12,083
April 2020	330,500	-29,600	306,050	-37,169
March 2020	360,100	-2,800	343,219	-3,522
February 2020	362,900	-2,200	346,741	-40
January 2020	365,100	800	346,781	-99
December 2019	364,300	400	346,880	355
November 2019	363,900	100	346,525	314
October 2019	363,800	100	346,211	254
September 2019	363,700	-1,500	345,957	74
August 2019	365,200	-100	345,883	-247